In New York Harbor, oysters once shaped the shoreline, filtered the water, and anchored an entire ecosystem before overharvesting, dredging, and pollution nearly erased them. This episode of Impactually explores how the Billion Oyster Project and SCAPE are helping New York rethink coastal resilience through restoration, design, and education throughout the city’s waterways. From Governors Island to waterways…
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In Kitsap County, Washington — home to one of the largest veteran populations in America — nearly one in five adults has worn a uniform. Yet veterans make up roughly 12 percent of the county’s homeless population, caught between rising housing costs and incomes that simply can’t keep pace. In a place where a studio…
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When seven-year-old Warren Carlyle slipped away from his classmates on a field trip and locked eyes with an octopus, he had no idea that moment would change his life—or the way thousands of people see the ocean. Diagnosed with ADHD and autism, Warren grew up chasing information about octopuses, only to find almost nothing written…
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