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Major built environment institutes renew joint pledge to tackle global instability as cities boom 

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With almost 70 percent of the world’s population predicted to live in cities by 2050, major built environment professional institutes, including architects, planners, structural engineers and landscape practitioners, have renewed their joint pledge to collaborate to tackle urgent global challenges.

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When Nature Calls, Boston Harbor Now CEO Kathy Abbott Answers

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These interactions helped Abbott to notice and attune to her environment. In her new school, Abbott enrolled in a class at Falmouth High School called “Cape Cod Environment” that focused on horticulture, forestry, landscaping and geomorphology. “It While exploring the natural habitats, her aunts would identify vegetation and animals.

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Top 10 Most Innovative Companies to Watch in 2024

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Flipboard Photo courtesy of Flipboard Who they are: From health care to fashion, getting news you care about without looking up dozens of individual media sources can be daunting. Most Innovative Company in Health & Wellness 4. Seed Health Inc. Health & Wellness Hims & Hers Health Inc.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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When she was a junior in high school, Arrington founded the nonprofit ScholarCHIPS, an organization that provides college scholarships, mentoring, mental health support and a peer support network to children of incarcerated parents. Bathurst Walk-in Clinic and Family Practice Atwal is a trailblazer in the health care industry.

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The Expanding High Skill Gig Economy

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Key quote: "Three-quarters of law firms with more than 250 lawyers use contract attorneys, says a 2016 report from legal consultancy Altman Weil."   Nomad Health  is another example. .  Crain's The gig economy comes to law  covers the expanding use of contract lawyers.

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How big a deal is 1.5°C vs. 2°C of global warming? Significant — here’s why

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Every bit of warming matters,” Petteri Taalas, of the World Meteorological Organization, and Joyce Msuya, of the United Nations Environment Programme, wrote in the forward of the 2018 report. Health impacts. The International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris has projected that emissions will reach a new all-time high in 2023.

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