What if more materials not only reduced their own environmental impact, but also actively tried to go farther? Hanging from a wall, a new design called BioScales looks like an abstract sculpture. But it’s also designed to capture CO2 and pollution from the air and later to be composted, returning carbon to the soil. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreFor impact investors financial gains are critical, but social returns are equally important. More than a quarter of family foundations are now engaged in impact investing in some form, according to a 2019 Global Family Office report from UBS and Campden Research. REUTERS
Read MoreIn response to growing income inequality, some California lawmakers are looking at the possibility of tying tax rates for corporations to the gap between how much they pay their CEOs and what their average employees take home. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreDeMocker and Heather McTeer Toney, a former regional Environmental Protection Agency administrator and the national field director for Moms Clean Air Force, offer a few suggestions for parents who want to know where to start. THE WASHINGTON POST
Read MoreGetting ready for a disaster is still a tiny part of the world’s response to the likelihood of one. But some governments and officials are starting to plan well in advance. THE NEW YORK TIMES
Read MoreRoma are set to have talks with other European clubs about raising awareness of missing children after a groundbreaking social media campaign. BBC NEWS
Read MoreA small amount of the proceeds will be used to finance a course aimed at teaching emotional intelligence to 600 students in Brazil. REUTERS
Read MoreCities in the U.S. and around the world are making buses and trains free for residents, aiming to increase equality and tackle pollution. HUFFPOST
Read MoreIn a stunning visual essay, a Belgian photojournalist documents the people that rescue, rehabilitate and release the critically endangered species. THE WASHINGTON POST
Read MoreThere’s just a narrow band of altitude that creates most of the contrails, the white residue left behind by planes that contributes to global warming. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreIn the face of a warming planet and breakneck urbanization, U.S. policymakers are asking how best urban trees can be protected and utilised. PLACE
Read MoreThe fertility expert, Lord Robert Winston, appeared on BBC Radio 4's Today programme to discuss the campaign to relax the current ten-year limit on freezing eggs. BBC NEWS
Read MoreJust 30 years ago, getting cross-party support to change sentencing, policing or the death penalty would have been almost unthinkable. Today, though progress remains slow, the costs of tough-on-crime policies are prompting a change of heart. THE CORRESPONDENT
Read MoreEthical businesses are developing new ways to tackle air pollution - a major public health threat in developing nations - by making affordable air purifiers for the most vulnerable people in the worst hit countries like China and India. PLACE
Read MoreA medical school and Georgia students partner to reduce public health disparities. YES! MAGAZINE
Read MoreA team of MIT scientists has a new plan to prevent cataclysmic asteroid impacts — and it boils down to a precise game of cosmic billiards. The scientists suggest that they could nudge killer asteroids off course well in advance, rather than hoping that some last-minute attempt — think the sci-fi trope of launching nukes into space — will pan out. FUTURISM
Read MoreE-waste is becoming a huge problem. The 50 million tonnes of e-waste generated every year will more than double to 110 million tonnes by 2050, making it the fastest growing waste stream in the world, according to the author of a UN report. BBC NEWS
Read MoreThe political scientist Hélène Landemore asks, If government is for the people, why can’t the people do the governing? THE NEW YORKER
Read MoreAt a time when rural schools all over California struggle to keep students in school, a three-year-old experiment in the Fresno County community of Parlier is showing some interesting results. THE FRESNO BEE
Read MoreThe four-person medical team Feldman leads offers care to some of the sickest people in L.A. by meeting them where they live, on the street. The patients don’t have to schedule appointments, find transportation to the clinic, pick up prescriptions or pay for their treatment — barriers that make homeless people much sicker and more likely to die young than others. LOS ANGELES TIMES
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