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Whatever communities can do to nurture “social infrastructure” — places like movie theaters, libraries and swimming pools where people gather to form social bonds — can have a profound impact on addiction and overdose death rates.

In the second part of this two-part course, we'll continue working with the question of how designers can create built environments that foster vibrant, engaged communities. We’ll go on to examine some contemporary theories and case study examples around social sustainability in landscape design.

Across the country, communities are struggling to respond to the opioid crisis, some with broader access to medical strategies and more treatment programs. Yet the national overdose death rate continues

Across the country, communities are struggling to respond to the opioid crisis, some with broader access to medical strategies and more treatment programs. Yet the national overdose death rate continues

Across the country, communities are struggling to respond to the opioid crisis, some with broader access to medical strategies and more treatment programs. Yet the national overdose death rate continues to rise, with opioid deaths in 2022 remaining at an all-time high. There are, of course, many causes of addiction, and community approaches must be […]

This year’s heatwaves have been a huge challenge – and scientists predict 2024 will likely break records again

Public health experts aren't sure how many people die because of the heat each year, because there's no standard for what constitutes a "heat-related" death.

When towns lose bowling alleys or movie theaters or libraries, they lose a safety net in the battle against addiction.

Proponents of Ontario Place’s ‘revitalization’ say it serves the public good. The problem is, it’s not public - and that’s not good

Of the many lessons to be drawn from the last decades’ battles over climate policy, one is that yelling at people about data doesn’t tend to make them do something about it. Scientists have produced a steady drumbeat of ever-scarier numbers since the 1980s, detailing the horrors to expect as temperatures rise. Many of those horrors are coming to life; July may well have been the hottest month earth has seen in 120,000 years. Despite this crush of evidence and growing public awarene...