Women-centric social search engine, England trials universal basic income, endometriosis breakthrough
New Zealand’s biggest-ever emissions reduction project, France bans short-haul flights, anti-wildfire tech
Spain moves towards 100% renewable energy, world’s first native bee sanctuary, Bali’s sign language village
Illinois bans book bans, India to stop building new coal plants, Colorado to make prison phone calls free
New York’s historic climate win, First Nation self-declares marine protected area, fighting the Taliban with art
Debt-for-nature swap saves Galapagos Islands, Japan to ban ‘upskirting’, porch culture fights loneliness
Global decline in child marriages, detecting cancer with AI, Barefoot College reinvents rural education
Mayor’s youth climate action councils, US smoking rate hits new all-time low, beating anorexia through boxing
World’s first robotic lung transplant, legal rights for criminal defendants, supporting the children of sex workers
Trafficking survivors fight modern slavery, mental health alert system, Europe’s longest cycle tunnel
Malaysia ends mandatory death penalty, free e-cigarettes for British smokers, ‘world-changer’ malaria vaccine
Swiss seniors sue over climate change, first cheetahs born in India since 1952, club for lonely girls
Education for 10 million Indian school dropouts, voting rights in prison, more country pubs owned by locals
Quicker way to tutor kids in reading, solar panels between railway tracks, heattech saving swimming pools
Europe’s first wild river national park, Britain expands free childcare, Puerto Rico’s first solar town
Turning oil permits into conservation projects, Scotland restricts hunting with dogs, paid leave ‘for any reason’
Eight countries eliminate tropical diseases, first US state to ban shark fishing, cancer test using urine
Free school meals under Minnesota house bill, proposal to dim London lights, 10,000 women save India’s rarest stork
White mailboxes to stop child abuse, third graders as engineers, London’s first queer retirement community
Fighting fire with fire, turning office spaces into urban farms, Australia approves psychedelics as medicines
Pocket forests in Paris, Niger halves blood-loss deaths at clinics, red squirrels on the rise in Scotland
Saving prairies by selling them, three leverage points for climate protection, Hawaii starts free preschools
A ‘ring of blossom’ around Birmingham, boost in 988 Lifeline use, “smart” tampons to screen for cervical cancer
Zero traffic deaths in Jersey City, legal protection for formerly incarcerated people, literary treasure hunts
New York injection sites save lives, tobacco companies forced to clean up cigarette butts, batteries from trees
New Zealand bans tobacco, ‘green banks’ go national in U.S., leather created from cactus and orange peels
First Black party leader in U.S. Congress, preschool on wheels, French village for people with dementia
Sydney’s upcycled highrise, green energy hub on NYC jail complex, 3D-printed homes for Indigenous community
California to ban plastic produce bags, Czech Republic to legalise cannabis, wind turbines capturing CO2
Children’s hospital treating social-economic wellness, Toronto’s bike mayor, Albatrosses detecting illegal fishing
Germany to legalise recreational cannabis, robotic falcon protecting birds, Miami Beach bans hairstyle discrimination
Green spaces reduce urban crime, historic decline in poverty in India, wild horses return to eastern Spain
Blood test detects 50 types of cancer, new approach to treat obesity, guaranteed income programme for immigrants
‘Farm dust’ pill against asthma and allergies, Japan’s victory in ‘traffic war,’ Germany’s ‘edible city’
Life expectancy in Africa rises sharply, Dutch city to ban meat adverts, empathy through disagreement
Baltic nations to multiply wind energy, eradicating invasive species, mental health walking groups for ‘blokes’
Free period products in Scotland, Stuttgart’s ventilation corridors, special training for immigrant female workers
Indigenous groups join forces to protect rainforest, ‘Transformation Schools’, ‘self-learning’ braille device
Four-day workweek trial changes lifes, ‘walking’ forest transforms Dutch city, UK sports clubs boost biodiversity
Record coral recovery on Great Barrier Reef, Nepal’s tiger population triples, basic income in Brazilian town
AR glasses with subtitles for deaf people, Chile to ban single-use products, teaching Boko Haram’s children
Clean environment becomes a human right, world’s largest underground cooling system, hi-tech fire detection
US to plant 1 billion trees, cheetah reintroduction brings back vultures, bank accounts for homeless people
Maryland removes degree requirement, the benefits of public banks, refugees in seized Mafia properties
India bans single-use plastics, Australia’s first hydrogen-fuelled plane, improving rock bottom graduation rates
Green energy jobs on the rise, free college tuition for Native students, Hawaii’s ancient food forests
Public schools going net zero, breaking the cycle between jail and homelessness, cafeterias without trays
Indian student plants 300,000 trees, using radio to save the environment, wind turbine towers made of wood
Less plastic pollution on Australia’s coast, Puerto Rico’s solar rooftops, former loggers now defend forests
Australia’s first Indigenous supreme court judge, vegetables on supermarket roofs, 19 ways to help stop gun violence
Street design preventing violence, low-income kids’ success in wealthy schools, circular economy for trees
Fighting wildfires with fire, cigarette butt recycling scheme, mandatory solar panels on new EU buildings
Standup comedy course against depression, first Black woman on Fed board, food security through Millets
Seed-firing drones to plant millions of trees, ‘solar boxes’ electrify communities, US cities abolish fines and fees
California runs on 100% clean energy, Iceland supports ecocide law, Qatar’s first male fashion designer
100 EU cities to go climate neutral by 2030, Japan’s green railway, Airbnb allows remote work forever
New scheme to improve literacy, education for students in detention, renewable energy in tribal nations
World’s tallest timber residential tower, UK boom in retrofitting buildings, mobile classrooms in refugee camps
One million children protected against malaria, diversity targets for UK companies, reforestation healing divides
Scotland’s forests and brown bear population in Pyrenees at historic highs, Iraq’s first green projects
First Black woman on US supreme court, Somalia’s first women-led media house, Garbage without landfills
Binational park on Texas-Mexico border, Future Generations Commissioner, Tunisia’s traditional welfare system
Conservationists buy fishing licence in Great Barrier Reef, 10-point plan to reduce global oil demand, Call Russia campaign
World’s largest floating hydro-solar farm, early screening tool for autism, WHO Africa’s first woman leader
Solar-powered cribs against jaundice, food truck serving invasive species, saving bongos from extinction
Free train rides for refugees, Hollywood stars praise Ukraine, first airline to use fuel made from sunlight
$10 radios help in fight against FGM, highest percentage of female CEOs, a million more trees for NYC
First US neighborhood microgrid, solar panels above irrigation canals, nations take action to save oceans
Three-month paid leave, millions of trees to protect salmon, free bus travel for under-22s in Scotland
World’s “best new building”, UK’s first ever student-written bill, US colleges ban caste discrimination
Swedish agency to combat fake news, tequila fish saved from extinction, supermarket tackling domestic abuse
Tech unicorn introduces four-day workweek, first Black woman on US quarter, 10000 free nights in Japan
Probiotics diet for coral reefs, first female supreme court judge in Pakistan, definitive Covid-19 vaccine
Lending app boosts female founders, $15 billion for Canada’s indigenous people, libraries hire social workers
Fishing-free corridor in Pacific, gene sequencing fights childhood cancer, ATMs distribute green fuel
Ireland pilots basic income scheme for artists, green social prescribing, Philly bans minor traffic stops
New York protects delivery workers, China to stop coal plants abroad, Swiss vote for same-sex marriage
Boosting Black athletes in medicine, saving journalists through photography, India’s familial forestry
Parental leave for US fathers, banning alcohol to quell domestic violence, new treatment for ovarian cancer
Transforming the lives of beggars, free birth control under 25 in France, de-policing university campus
Global effort to curb plastic pollution, street art for refugee integration, Tinder for homeless pets
Afghanistan’s female journalist collective, building equity for students, cow-inspired sanitation solution
Millions of trees in old coal mines, Germany’s basic income lottery, free train tickets for abuse survivors
African wild dogs return to Malawi, Europe’s first solar-powered restaurant, autism-friendly toy shop
Iceland’s four-day working week, world’s first elephant rewilding project, gun owners require liability insurance
Mexico permits recreational marijuana use, turning prisoners into fitness entrepreneurs, US apple hunter
Manchester viaduct becomes urban oasis, Kenya’s solar panel boom, Mr. Trash Wheel cleans up Baltimore
Canada’s first POC Supreme Court nominee, fighting police brutality with jiu-jitsu, sea eagle returns to the UK
State financed imam training in Germany, Pacific state fish stock alliance, sheep live among solar panels
Glasgow to plant 18 million trees, Israel bans fur sales, multibillion-dollar plan to eradicate polio
South Korea’s food recycling success, Chile bans single-use plastics, hairdressers fighting ocean oil spills
Berlin’s multi-faith worship centre, union recognition for Uber drivers, Tasmanian devils return to mainland
Movement to clean up the world’s most toxic sites, turning oil platforms into reefs, nature on prescription
German Catholics bless LGBT couples, UK strengthens animal rights, $12 billion for California’s homeless
Canadian startup reviving local news, electric suit for neurological patients, seabird robot scarecrow
Fighting homelessness through alternative policing, mental health crisis response team, zero-waste food bus
Bogota swaps trucks for cargo bikes, Spain’s first solar energy pavement, eradicating tropical diseases
Jails without guns and wardens, Japan’s ministry of loneliness, Afghanistan’s first special needs school
Malaria vaccine breakthrough, woman of colour makes Oscar history, fighting Black hair discrimination
Violence interrupters in Minneapolis, France approaches short-haul flight ban, “Sea rice” captures carbon
US suicide rates plummet, New York’s urban beehives, Africa’s Wikipedia editors write their own history
New York to legalise marijuana, tackling drought with recycled water, NZ approves paid miscarriage leave
Reviving wetlands in India and Australia, Seville’s orange-based energy, building trust with tiny houses
Zimbabwe’s sustainable mango surplus, digitally preserving Urdu, children bridging Middle Eastern divides
Opportunities for India’s neurodiverse people, animals reseed Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, ecological living in Wales
Zero rhino poaching deaths in Kenya, Cuba expands private business permits, first Black woman to lead the WTO
Freedom of expression for Indonesian schoolchildren, citizens decide police budget, returning Chicago’s stolen cars
Brooklyn’s new approach to sex work, Black churches preach mental health care, major victory for Nigerian farmers
Outdoor therapy for veterans, Sri Lanka provides free period products, spacesuits saving mothers’ lives
Finishing the work of murdered journalists, renewables overtake fossil fuels in EU, only country led by women
Jaguars return to Argentina, anti-malaria medical breakthrough, fighting child marriage with Taekwondo
Sumatran rhino conservation, rewilding Britain with reptiles, New York’s plastic pollution superheroes
Community ownership of Africa’s rainforest, 6,000 km U.S. bike trail, Champs-Élysées’ green transformation
Four-day working week boom, successful police de-escalation training, electric car sales record in Norway
African free trade area, Buddhist monk battles human trafficking, Mexico City bans single-use plastics
Fighting FGM in Sierra Leone, Australia changes its national anthem, train carriage for Moscow’s stray pets
A recap of 2020 – Part 2: first female vice-president, Belarus’s historic uprising, Mexico to legalise marijuana
A recap of 2020 – Part 1: Falling suicide rates after gay marriage legalisation, Dengue breakthrough, $7,500 for the homeless
Hospital prescribes free nutritious food, Native American interior secretary, USA’s largest wildlife crossing
Bowhead whales rebound in the Arctic, AR glasses for firefighters, Bhutan decriminalises homosexuality
Fishermen offer suicide prevention services, AI garage rewards non-drivers, biodegradable clay cups in India
Tasmania runs on 100% renewable energy, sharing geothermal power in Paris, bionic gloves for injured pianist
Free listening movement, Canada’s energy-efficient homes drive, ocean gardeners creating kelp burgers
First success in youth activists’ climate lawsuit, slavery survivors turn leaders, cooperatives tackle violence
Scotland to provide free period products, pro-democracy rubber ducks, fighting wildlife trade via WhatsApp
Southern Brazil’s shrimp explosion, Paris chooses parks over cars, historic female boardroom quota in Germany
Record numbers of Native American women in Congress, LGBTQ+ protections in Italy, renaming Rhode Island
Oregon decriminalises hard drug possession, first transgender senator, NYPD’s first Black female chief
Pope endorses same sex partnerships, sustainable radio for Indian fishermen, female presidential candidates in Iran
Early warning device against epileptic seizures, mothers adapting to post prison life, all-women repair service
$7,500 for Canada’s homeless, 30% of California reserved for conservation, one million new trees in Singapore
Colorado pardons marijuana convictions, saving turtles with decoy eggs, Belgium’s transgender deputy PM
Lowering suicide rates of gun owners, gay men hijack #proudboys hashtag, Amazon conservation from your couch
Tackling child marriage through football, replanting Australia’s forests, preserving a rare Indigenous language
Youth activists sue 33 countries over climate change, Ghana’s bamboo bikes, fighting water poverty in Nigeria
Burmese turtle revival, free Parisian transit for under 18s, musical liberation for Australia’s refugees
Universal basic income trial in Germany, braille Lego bricks, renaming streets after star pupils in Mumbai slums
Creating farmland from desert, the rise of Egypt’s female motorcyclists, inter-religious football in Iraq
World’s most sustainable furniture factory, pollination-friendly solar farms, platform for non-stolen second hand bikes
Seven-year-old raises thousands, LGBT+ rights in Dutch constitution, modular housing for formerly homeless
Sydney switches to 100% renewable energy, bald eagle conservation success, fatherhood classes in Rwanda
Irish Traveller makes political history, Kyrgyz app tackles bride kidnapping, redefining rape in Sweden
Brazil newspaper’s pro-democracy campaign, rainbow flags on Moscow embassies, wild ass making history
Black in Fashion Council, Afghanistan’s green stimulus, Mãori voices centred on topic of colonisation
Africa unites against COVID-19, e-learning phones for Lagos children, the university only hiring women
Protection of immigrants in the US, suicide prevention initiative in Brazil, conservation by counting lions
LGBT workers backed by Supreme Court, alternatives to policing in the US, Diego the libidinous tortoise
Ethiopia to plant 5 billion trees, New York legislates for police accountability, Britain goes coal-free
Minneapolis plans to abolish police, anti-discrimination law in Berlin, bees and butterflies on Irish farms
Far-right hashtags drowned with K-pop content, Germany boosts electric car charging, working without bosses
Surfing therapy in Cape Town, turtle hatchling initiative, empowering women through sustainable travel
World’s rarest primate escapes extinction, France’s first transgender mayor, ‘miniature rewilding’ in UK
Desert transformed into forest in China, Barbie protests the male gaze in art, stork chicks hatch in UK
Domestic violence facilities in Brazil, Scottish schools look outdoors, grime and drill offers sound advice
Malaria-resistant microbe discovered, chalking up forgotten flora, Uzbekistan recognises stateless citizens
FGM criminalisation in Sudan, LED lights save fish trapped in nets, end of coal power in Sweden and Austria
Vilnius becomes giant open-air cafe, Chile’s fishing net recycling mission, helping women into work in Pakistan
Milan plans radically greener future, Olaf the IVF toad is born, indigenous detainees in US given voice
Carbon capturing artificial jellyfish, laptops for online lessons, largest ever online mobilisation for Earth Day
War veteran’s fundraising efforts, blood donation accessibility for gay men, LGBT+ protection in Virginia
Bionic coral to save reefs around the world, urine tests to prevent malnutrition, the COVID tracing app
Domestic violence support in the Yukon, solar panel driveways, deterring youth gang crime in El Salvador
Migrants in Portugal granted rights, Scottish islands pioneering hydrogen power, and AI that can read minds
The educational videos improving maternal health, population rise in endangered rhinos, stores run by AI
Locust invasion solutions, supermarket staff given emergency worker status, water conservation in India
Canada bans conversion therapy, man cured of HIV for 30 months, Minecraft publishes uncensored journalism
Free transport in Luxembourg, Coventry drivers paid to take public transport, Kenyan donkey trade banned
Sex education in Tunisia, Game-changing HIV drug in South Africa, Qualifications Passport for refugees
Affordable renting legislation, democratic victory in Hong Kong, gender violence protests across Spain
Suicides fall as gay marriage is legalised, rediscovery of lost mouse-deers, successful four-day working week trial
