Geoship is touting the bioceramic geodesic dome as the home of the futureâand getting help on the rollout from Zappos, which wants to build some near its headquarters to give to the homeless. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreSwitching to a plant-based diet can help fight climate change, UN experts have said. A major report on land use and climate change says the West's high consumption of meat and dairy produce is fuelling global warming. But scientists and officials stopped short of explicitly calling on everyone to become vegan or vegetarian. BBC NEWS
Read MoreIn the Dutch city of Utrecht, the roofs of hundreds of bus stops were recently covered with low-growing succulent plants called sedum. Itâs not to make them look good (though it does). Itâs to create new habitats for bees and butterflies in the middle of the city. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreWhen you buy kidsâ clothes from UpChoose, you can exchange them later for bigger ones, while the old ones are cleaned and sold to someone with a smaller child. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreOlga - who hopes to attend Moscow State University to study journalism in September - says her protest was not just about the upcoming elections: it was to highlight a drift away from the post-Soviet constitution, which valued the rights of Russian people. BBC NEWS
Read MoreA giant sand dune is being built on England's east coast to save 400 homes from storm surges, in Britain's first attempt to use "sandscaping" to stave off rising seas and prepare for a changing climate, engineers said on Tuesday. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreHumans need to stop abusing the land we live on if we want to avoid catastrophic levels of climate warming, scientists on the UNâs major Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will warn at at a meeting in Geneva this week. THE INDEPENDENT
Read More'When decision makers start to see it (waste) like a harvest, they will understand that it means development'. PLACE
Read MoreEmma Watson has helped to launch a free legal advice helpline for women who have experienced sexual harassment at work. The helpline has been backed by the Time's Up UK Justice and Equality Fund and is managed by Rosa, a charitable fund which provides financial support for initiatives geared towards girls and women across the UK. THE INDEPENDENT
Read MoreCountries keep subsidizing products of low nutritious content, favoring staple foods over fresh produce. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
In much of the Far East, sea cucumbers are a delicacy, fetching a high price for their purported health benefits. In Tampolove, a tiny windswept village of mud huts and sandy paths squeezed between the coast and the forest in south-west Madagascar, they have provided a major boost to the local economy and environment. BBC NEWS
Read MoreIn the border city of Tijuana, in a dirt parking lot adjoining a migrant shelter, the bus is offering a rare chance at school to Central American and Mexican children. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreIn this Louisiana parish, residents are already surrounded by industrial plants and factories. Theyâre desperate to stop a new plastic company. THE HUFFINGTON POST
Read MoreAn app-based project aims to snuff out scents using the collective power of crowdsourcing in Barcelona. PLACE
Read MoreChristina Sass learned at an early age to spot talent in new places. She went on to found Andela, a firm that recruits software engineers in Africa. BBC NEWS
Read MoreInterContinental Hotels Group, which owns some 5,600 hotels, is phasing out single-use bottles to reduce plastic waste, and it's not alone. THE HUFFINGTON POST
Read MoreCampaigners hail scheme to protect and restore forests around the world as âpivotal stepâ towards ensuring goods remain untainted. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreThis week, three MPs told Radio 1 Newsbeat they think cannabis will become legal in the UK within a decade. David Lammy, Jonathan Djanogly, and Norman Lamb had been on a fact-finding trip to Canada, the first major Western country to legalise the drug. BBC NEWS
Read MoreAmid the political turbulence in Ukraine, some people are dedicating their lives to the wellbeing of dogs, cats, birds, bears and other animals in the country. Photographer Thomas Machowicz has been documenting the work of the Kiev Animal Rescue Group (Karg), which provides emergency services for injured animals. BBC NEWS
Read MoreHealthcare professionals can now detect one of the National Health Serviceâs (NHS) âbiggest killersâ in minutes rather than hours due to the use of a new app. The app, which has been developed by Alphabetâs DeepMind Health together with the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (RFL), is used to help identify patients who are at risk of something called âacute kidney injuryâ, or AKI. CNBC
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