Spacs add to the deepening pool of investors rushing to put money behind green technologies. THE FINANCIAL TIMES

Researchers have outlined a way to make more sustainable fuel from waste like cooking oil, food scraps, manure and sewage. But not everyone is convinced. HUFFPOST

More than 100 constitutions across the world have adopted a human right to a healthy environment, often serving as a powerful tool to protect the natural world. BBC FUTURE PLANET

An agricultural movement in Italy grows on land confiscated from organised crime. THE NEW YORK TIMES

Louisiana has a $1.5 billion plan to slow sea-level rise and BP is paying for it. GRIST

Ojok Okello is transforming his destroyed village into a green town where social enterprises responsibly harness the shea tree. THE GUARDIAN

Officials are beginning to reimagine fire and land management, drawing upon Native American tradition and perspectives that were long outlawed. HUFFPOST

The Mayni people are harvesting shade-grown coffee from under the canopy of mature trees, with huge benefits for wildlife and the community. THE GUARDIAN

A network of traditional healers is at the forefront of finding ways to protect, sustainably manage, and document the biodiversity based on their in-depth knowledge of medicinal plants. MONGABAY

Tiny homes have been promoted as the solution to all kinds of housing needs — an affordable option in expensive big cities and simplicity for people who want to declutter their lives. They are increasingly used as shelter for homeless people in other California cities, including San Jose and Sacramento, as well as nationally in Seattle, Minneapolis and Des Moines, Iowa. AP NEWS

When Swiss energy companies made green electricity the default choice, huge numbers of consumers were happy to stick with it—even though it cost them more. Four years after the switch, researchers found that around 80% of customers were still on green tariffs. This "default effect" happened partly because people didn't want the hassle of switching back to fossil fuels. The authors say the idea could have a big impact on global emissions of CO2. BBC NEWS

Building flourishing farms in the heart of cities used to be just a utopian fantasy. Now it's an important step towards developing a smart, diversified food system capable of feeding a growing world population. BBC FUTURE

These scientists are looking toward genetically modified trees to sponge up the world’s excess carbon. FREETHINK

Sprouting in our concrete jungles, high-rises built of wood are pointing the way to a greener form of construction. REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL

Evidence-based policing aims to make policing more fair, by treating it like medicine – running controlled trials to see which interventions work, and which don't. WIRED

In 2020, East Africa experienced the worst locust swarms in 70 years. Billions of insects devoured crops and grazing land, threatening the livelihoods of millions of people in the Horn of Africa. But a Kenyan NGO, Bug Picture, has come up with a sustainable solution to the problem. It's training, and paying, affected communities to catch the locusts, which are then turned into animal feed and fertiliser. BBC NEWS

In South-East Asia, deforestation has plummeted in areas dominated by the palm-oil industry. Plantation owners used to burn and cut an area the size of Yosemite National Park every year, but they levelled less than a fifth of that in 2020. Indonesia has been a bellwether on the issue. GRIST

A race-neutral plan to give young Americans economic security at birth. VOX

The rodents are often considered ‘nuisance animals’, but they can play a vital role in maintaining healthy landscapes. THE GUARDIAN

Rooftop solar expansion is part of a plan to generate a quarter of the state's power from the sun by 2022. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION