Tiny parks for bees line the streets of this Dutch city

Atop hundreds of bus stops, rest stops for bees.

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  • A Dutch city is creating tiny parks on top of bus stops to house bees.
  • It's part of a larger initiative to create a healthy urban living environment.
  • Urban beekeeping serves an important ecological function.
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Solar-powered desalination plant in Kenya gives fresh water to 25,000 people a day

Turning salt water into fresh water with the power of the sun.

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  • New solar-powered desalination plant provides fresh water in Kenya.
  • The plant is already able to support 25,000 people a day.
  • As more water-scarce regions pop up worldwide, technology such as this offers an energy efficient way to provide fresh water.
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Tigers are making a massive comeback in India — up 33% in four years

Tiger reserves and a concentrated public effort has brought this animal roaring back to India.

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  • India's tiger population has grown to nearly 3,000, making it, by far, the country with the largest wild population.
  • Their wild population increased over 33 percent in just four years.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it his goal to increase tiger conservationist efforts.
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The dirty side of renewable energy

Our clean energy needs to be sourced responsibly right from the get-go.

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  • Clean technologies rely on a wide range of metals sourced from unsustainable mining.
  • Mineral extraction damages local communities and environments, destroying cultures and biodiversity in the process.
  • Human rights and conservationist efforts are put at risk due to mining.
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In France, ancient forests are resurging — growing bigger every year

France's forests are even creeping up on their major cities.

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  • Forests account for over 31 percent of France's land.
  • While most of the world is losing woodland to farmland, France is gaining.
  • France has both a public and private effort working on reforesting rural and urban areas.
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