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Watch an interview with Studio Gang an architecture firm that adapts urban architecture to nature. It's just one of the interviews from the Edge of Progress Tour.
Birds have been flying the same migratory patterns for millennia. When we built our cities, we often built them right where the birds used to fly. Now, the reflections from glass on skyscrapers confuse the birds mid-flight, causing millions of them to smash into the buildings and die each year.
Watch an interview with Studio Gang an architecture firm that adapts urban architecture to nature. It's just one of the interviews from the Edge of Progress Tour.

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