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Man Hasn’t Been to the Grocery Store in 8 Months Thanks to Tiny Pandemic Garden Inspired By Grandfather
Meet the man who isn't running to the supermarket to stockpile—thanks to his tiny urban patio garden which has kept him in fruit and...
14 Years Ago the Amazon Was Being Bulldozed for Soy – Then Everything Changed As Corporations Joined Activists
Over the last 14 years, a unique public-private initiative has reduced soy farming deforestation in the Amazon, so much so, that almost no soy...
Englishman Grows 500 Types of Edible Foods With Only a Few Hours’ Work a Month
Far from pursuing the American vision of "amber waves of grain," this farmer in England's southwest has, for 20 years, been growing 500 different...
His Invention For Renewable Energy Inspired by the Physics of Northern Lights Just Won the 2020 Dyson Prize
While renewable energy uptake and solutions continue to grow, many can only generate electricity in the right environmental conditions. For example, solar panels can...
This 2-Acre Vertical Farm Produces More Than ‘Flat Farms’ That Are Using 720 Acres
Another massively successful vertical farming startup is pushing the future of farming towards the sky, literally and figuratively.
From an ag-tech startup named Plenty, a...
Bezos Created $10 Billion Earth Fund to Meet Climate Crisis, First Grants of $800M Go to Iconic Environmental Groups
The Bezos Earth Fund, created by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and worth $10 billion, has just distributed $791 million in grant money...
Traps That Once Snared Uganda’s Wildlife Are Turned into Intricate Art With ‘Snares to Wares’
In Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda, a non-profit is helping local artisans make a living through selling sculptures made from the...
New Study Shows Garden Areas Improved the Immune Systems of Daycare Children in Only a Month
A study in Finland showed, for the first time, that the immune system of children ages 3-5 improved when forest undergrowth, lawns, and planter...
The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Goes To The World’s Largest Hunger Program
The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the world’s largest humanitarian organization that feeds the hungry.
The World Food Program (WFP) won the...
New Developments in Clean Energy and Carbon Capture Are Making Real Progress in Climate Crisis
The mainstream media is covering the climate crisis infinitely more than they used to. However, they often report dramatically more on the negative—focusing on...
Rallying After North Dakota Farmer’s Heart Attack, Neighbors Swoop in to Save His 1,000-Acre Harvest
September is harvest time in North Dakota. Like his neighbors, farmer Lane Unhjem was hard at it—until the unthinkable happened. When Unhjem’s combine caught...
Landscaping Pros Have Been Giving Free Lawn Care Services to Healthcare Workers, Relieving Their Stress
Project Evergreen has been mowing lawns for frontline workers taking some of the stress out of their lives while beautifying the environment for when...
World’s Biggest Rooftop Greenhouse in Montreal is as Big as 3 Football Fields – Now Can Feed 2% of the City
A rooftop greenhouse in Montreal has become the largest of its kind, and can now produce enough food to feed nearly 2% of the...
Once Left For Dead, The Aral Sea Is Now Brimming With Life Thanks to Global Collaboration
The World Bank's Kokaral dam project has raised water levels and replenished fish in the North Aral Sea, reviving Kazakhstan fishing towns.
This Nurse is a Hometown Hero for Creating A ‘Take-What-You-Need’ Pantry For Her Virginia Hospital
Do you remember when the aisles of grocery stores were emptied of toilet paper and other staples at the beginning of the pandemic?
Nurse Stacy...
When Hunger Intensifies in Pennsylvania, the Soup Brigade Mobilizes
For 4 years in Yardley, Pennsylvania, St. Andrew’s church has been running a food program for shut-in seniors, but when COVID hit a soup brigade mobilized.
Hero Teacher Spent Every Day in Lockdown Preparing Food for His Pupils and Delivered 7,500 Packed Lunches
A hero teacher in England spent every day preparing food for his 85 students who were home in quarantine— and delivered 7,500 packed lunches.
Nonprofit Flips Abandoned Prison into Sustainable Farm With the Help of At-Risk Youth and Jobless Veterans
On the grounds of an abandoned and decommissioned prison in North Carolina, vegetables are being tended by hands that, if not for the opportunity...
Trailblazing Gardener Discovers How to Grow Vegetables in Winter—Now He’s Helping Others Do It Too
Austrian farmer and botanist Wolfgang Palme discovered how to grow crops in winter—and now he's helping other communities grow their own winter produce.
Unemployed Single Women Are Saving Fish and Making Money by Farming Sea Sponges
Women from the Jambiani region of Zanzibar are simultaneously supporting their families and local ecosystems by taking up a new trade: sea sponge farming.