Resistance and rebuilding in the Amazon →
Indigenous Sapara people are resisting oil extractivism and building the case for protecting 30 million hectares of the Amazon. THE ECOLOGIST
Read MoreCan you turn around the health of an entire town? →
How do you improve the health of an entire town? That was the question facing the former fishing port of Fleetwood, in Lancashire. BBC NEWS
Read MoreCities to step up at U.N. to push climate fight, sustainable development →
As some world leaders question whether the world is facing a climate emergency, more than a dozen cities are stepping up to tackle global warming and sustainable development and will next week pledge to report their progress to the United Nations. REUTERS
Read MoreThe whole-planet view →
Psychedelics offer a sense of expansive connectedness, just like astronauts have felt looking back to Earth from space. AEON
Read MoreWhat might systems change look like? →
To understand what constitutes systems change, we need to first talk about what isn’t systems change. Have you ever heard of the three-legged stool of sustainability (also known as the three pillars of sustainability)? THE ECOLOGIST
Read MoreArmed with tech tools, Colombian cities combat mosquito-borne diseases →
The technology company hopes the initiative, which has destroyed about 70,000 mosquito breeding sites, will be expanded to other cities in Colombia and across the continent. PLACE
Read MoreIn fuel-short Mali, farmers find money in saving tree stumps →
A method to regrow and partially cut trees is spreading in West Africa as a way of sustainably producing fuel - and income. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreNew tech to help disabled people →
Latest developments in the pipeline for those struggling with mobility, sight, hearing or speech. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreA green new deal for nature →
Plan to restore and rewild 25 percent of the UK to combat climate crisis put forward by progressive think tank Common Wealth. THE ECOLOGIST
Read MoreScientists have successfully created embryos of the near-extinct northern white rhino →
The in-vitro creation was made by a consortium of veterinarians and conservationists from Germany, Kenya, and the Czech Republic working at the Avantea laboratory in Cremona, Italy. QUARTZ
Read More‘Gardening helps our mental health. They should do more of it in jail’ →
HMP Parc’s gardening scheme is improving prisoners’ lives – and has won an award from the Royal Horticultural Society. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreThe websites helping renters fight rogue landlords →
It was a dispute over a missing bed cover that sparked the idea for Marks Out Of Tenancy - a website that allows renters to rate their past landlords. BBC NEWS
Read MoreMapping project seeks to secure 'invisible' indigenous lands →
An online project aims to map all of the world's indigenous lands to secure legal rights and alert communities to the threats of illegal logging and mining. PLACE
Read MoreHow virtual reality is helping people with dementia →
An NHS pilot is seeing if virtual reality could improve the lives of people with dementia, by taking them back in time to relive formative experiences. BBC NEWS
Read MoreAcademics craft a plan to infuse billions into journalism →
Here is a novel idea for saving serious journalism: Give every adult American $50, via an income tax checkoff, to donate to a favourite news outlet. POYNTER
Read More'All aboard' for zero climate →
Bus operators across England are setting out a bold strategy to work with government to improve services, help tackle climate change and get a billion more passenger journeys by bus by 2030. THE ECOLOGIST
Read MoreMind over natter: the small town with a happiness plan →
From gentle strolls to cups of tea, the market town of St Ives in Cambridgeshire is trying to confront isolation and mental distress. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreCycles for cigarettes: city gives bikes to children if a relative quits →
The bicycles are given to children in the Turkish border city of Kilis if they also maintain strong grades and promise to ride for an hour a day. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreINTERVIEW-Follow the money to fight human trafficking, top Interpol director says →
Encouraging the private sector to share information, governments can help international authorities get access to sensitive data from financial institutions and industries. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read More'It will be OK': The amputees helping each other →
When Lisa became an amputee, she noticed the lack of support for amputees. She decided to do something about it and made her own peer support group. BBC NEWS
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