At a recent trade show in Dublin, Alison O’Reilly learned about all aspects of Irish funerals, from aquamation to makeup artistry, with a particular emphasis now being paid to the environmental impact the ceremony can have
Looking over a wobbly guardrail, Dale Landmann uncoiled a few feet of rope, cautiously lowering a white plastic pipe into the opaque waters of the Calumet River on a recent hot weekday morning. Attached to one end of the pipe was a buoy to keep the apparatus afloat; on the other end, a metal grate weighed it down so river water could flow into a small glass jar. After collecting the first .
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Flowing through hard-pressed Camden, New Jersey’s Cooper River was long abused and ignored by area residents. Now, following the example of other urban restoration efforts, a campaign is underway to encourage more use of the Cooper and an appreciation of its natural assets.
Members of the SailGP international yacht racing league have converged on Chicago for an upcoming competition, but before taking their catamarans onto Lake Michigan this weekend, the athletes piled into canoes and helped install native aquatic plants along the Chicago River's banks.