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.

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

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

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.

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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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 ...

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Dina Ceri studied psychology at university. She never considered a technology- or science-based career as she felt she wasn’t good at subjects like math and chemistry. After graduating in 2010, Ceri ...

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