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Using used diapers as a building material could reduce landfill waste and lower housing costs.

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Isabella Kirkland's oil paintings bear witness to the massive ecological challenges, crises, and victories our world faces.

Drawing on the success of movements like the Black Joy Project, which uses art to promote Black healing and community-building, trans activists are challenging one-dimensional depictions of their community by highlighting the unique joys of being transgender.

John Green went head to head with pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson, urging the brand to end its patent on a live-saving tuberculosis drug.

The rate of new HIV infections in Namibia is five times lower than it was in 2002, thanks to the strategic response of local governmental agencies and organizations.

A new report from RMI suggests that we are on track to meet net-zero targets for renewable energy by the end of the decade.

The climate crisis requires action, but Al Gore is helping us celebrate all the forward momentum we’ve made so far.

New federal funding aims to ramp up the use of former garbage dumps for renewable energy projects key to cutting cities' emissions

A social innovation organization is mobilizing young people to take meaningful action in their communities through collaborative games.

Women advance in India's fast-growing gaming world but risk rape threats, abuse, and low prize money for all their progress.

Nature lovers are making use of herding dogs to humanely move pesky geese out of their way and protect natural ecosystems.