Israeli Startup Finds Holy Grail of Garbage Disposal
UBQ invented a patented new composite material based on trash that actually decarbonizes the atmosphere in net terms, and uses no water in the process
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Kinky Cukes and Bent Cookies: French Anti-waste Stores Sell Damaged Food
An anti-waste grocery network selling “unsellable” products at discount prices is taking off in France
Bring in the Clowns: The Recycled Circus
'People don't pollute because they are evil but because they are unaware': This circus teaches young kids how to live a better way through recycling
Rescuing Lebanon From Electronic Waste
Ecoserv, an NGO, is tackling the thorny issue of e-waste, a source of hazardous contamination completely ignored by the Lebanese authorities.
Don't Sacrifice Straws: Use Edible Ones Made of Rice
South Koreans use 2.6 billion plastic straws a year, not one of which degrades. So an entrepreneur made straw with a food they don't hate
Paving Roads With Plastic Bottles Extracted From the Sea
The Caribbean city of Utila in Honduras is sparing the marine life of the planet our plastic: it's turning it into asphalt
I Got Garbage, the App: Making Cities Cleaner and Rag-pickers Better Off
Adopted in 7 cities so far, the sorting app is transforming the lives of the people who depend on trash for a living
How San Fernando Is Turning Itself Into a Litter-free City
Until six years ago the streets were strewn with garbage, but then the citizens came on board
How to Stop Plastic Before It Reaches the Sea? Build Giant Barriers
Almost all the plastic killing marine life comes from the great rivers, but it could be captured before it reaches the sea
Proving That Packaging Is Unnecessary for Food
Modern food packaging has given us portability, freshness, and mountains of waste. A return to a simpler kind of grocery could help us live more lightly on the planet
Opinion Ensuring the Earth Beats On
For Earth Day 2019, 18 global newspapers, Haaretz among them, have gathered to showcase local solutions for global problems of waste and pollution
Junking Not in the Philippines: Making Furniture From Plastic
To stop the island nation from continuing to add plastic to the oceans, Wilhelmina Garcia finally found something people actually want
11 Centuries After the Murder of a Poet, Afghan Women Are Fighting for the Right to Write
Afghan women continue to face oppression, but are now being given the opportunity through a nonprofit organization to tell their own stories
How to Grow Food in the Sahara Desert
Refugee camp resident Taleb Brahim, an engineer, developed a method to grow barley fodder for livestock on nothing but sand and water
Yoga Behind Bars: How to Reduce Stress and Create Harmony in Prison
Phrases like 'open up your chests,' 'now, cobra' and 'exhale as you transition to crescent lunge' take on a whole new meaning in Argentine jails
15-year-old Azeri Invents Way to Make Electricity From Rain
In the 9th grade, Reyhan Jamalova 's father asked a question; she, a friend and their physics tutors did the math and Azerbaijan provided seed money
Bangladesh's School of Hope for Autistic Children
The mission of the Unique Gift Foundation: to give ASD children the confidence to perform day-to-day tasks by themselves
To Save the Planet: Don't Buy Clothes, Rent Them
Clothing manufacturers produce more emissions than all planes and ships combined. Tale Me of Brussels noticed the pointlessness of buying maternity clothes, for instance
A Brazilian Unimpressed by 'Ecological Toilets' Invents an Alternative to Flushing
Inspired by fasting and a toilet, as one is, a Brazilian invents Piipee, which taps nature and baking soda to neutralize the smell and color of urine
Organics Among the Original Ways to Empower Women in Burkina Faso
La Saisonnière is devoted to helping women climb out of poverty through attaining skills, including micro-gardening
Saving Newborns in Uganda With a Pediatrician in Your Phone
What is a midwife to do if there's no doctor and a baby's in trouble? The PRISMS app was designed to mimic a pediatrician and send diagnoses and care suggestions by SMS
Do Your Kids Grow? Here's a Shoe That Grows Too
Donors have distributed 140,000 pairs to children in 97 countries
How to Convert Dead Fruit Trees Into Fuel Without Ruining the Planet
How a Tunisian family managed to turn a blight into briquettes and make money while about it
Purifying Water Using a Ceramic Pot in Uganda
When the well is contaminated: The Purifaaya pot, made by Spouts of Water, is 99.9% effective and its water is potable, say Ugandan authorities
It Takes a Russian Village to Build a Blockchain
How one Russian farmer stopped relying on the government and started his own currency
Harvesting the Wind: Community Wind Farms in France
Locally generated, community oriented, wind energy is gaining popularity in France - thanks to a farmer and an artist
Dammed to Hell: Crowd-sourcing a Rescue for Rivers
The Italian project AMBER mobilizes people across the European Union in order to save their river systems, and their futures
Turning Invasive Sea Squirts Into Gold by Farming Their Farts
The naked mollusks can be cultivated for their flammable emissions, a.k.a. biogas, and can then be humanely dispatched to produce fertilizer
Israeli Company Invents Plastic Packaging You Can Compost
Even if the TIPA film is tossed into the landfill as opposed to lovingly composted under optimal conditions, it will still vanish, unlike plastic that will stay with our children's children's children
Beyond the Bean: Turning Coffee Grounds Into Protein Powder
When you make coffee, you're using only 0.2% of the bean's biomass. You can grow mushrooms on the coffee waste and produce umami-flavored protein while about it
Next-gen Disposable Cutlery: Making Edible Spoons in India
Narayaana Peespaty is changing the way we think about the way we eat. Why have disposable cutlery when you could just eat it?
Opinion Our Responsibility Is to Invest in People and Build a Fair Globalization That Works for All
For Impact Journalism Day 2018, the UN Secretary-General examines the path towards global achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals: Identifying and sharing positive initiatives led by citizens, social entrepreneurs, governments and international organizations gives us hope, and can help us overcome challenges and reach our global objectives together
Opinion Lifting the Poor Beyond Microfinancing
Small business means small chance of success, and staying small doesn't mean staying safe: Help needs to aim higher in order to boost whole communities
Impact Journalism Day 2016 In War-torn Iraq, a Photojournalist Teaches Children to Tell Their Own Stories
'Until now, the story is almost always told by us, by a foreigner. I would like to see the story told by those that lived the story.'
Impact Journalism Day 2016 A Different School of Thought
Cairo nonprofit Educate-Me believes there is far more to education than the core curriculum, which is why it asks children what they really want to learn.
Impact Journalism Day 2016 Baku Project Proves One for the Books
A mini-library in the Azerbaijan capital encourages everyone to pick up a book, even if they never return it.
Impact Journalism Day 2016 The Hypnotist Will See You Now
Already being used as a pain management tool, Swiss experts say hypnosis may be just what the doctor ordered.
Impact Journalism Day 2016 Look Who’s Talking: The App That Deciphers Babies’ Cries
Infant Crying Translator offers help for stressed parents who can’t interpret their infant’s wailing.
Impact Journalism Day 2016 Got a Problem? Ask Sister Maya
Bangladeshi women searching for answers to taboo subjects in their conservative society are getting help courtesy of a groundbreaking digital platform.
Impact Journalism Day 2016 Offshoot of Arab Spring Looks Out for Morocco's Future Leaders
The TIZI initiative aims to get young people interested in politics and, ultimately, nurture potential leaders.
