It is not every day that a surfer and environmental campaigner addresses the annual general meeting of one of the world's biggest oil companies. But that is what happened earlier this year, when Australian Heath Joske spoke to shareholders of the Norwegian firm Equinor at its AGM in the city of Stavanger. BBC NEWS
Read MoreA new virtual medical service called Teledaktar (TD) is trying to make health care more easily accessible in rural Bangladesh. Every week, TD's medical operators travel to the chars by boat, carrying a laptop, a portable printer for prescriptions and tools to run basic medical screenings such as blood pressure, blood sugar, body temperature and weight. NPR
Read MoreResearchers from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, claim to have 3D-printed skin that’s alive and has blood vessels. The new technique could greatly accelerate the healing process for patients who require skin grafts, such as burn victims. FUTURISM
Read MoreThe overhaul is expected to bring more clarity, and could set a global standard for the growing industry of green and socially-conscious loans. REUTERS
Read MoreAn artificial leaf would combine CO2, water, and sunlight to create energy. Scientists just got closer to making it work at scale. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreHong Kong is one of the most densely packed cities on Earth, now one organisation is spearheading a movement to turn idle rooftops and urban spaces into farms. PLACE
Read MoreAn A+ for accountability? How one school grades students’ “character data” as much as their homework, and gets a decent report card on future success. REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
Read MoreRacing driving is a very male-dominated sport, but a growing number of women - like Alice Powell - are changing that. BBC IDEAS
Read MoreActivists say a rising number of young people are harnessing the protests to crowdsource improvements to the capital city. PLACE
Read MoreAs farmers face greater climate change threats, loosening gender restrictions and getting men and women talking can help them stand up to the pressures. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreAfter taking down statues of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest, the city redesigned the parks into spaces where people could create a stronger community. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreThe Serapium Forest is irrigated with treated wastewater, which provides the massive plants with a natural source of fertilizer. “The wastewater is rich in phosphorus and nitrogen,” explains Hammad — a naturally occurring MiracleGro once separated from human fecal matter. The trees can’t get enough of it. REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
Read MoreFrom a festival that helps artists trade work for healthcare to a regional micro-currency, Kingston is trying to build an inclusive and self-sufficient local ecosystem. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreAbout 52,000 people in the small Brazilian city of Maricá in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro are set to receive a basic income set at roughly three-quarters of the national poverty line as part of a major new program to test basic income policies in the South American country. VOX
Read MoreBritain's countryside will be transformed by policies to combat climate change, the government's former chief environment scientist says. BBC NEWS
Read MoreFishing communities on Kenya's north coast will be the first to benefit from "smart" identity cards aimed at distinguishing genuine fishermen and loggers from poachers who raid waters and cut down mangroves vital to ease climate change threats. PLACE
Read MoreAs Russia enters its 20th year under the authoritarian leadership of Vladimir Putin, St Petersburg's vegan anarchist community thrives. Hated by the far right and out of tune with Russia's prevailing nationalist mood, the activists have created a version of what their ideal society would look like - and they're promoting this vision with delicious food. Could they be changing attitudes among other young Russians? BBC NEWS
Read MoreIf today’s advanced economies have reached (or even exceeded) the point of productivity that Keynes once predicted, why are 30- to 40-hour weeks still standard in the workplace? AEON
Read MoreSix-year-old Das and her two daughters, Olivia and Summer are three Border Collies who have been trained to run through the damaged forests with special backpacks that release native plant seeds. GREEN MATTERS
Read MoreThe high-tech monitoring project should enable big businesses to act faster to stop forest loss linked to palm oil, and make it easier for green groups to hold them to account. PLACE
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