Below are categorized listings (by Region & Topic) of the ETP stories we have gathered thus far. Please enjoy.
All capsule tales were written Amanda Suutari unless noted.
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Based on site visits with extensive interviews
The community turned urban growth in a healthier direction with structured, map-based workshops for thousands of citizens.
Community gardens transform decaying urban neighborhoods.
Shunning a costly regional sewage treatment plant, a town converts derelict industrial land into a marsh that purifies its municipal wastewater.
Participatory regional planning curtails sprawl and creates strategies for a sustainable future.
Replacing a parking lot with a school garden and kitchen, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle school creates tools for education and social change.
A mobile grocery brings fresh food to a low-income "food desert."
Portland-based Flexcar cashes in on alternatives to car ownership.
Stakeholder dialog reduces conflict and improves management of a coral reef..
Agriculture and education improves food security and the social situation in a marginalized community.
An idyllic bay goes through two cycles of overuse and preservation.
How the current mainstreaming of organics is just one stage in a larger EcoTipping Point towards sustainable agriculture in North America and beyond.
A community comes together to manage uncontrolled growth and creates a groundbreaking plan for sustainable resort development.
A photovoltaics company offers renewable energy and a socially conscious business model.
Restoring shrinking prairie habitats with sustainable agriculture.
Native Americans restore wild rice and walleye fish on their reservation.
Watershed protection is a cost-effective alternative to a costly treatment plant to improve the region’s deteriorating water quality.
The Augustus F. Hawkins Natural Park turns an urban brownfield into a natural ecosystem that connects local residents to nature and revitalizes their community.
A cooperative regional management program turns the tide of environmental degradation in the nation's largest estuary.
A low-income neighborhood starts a successful environmental/economic justice movement.
Housing projects opt for sustainability in building materials and energy supply.
Austin incorporates natural habitats in city planning to protect it from sprawl.
Napa County works with the "living rivers" principle for its flood management plan.
The Forest Service, Nature Conservancy, and private companies cooperate in a sustainable forestry venture.
College students lead the effort to make the University of Hawai’i more sustainable.
Local residents resist eviction and gentrification with alternative urban development.
Native Americans save their reservation with eco-development.
Plants and microbes use natural processes to purify contaminated wastewater.
Organic farming by prison inmates restores their connection to the land and addresses recidivism.
Women's cooperatives create much-needed living-wage and eco-friendly jobs.
Architecture students combine their studies with the design and creation of ecological housing for low-income clients.
A building materials recycling business thrives in a formerly economically depressed neighbourhood.
A native tribe helps to restore a degraded watershed, with far-reaching ecological and economic benefits.
Oyster farming diversifies the economy and provides incentives for ecological protection.
Recycling organic waste saves landfill space and feeds the land.
An innovative greenhouse increases food security and self-sufficiency in the Arctic.
The Eden Project offers programs to reconnect kids with nature.
Protecting the world’s oldest and deepest lake from a planned petroleum pipeline and uranium enrichment facility.
A Belgian city develops integrated alternatives to building more roads.
A brewery employs a holistic, farmer-to-consumer approach, enabling it to thrive in a climate of small-brewery closures.
The city takes a multi-sector approach to sustainability.
Participatory urban planning creates an eco-friendly neighborhood.
Curbside collection of compost takes pressure off the stressed landfill and provides fertilizer for local farms.
A dumping ground becomes a pleasant green space.
A small charge for plastic bags has a big impact on consumption and improves the appearance of the countryside.
A tax shift creates broad-based, sweeping incentives for sustainability.
A bicycle-friendly city revives the economy and improves quality of life for its residents.
Based on site visits with extensive interviews
Rainwater harvesting at Shri Ram School makes it a key player in a widespread movement to address Delhi’s water shortages.
Controlling pests without chemical pesticides catapults farmers from chronic poisoning and debt to health and hope.
Revival of traditional rainwater harvesting dams recharges the aquifer, transforming a drought-ridden landscape.
Municipal wastewater feeds an integrated system of fish ponds and farms.
A small, upscale neighborhood shows how eco-friendly living is a viable alternative to housing india’s high-tech affluent in unsustainable subdivisions.
A network of seed banks and organic farming projects helps farmers reverse the trend toward extinction of local crop varieties.
Reforestation and other projects create an eco-friendly community, transforming a barren landscape to health and productivity.
Grassroots action limits logging and its destructive consequences.
Communal forest management improves erosion control and productivity.
Makaibari Tea Estate simulates a natural ecosystem to enhance sustainability of production.
A vibrant artisan community revives local traditions and creates alternative employment for women in depressed rural regions.
A village-based program revives traditional wisdom, self-sufficiency and holistic rural development.
Reforestation in an industrial area restores soil, water, wildlife and aesthetics.
Cooperation between government and villages prevents overexploitation of their shared resources.
Based on site visits with extensive interviews
A marine sanctuary rescues a fishery and coral-reef ecosystem headed for collapse.
Standing up to powerful interests to protect a commonly managed resource triggers a regeneration of society, economy and fishery.
The adoption of agroforestry farming and communally-managed forests empower impoverished villagers to optimize their resources, both natural and human.
A temple combines creative reuse and recycling, sustainable agriculture, and social programs.
Community participation enlists a tiny predator of mosquito larvae to eradicate the dengue-fever mosquito, liberating a million people from the disease.
Experimental reopening of the Pak Mun Dam gates reveals the social and ecological costs of megadams, and the benefits of rivers to the multiple communities who depend on them.
Mangrove restoration and bamboo cultivation provide alternative livelihoods and wastewater treatment.
A new mayor's master plan restores the livability and pride of an impoverished industrial city.
Based on site visits with extensive interviews
Villagers devise silviculture and community forest management to save the nation’s forests.
Reforestation with local access restores a degraded watershed.
Rainwater harvesting in a dry region has multiple benefits for a drought-prone region.
Drought-resistant trees stop sand dunes encroaching on agricultural land.
An innovative wastewater treatment system restores the quality of polluted urban waterways.
A small urban family remodels its 100-year-old house to achieve water and energy self-sufficiency.
Traditional no-take reserves and seasonal taboos restore troubled coastal fisheries.
In a time of decreasing copra prices and increasing petroleum prices, coconut oil holds promise as a "biodiesel” fuel.
Based on site visits with extensive interviews
Mayan communities augmented their ecological security with a cooperative
An unprecedented community-driven legal battle fights for justice after what has been called one of the most catastrophic environmental disasters in history.
Raising poison dart frogs provides an economic incentive to preserve threatened rainforests.
A participatory master plan makes fast-growing Curitiba a model city.
Communities in the Ayuquila River Basin confronted deforestation and river pollution to set the watershed on a course of ecological health.
The Interdisciplinary Group for Appropriate Rural Technologies designed and distributed a low-pollution wood stove.
The Seri Indians made full use of their traditional territorial rights in the Gulf of California to develop sustainable fisheries and scallop harvesting.
An ancient cultivation system is revived to provide sustainable wetland agriculture for landless farmers.
A forest reserve famed for Monarch butterflies enlists active participation from local residents formerly skeptical of conservation projects.
Solar power brings numerous benefits to off-the-grid rural areas.
Economic crisis leads to rapid development of food self-sufficiency.
"Microcredit schemes" serve as alternatives to lobster overharvesting by struggling fishers.
A multi-faceted community initiative simultaneously promotes the local economy and ecosystem conservation.
Isolated communities on the eastern slopes of the Andes achieve electrification with small hydroelectric generators in rivers and streams.
Through “water farming” Phiri Maseko’s farm is a paradise that resists droughts for several years.
A six-year-old Canadian boy starts a movement for safe drinking water in Africa.
A wildlife conservation and community development program protects biodiversity while simultaneously improving village life in the region.
Using music to promote low cost, environmentally sustainable “ecological sanitation,” a process to transform human waste into nutrient-rich agricultural fertilizer.
Removing exotic trees from watersheds brings streams back to life, increases the nation’s water supply, and creates jobs for the unemployed.
An African "eco-village" is a model of rural sustainability in a time of rural decline.
A holistic approach makes Ugandan AIDS control efforts exemplary.
Microhydropower brings low-impact energy to rural villages.
An integrated agricultural project improves the local economy and the status of rural women.
Protecting grasslands and wetlands stimulates nature tourism and boosts the ailing local economy.
Based on site visits with extensive interviews
Agriculture and education improves food security and the social situation in a marginalized community.
Replacing a parking lot with a school garden and kitchen, martin luther king jr. Middle school creates tools for education and social change.
How the current mainstreaming of organics is just one stage in a larger EcoTipping Point towards sustainable agriculture in North America and beyond.
Low-tech, local pesticides catapult farmers from chronic poisoning and debt to health and hope.
A network of seed banks and organic farming projects helps farmers reverse the trend toward extinction of local crop varieties.
Restoring shrinking prairie habitats with sustainable agriculture.
Native Americans restore wild rice and walleye fish on their reservation.
Organic farming by prison inmates restores their connection to the land and addresses recidivism.
An innovative greenhouse increases food security and self-sufficiency in the Arctic.
A brewery employs a holistic, farmer-to-consumer approach, enabling it to thrive in a climate of small-brewery closures.
Makaibari Tea Estate simulates a natural ecosystem to enhance sustainability of production.
Drought-resistant trees stop sand dunes encroaching on agricultural land.
An ancient cultivation system is revived to provide sustainable wetland agriculture for landless farmers.
Economic crisis leads to rapid development of food self-sufficiency.
A multi-faceted community initiative simultaneously promotes the local economy and ecosystem conservation.
An integrated agricultural project improves the local economy and the status of rural women.
Based on site visits with extensive interviews
A temple combines creative reuse and recycling, sustainable agriculture, and social programs.
A tax shift creates broad-based, sweeping incentives for sustainability.
A vibrant artisan community revives local traditions and creates alternative employment for women in depressed rural regions.
A village-based program revives traditional wisdom, self-sufficiency and holistic rural development.
"Microcredit schemes" serve as alternatives to lobster overharvesting by struggling fishers.
A wildlife conservation and community development program protects biodiversity while simultaneously improving village life in the region.
Protecting grasslands and wetlands stimulates nature tourism and boosts the ailing local economy.
The Eden Project offers programs to reconnect kids with nature.
A photovoltaics company offers renewable energy and a socially conscious business model.
College students lead the effort to make the University of Hawai’i more sustainable.
In a time of decreasing copra prices and increasing petroleum prices, coconut oil holds promise as a "biodiesel” fuel.
Solar power brings numerous benefits to off-the-grid rural areas.
The Interdisciplinary Group for Appropriate Rural Technologies designed and distributed a low-pollution wood stove.
Microhydropower brings low-impact energy to rural villages.
Isolated communities on the eastern slopes of the Andes achieve electrification with small hydroelectric generators in rivers and streams.
Based on site visits with extensive interviews
Municipal wastewater feeds an integrated system of fish ponds and farms.
A marine sanctuary rescues a fishery and coral-reef ecosystem headed for collapse.
Stakeholder dialog reduces conflict and improves management of a coral reef..
An idyllic bay goes through two cycles of overuse and preservation.
Native Americans restore wild rice and walleye fish on their reservation.
Native Americans save their reservation with eco-development.
Oyster farming diversifies the economy and provides incentives for ecological protection.
Traditional no-take reserves and seasonal taboos restore troubled coastal fisheries.
The Seri Indians made full use of their traditional territorial rights in the Gulf of California to develop sustainable fisheries and scallop harvesting.
Based on site visits with extensive interviews
Standing up to powerful interests to protect a commonly managed resource triggers a regeneration of society, economy and fishery.
The adoption of agro-forestry farming and communally-managed forests empower impoverished villagers to optimize their resources, both natural and human.
Villagers devise silviculture and community forest management to save the nation’s forests.
Mayan communities augmented their ecological security with a cooperative
Grassroots action limits logging and its destructive consequences.
Communal forest management improves erosion control and productivity.
Reforestation in an industrial area restores soil, water, wildlife and aesthetics.
Cooperation between government and villages prevents overexploitation of their shared resources.
Mangrove restoration and bamboo cultivation provide alternative livelihoods and wastewater treatment.
Reforestation with local access restores a degraded watershed.
The Forest Service, Nature Conservancy, and private companies cooperate in a sustainable forestry venture.
Raising poison dart frogs provides an economic incentive to preserve threatened rainforests.
A forest reserve famed for Monarch butterflies enlists active participation from local residents formerly skeptical of conservation projects.
Based on site visits with extensive interviews
Community participation enlists a tiny predator of mosquito larvae to eradicate the dengue-fever mosquito, liberating a million people from the disease.
Using music to promote low cost, environmentally sustainable “ecological sanitation,” a process to transform human waste into nutrient-rich agricultural fertilizer.
A holistic approach makes Ugandan AIDS control efforts exemplary.
Based on site visits with extensive interviews
The community turned urban growth in a healthier direction with structured, map-based workshops for thousands of citizens.
Community gardens transform decaying urban neighborhoods.
Participatory regional planning curtails sprawl and creates strategies for a sustainable future.
A mobile grocery brings fresh food to a low-income "food desert."
Portland-based Flexcar cashes in on alternatives to car ownership
Whistler. A community comes together to manage uncontrolled growth and creates a groundbreaking plan for sustainable resort development.
A small, upscale neighborhood shows how eco-friendly living is a viable alternative to housing india’s high-tech affluent in unsustainable subdivisions.
The Augustus F. Hawkins Natural Park turns an urban brownfield into a natural ecosystem that connects local residents to nature and revitalizes their community.
A low-income neighborhood starts a successful environmental/economic justice movement.
Housing projects opt for sustainability in building materials and energy supply.
Austin incorporates natural habitats in city planning to protect it from sprawl.
Local residents resist eviction and gentrification with alternative urban development.
Women's cooperatives create much-needed living-wage and eco-friendly jobs.
Architecture students combine their studies with the design and creation of ecological housing for low-income clients.
A building materials recycling business thrives in a formerly economically depressed neighborhood.
Recycling organic waste saves landfill space and feeds the land.
A Belgian city develops integrated alternatives to building more roads.
The city takes a multi-sector approach to sustainability.
Participatory urban planning creates an eco-friendly neighborhood.
Curbside collection of compost takes pressure off the stressed landfill and provides fertilizer for local farms.
A dumping ground becomes a pleasant green space.
A small charge for plastic bags has a big impact on consumption and improves the appearance of the countryside.
A bicycle-friendly city revives the economy and improves quality of life for its residents.
Reforestation and other projects create an eco-friendly community, transforming a barren landscape to health and productivity.
A new mayor's master plan restores the livability and pride of an impoverished industrial city.
A participatory master plan makes fast-growing Curitiba a model city.
An African "eco-village" is a model of rural sustainability in a time of rural decline.
Based on site visits with extensive interviews
A town converts derelict industrial land into a marsh that purifies its municipal wastewater.
Rainwater harvesting at shri ram school makes it a key player in a widespread movement to address delhi’s water shortages.
Revival of traditional rainwater harvesting dams recharges the aquifer, transforming a drought-ridden landscape.
Watershed protection is a cost-effective alternative to a costly treatment plant to improve the region’s deteriorating water quality.
A cooperative regional management program turns the tide of environmental degradation in the nation's largest estuary.
Napa County works with the "living rivers" principle for its flood management plan.
Plants and microbes use natural processes to purify contaminated wastewater.
A native tribe helps to restore a degraded watershed, with far-reaching ecological and economic benefits.
Protecting the world’s oldest and deepest lake from a planned petroleum pipeline and uranium enrichment facility.
Experimental reopening of the Pak Mun Dam gates reveals the social and ecological costs of megadams, and the benefits of rivers to the multiple communities who depend on them.
Rainwater harvesting in a dry region has multiple benefits for a drought-prone region.
An innovative wastewater treatment system restores the quality of polluted urban waterways.
An unprecedented community-driven legal battle fights for justice after what has been called one of the most catastrophic environmental disasters in history.
A small urban family remodels its 100-year-old house to achieve water and energy self-sufficiency.
Communities in the Ayuquila River Basin confronted deforestation and river pollution to set the watershed on a course of ecological health.
Through “water farming” Phiri Maseko’s farm is a paradise that resists droughts for several years.
A six-year-old Canadian boy starts a movement for safe drinking water in Africa.
Removing exotic trees from watersheds brings streams back to life, increases the nation’s water supply, and creates jobs for the unemployed.
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