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
