Civic Life

Community Gardens and Urban Pollinator Pathways

Neighborhood volunteers transform vacant road medians into flowering biodiversity corridors.

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Community Gardens and Urban Pollinator Pathways

Neighborhood volunteers transform vacant road medians into flowering biodiversity corridors.

This report looks beyond the announcement to explain the systems, trade-offs and unanswered questions at the center of the story.

The bigger picture

The debate surrounding civic life is often presented as a contest between competing positions. A closer examination reveals a more practical set of questions.

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Independent journalism is most useful when it makes complex questions understandable without pretending that difficult choices have easy answers.