Mariel Lozada is the membership manager at Reasons to be Cheerful. When she writes, she mostly focuses on gender, climate and immigration. She splits her life between NYC and Latin America.

See what stories caught our attention this week, from the culmination of a major conservation success story to creative ways to keep cool.

“Gravity batteries” give former mines a second life — while offering an economic and environmental boost to communities once reliant on coal.

With the American Southwest facing a drier future, cities from L.A. to Las Vegas are getting creative about wise water use.

When an early learning center in Houston rewilded its grounds to withstand heat and floods, it gained a whole new sprawling outdoor classroom.

Reasons to be Cheerful is a non-profit editorial project that is part magazine, part therapy session, part blueprint for a better world.

Since 2015, Magdas Hotel has helped refugees access jobs — while proving that a social business doesn’t have to sacrifice its bottom line. Companies across the region have vowed to find a use for the ...

Hannah Wallace writes about everything from regenerative agriculture and natural food trends to cannabis startups, maverick winemakers and food justice activists.

See what stories caught our attention this week, from an alternative to mass tourism to starry skies on a Scottish isle.

This is part two of a two-part series on ways that coal infrastructure is being repurposed to meet the needs of renewable energy. Read part one here. For four decades, the Oklaunion Power Plant has ...

Just like clockwork, when feeding time arrives in the late morning at West Blean and Thornden Woods Nature Reserve, a group of trees begins to rustle in the distance. Shortly afterwards, the enormous ...

A Patient Is a Person is a series about how whole-person health is transforming the patient journey. It is supported by funding from UPIC Health. A large mural of a teacup decorated with a green ...