This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Become A Member This story was co-published with Overstory, an online newsroom covering the systems and solutions behind Hawai‘i’s most pressing issues. For the last year and a half, Chase Hasegawa and…
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Alison Stewart, the Bicycle Mayor of Toronto, is well-known for cycling advocacy and her commitment to making Canada’s largest city more bike-friendly for all. Recently, she announced the formation of a new initiative aimed at addressing a significant gap in the city’s bike community: the underrepresentation of women, trans, and femme cyclists. This new group,…
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The art community is in a state of reflection following the recent auction of Banksy’s “Crude Oil (Vettriano),” which sold for an impressive £4.3 million at Sotheby’s on 4th March, 2025. The sale has garnered significant attention not only for its remarkable outcome but also for the poignant timing surrounding the auction: the original artist,…
Boys love sports, and I respect their utmost passion in supporting their favorite team. But no matter how hardcore it can be, I admit that this is a department that will never excel. However, I suggest an exemption when we talk about their uniform, like a good quality rugby shirt. With a little bit of…
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865: Kane Wilton on Seeds, Community, and Regenerative Growth. Transforming our communities through seeds. In This Podcast: Kane Wilton, an organic farmer, garden designer, and seed enthusiast, co-founded the 1904 Project in Salem, Oregon, to connect and empower individuals toward regenerative and local food. His gardening journey began with growing flowers for his wife, eventually…
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This post may contain affiliate links.* As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Click here to read our affiliate policy. Estimated reading time: 11 minutes Greywater is water that has been recycled after a previous use. One of the classic examples is the reuse of laundry water to water a garden. There are other examples…
A woman is on her way to work. She gets on a train at West Portal Station in San Francisco, tagging her Clipper card. She quickly reads the latest news on her quick ride to Montgomery Station – just long enough to read the headlines and look at photos of the A’s World Series victory…
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Photo: Haupt and Binder Updated February 2025 From the street, one would never guess that a magnificent narrative of Venetian history, art, and culture was hidden behind centuries-old plaster walls and a set of wooden doors marked 3201. Pass through the entrance, and you step back centuries into the Palazzo Capello Malipiero Barnabò, the Countess…
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The global pandemic broke down our daily routine resulting in a drastic change in our lives. Like in other countries, the majority of Filipinos have resorted to urban gardening to cope with the nationwide lockdown implemented in the Philippines. I have been in the gardening scene for more than ten years now, but this sudden…
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img { border: 15px solid #FFFFFF; } A while ago, we created gtfs2gps, an R package that converts public transport data from GTFS format to GPS-like records. After a lot of package improvements, different versions and over 15K downloads on CRAN, we finally have a preprint of the paper that introduces gtfs2gps to the world….
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