PBS
Why Doctors Are Increasingly Prescribing Nature
As rates of chronic disease among children have skyrocketed over the past few decades, pediatricians have increasingly looked for solutions beyond the clinic. Sometimes that means actually prescribing time outside. Special correspondent...
TED Talks
Rishi Manchanda: What makes us get sick? Look upstream
Rishi Manchanda has worked as a doctor in South Central Los Angeles for a decade, where he’s come to realize: His job isn’t just about treating a patient’s symptoms, but about getting to the root cause of what is making them ill—the...
TED Talks
Dan Barasch: A park underneath the hustle and bustle of New York City
Dan Barasch and James Ramsey have a crazy plan — to create a park, filled with greenery, underneath New York City. The two are developing the Lowline, an underground greenspace the size of a football field. They're building it in a...
Curated Video
Volunteerism and Your Community
Dr. Forrester describes the concept of volunteerism and how it can make a community better.
The Guardian
The story of No 20: how does a London family home end up empty in 2018?
This is the Portland street estate, a community ravaged by years of cuts. The council made a bold move in an attempt to turn the estate around – but how did the £1 homes experiment turn out?
The Wall Street Journal
Jeanne Gang on the Role of Architecture at a Time of Global Crisis
Architect Jeanne Gang, founding principal and partner of Studio Gang, discusses how the evolution of cities across the world has been accelerated by Covid-19 and why flexible buildings are critical for a sustainable future.
Next Animation Studio
Old railway to be converted into a green corridor in Taiwan
An old railway in central Taiwan will soon be designed into a public green space, reports Taiwan News.