Green streets, rescued elephants and cleaner fabrics: the week's good news

These days show that progress is happening in very different places: in a new neighborhood, on the savanna, in a factory hall and even in an orchard. Each time it's about people coming up with ideas that benefit nature, without making people's lives worse. In Toronto, this idea is taking literal form. The Ookwemin Minising neighborhood is replacing streets with parks and squares, with Centre Commons as its centerpiece: an 800-meter-long car-free route with 400 trees [1]. The side streets remain accessible to traffic, but are primarily designed to capture rainwater and reduce heat. By the early 2030s, some 21,000...