Weekly Articles Archive (February 28-March 6)

1. Birds Tell Us Both Climate Action and Healthy Natural Spaces Are Key to a Secure Future

If we want to give birds the best chance at survival, habitat conservation needs to be part of our efforts to fight climate change. We can still secure a future for birds and people, but the science is clear: we need to act on climate now.

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Climate change threatens more than two-thirds of North America’s bird species with extinction...However, the same science suggests that by limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, more than three-quarters of vulnerable species can be protected.

2. More providers have been instructing their patients to turn to nature to improve their health and they're getting creative in how they do it.

A new program launched last month in Canada gives some doctors the option of providing patients with a free annual pass to the country's national parks as part of an effort to increase access to nature and the health benefits to be found outside.

3. 17 Iconic Wallpaper + Fabric Patterns Any Design Lover Should Know

Try this scenario on for size: you’re a popular New York City restauranteur in the 1940s with a tiny budget, shoebox-sized establishment (The Times’ review, not mine), and big dreams of one day embarking on an African safari. That was the situation that Gino Circiello found himself in when he enlisted a friend to create a standout pattern to deck the walls of his eponymous restaurant, Gino, in 1945. The spaghetti-sauce red background, leaping zebras, and miniature arrows were an instant hallmark

...until a fire ravaged Gino’s restaurant in the 1970s, that is.

4. Disney is sprinkling pixie dust in a "place you may never have expected."

Disney Imagineers will develop the community's concept while working with developers and homebuilders. Storyliving communities will also include a club membership so that residents can access curated experiences, such as wellness programming, and entertainment, such as live performances, cooking classes, seminars and more.

5. Man throws free pancake party for neighborhood to make friends: 'My wife says I'm getting weird'

"I just don't know how grown-ups make friends," the 43-year-old explained to The Washington Post. With the pandemic exhausting all—if any—opportunities of meeting new people and forming lasting bonds, Kimball decided to get creative in his quest to forge adult friendships. "I don't mind looking foolish," he shared. "So, I was like, 'I bet I could just put myself out there and maybe something would happen.'"

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