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A painter paid $192,000 for a 1902 lighthouse three miles offshore; now he wants to turn the abandoned structure into a destination

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A painter paid $192,000 for a 1902 lighthouse three miles offshore; now he wants to turn the abandoned structure into a destination

Hooper Island Lighthouse. Image Credit: WBOC For more than a century, the 1902 Hooper Island Lighthouse has stood three miles offshore in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay. Years of exposure have left the historic structure badly in need of repair, but its latest owner sees an opportunity to give it a new purpose. Pennsylvania painter Rich Cucé … Read more

Australian high school students collected more than 2,000 plastic bottles to form a greenhouse, 11 years later, the structure supplies food for the school’s garden

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Australian high school students collected more than 2,000 plastic bottles to form a greenhouse, 11 years later, the structure supplies food for the school's garden

A project that began as an ecological lesson has transformed the lives of students at an Australian high school. In the country’s capital of Canberra, students at the Richardson Primary School in south Canberra collected more than 2,000 plastic bottles and transformed them into the walls of a greenhouse that has been working efficiently for … Read more

In 2024, England turned old fishing nets into a 16-metre footbridge; the 3.5-tonne structure needs smaller foundations and less maintenance than a conventional bridge

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In 2024, England turned old fishing nets into a 16-metre footbridge; the 3.5-tonne structure needs smaller foundations and less maintenance than a conventional bridge

The project used modular blocks, which mostly can be placed by hand, instead of traditional reinforced-concrete retaining walls. The blocks fit together like a Lego system, with little or no mortar needed. Old fishing nets seldom find a second life. But in Kent, England, the nets are being turned into something much more ambitious. The … Read more