When given the option, more and more farmers and their kids want to quit factory farming. The Transfarmation Project helps them do just that.

Positive developments in health are unfolding all around us, from the staying power of telemedicine to life-saving naloxone access.

We asked our readers a simple question: No matter who wins this election, how will you continue to make the world a better place? Here’s what you told us.

Positive developments in health are unfolding all around us, from the staying power of telemedicine to life-saving naloxone access.

The Footprint Project has built nearly 50 solar microgrids post-Helene — and aims to create a “lending library” to deploy in the wake of disasters.

Eric Krebs is a writer from Queens, New York. He has written for the New York Times, Slate, and Bloomberg, among others.

For those not ready to invest in an EV of their own, community-first car shares are an affordable way to plug in to sustainable transit.

For those not ready to invest in an EV of their own, community-first car shares are an affordable way to plug in to sustainable transit.

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In Pelling, a town in Western Sikkim in India with the best views of the Himalayan peak Kanchenjunga, Tsering Bhutia gazes at the terraced field behind his house. “We’ve grown organic black cardamom ...

Before they became farmers, Lore Apesteguy was working at an arts center in Strasbourg, France, giving tours of exhibitions, and her partner, Alexandre Chevalier, an engineering graduate, was ...