When we think of a "cool block," we envision a strip of coffee shops, boutiques, restaurants and bars that inhabit a three- to four-block radius in a neighborhood. A cool block offers the chance to ...

Sandra Slater, Cool Block volunteer program manager for Palo Alto, said most of those services would involve customized web development for Palo Alto, data gathering, maintenance on the existing web ...

Asher Dunn, a designer and founder of Studio Dunn, makes really interesting animal blocks that kids can play with but that also can double as home decor. The block feature animals like a polar bears, ...

"There are always some days that I feel like we live in the middle of the Sahara desert," Ait-Chaib said. Their Chelsea neighborhood, located just across the river from Boston, offers little shade.

Suddenly, something called a “climate moonshot” is showing up on city council agendas around California. It’s the brainchild of a nonprofit organization called the Empowerment Institute and its CEO ...

Boston — For Arwa Ait-Chaib and her mother, Wafa El Hidar, summertime in Chelsea, Massachusetts, means trying to beat the heat. "There are always some days that I feel like we live in the middle of ...