The planet's biodiversity is disappearing at an astonishing rate-and that's a problem, as green spaces are beneficial to humans and non-humans on multiple levels. This is why some environmentalists ...

In the fall of 2021, Cambridge planted the first Miyawaki Forest in the United States. That made news in the American ecological restoration community, even though this event came more than a dozen ...

WORCESTER ― A tiny forest to add greenery, relaxation and environmental benefits is coming to a high-rise apartment building in the city. Plumley Village Apartments, at 16 Laurel St., is the planned ...

Worcester’s other Miyawaki forest at the Plumley Village Apartments was also planted last spring. The city wanted seven Miyawaki forests, but it settled for two, because it wasn't awarded the $1.6 ...

WORCESTER — In 1970, Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell lamented that paradise had been paved for a parking lot in her song "Big Yellow Taxi," with all of the trees dumped off at a museum. On a ...

WORCESTER ― A part of downtown Worcester will be transformed from concrete into a forest. A section of the McGrath municipal parking lot behind the Worcester Public Library at Salem Square is where ...