The toads' destination: their birthplace in the Roxborough Reservoir, which once provided drinking water to Philadelphians and is now preserved as open space in the city's park system.

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Volkema might succeed, with 35-year-old Ayse Birsel and her Resolve office system, which redefines open-plan office space at 120-degree angles with a combination of poles, arms and screens.

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It is an open space where people can come together to explore, innovate and evolve the financial system so that it sustains people and planet.

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