Reasons to be Cheerful – The city that chose beauty over billboards
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The City That Chose Beauty Over Billboards
By: Peter Yeung
We used to see 500 ads per day –– now we see 5,000. Here’s what happened when one city got rid of every single ad in its public spaces.
Would You Drive Six Hours to Save a Hummingbird?
By: Elizabeth Hewitt
In this month’s edition of The Spark, we look at avian emergency responder networks and frog-ferrying volunteers.
In It for the Long Haul
By: RTBC Staff
For America’s 250th birthday, we asked readers to show us, with words and photos, how their communities keep coming together in ways that transcend politics.
In Europe, Clothing Waste Is Unfashionable — and Illegal
See what stories caught our attention this week, including a big step for sustainable fashion and weird ways to stay cool.
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