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From golf to gardens: Houston’s new botanical garden opens

AGreenLiving

The staff’s 30-year master plan includes conserving water, promoting biodiversity and providing habitat for butterflies, birds and other wildlife. Planning for tropical, sub-tropical and arid plants, the gardeners sought the right mix to keep all the flora happy.

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

EDF + Business

Areas of interest: Personalized medicine, Bioinformatics, Public health policy, Environmental sustainability, Sanitation, Water, Ecology, Biodiversity, and Science education and communication. Leisure activities: Biking, Board Games, Traveling, Hiking, Brewing(coffee and beers), and Books (science and philosophy).

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How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.

Grist

Northeast are especially at risk, and the region’s aging stormwater and sewage infrastructure only makes matters worse. Hotter temperatures have already limited harvests of traditional foods and medicine used by many indigenous nations. West Virginia When it comes to climate-fueled flooding, the 67 million residents of the U.S.