Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

Restoration efforts hold unique potential for improving environmental outcomes and human wellbeing. They are the focus of the recently launched UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Yet, ignoring the ...

Today we’re taking a look at the growing movement to restore degraded ecosystems around the globe. Ecological restoration refers to a range of human activities designed to promote the recovery of ...

Rising public-health costs and the significant global disease burden – exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic – strengthen the case for the world to move toward ecological restoration. The benefits to ...

Because these ecosystems are so vast and varied, they built a computer model—which works like a strategy computer game for scientists—to test how different plant mixes would perform in different soils ...

Restoring degraded coastal ecosystems produces economic returns above and beyond short-term job creation and economic stimulus. As America’s coastal cities expanded throughout the 19th century, the ...

As weather disasters increase across the United States, communities are finding they need to become more resilient. But where should they begin? The answer is the same almost everywhere. With a bit of ...

An expansive project is examining the benefits, and limits, of environmental restoration on developed land after humans are done with it. An expansive project led by Michigan State University's Lars ...

Many of the world’s biggest companies say they’re restoring ecosystems but haven’t been transparent about what the outcome has been. Many of the world’s biggest companies say they’re restoring ...