Life Story Club offers small-group storytelling circles where older adults — many homebound or isolated — share their lives through weekly themed conversations. Courtesy of Life Story Club The ...

Imagine a neighborhood where cars have been replaced by zippy e-bikes with cargo space. It’s a big dream — and it starts with bike shares.

The Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe is working to heal the ailing Colorado River ecosystem by planting one native seed at a time.

Unadorned houses and gray sidewalk slabs line the street of the Katendrechtse Lagendijk neighborhood. Here in the Charlois district in the south of the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, the dreariness is ...

With rebates and other perks encouraging residents to say goodbye to gas-powered equipment, springtime is getting a little quieter.

Instead of sending last season’s unsold clothes to landfills, Thread Together turns them into fresh wardrobes for those in need.

For years, fear and social norms kept many women in one of Asia’s top surfing destinations away from the water. Then they started riding the waves.

The “Stockholm tree pit” method was created to help trees thrive in paved-over urban spaces. Now, it’s taking root across Europe.

Cristina Juan, reserve manager. Credit: Peter Yeung Here, in one of the largest areas of ancient woodland in the U.K., a pioneering rewilding project is bringing back biodiversity to Britain amid an ...

The stretch of the river that runs through Sepulveda Basin is open to kayakers. Credit: US Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District The river has become a hotbed of dreams and expensive plans, ...

Though many cities have extreme-weather refuges, Barcelona's sprawling network — spanning museums, libraries, sports clubs and shopping malls — stands out from the pack.

Radical terraces in use. Credit: Geetanjali Krishna “With the government’s help, we learned to build radical terraces that sloped back into the hill,” Hategekimana says. “This way, when it rained, ...