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Ericka Lugo

How to Build a Flood-Resilient Community

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From the Ask Umbra archives

How inland America is adapting to high water

We spoke with community leaders, government officials, and residents all across “flyover country” about how they’re protecting their hometowns.

Eve Andrews Ask Umbra
Is there a moral obligation to disclose that your house has flooded?

Home sellers have the power to make neighborhoods more flood-resilient. But it’ll cost them.

Jake Bittle Ask Umbra

Ericka Lugo

How to Build a Flood-Resilient Community

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How New Orleans neighborhoods are using nature to reduce flooding

Flood resilience takes a village — and a lot less concrete.

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Your new neighbor flooded your yard. What now?

The thing is, he's a beaver.

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The most ‘sustainable’ garment is the one that shows its wear, proudly

Modern mending doesn’t attempt to hide itself — to the contrary.

Eve Andrews Ask Umbra
The great conundrum of the sustainability influencer

Can we escape the growth model that's built into the influencer economy and fashion itself?

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Big retailers are getting into the secondhand market. Will that change how we shop?

Whether resale benefits the planet will depend on if it actually offsets consumption, or promotes it.

Gabriela Aoun Ask Umbra