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Never give up, says Aaron Baker, former quadriplegicAfter a motorcycle accident, Aaron Baker was told he'd never walk again. Last year, he walked 20 miles across the Mojave Desert.
Eric Stowe makes a Splash for clean waterThe nonprofit group, which works in places like Nepal, sets up self-sustaining filtration systems.
Project STEP changes young lives through musicAt Boston’s nonprofit Project STEP, inner-city children learn life-changing skills through studying classical music.
Chesapeake Bay oysters make a remarkable recoveryAfter being decimated by disease, pollution, and overharvesting, the Chesapeake Bay’s renowned oysters are thriving once again, thanks largely to a selectively bred oyster that grows rapidly and is more resistant to pathogens.
From orphan to founder of a radio station aimed at peace buildingPerry Saxe Gateka loved radio. So he attached his homemade antenna to the highest branch of an avocado tree and began broadcasting to more than 100 households in Burundi.
Solar-powered 'ATMs' to deliver clean water in PakistanThe two-foot-square prototype machine looks and functions like an ATM, but dispenses water instead of cash. Users are issued a card they use to claim a daily amount of water.
Put water in the bank: a solution for drought-stricken CaliforniaOne answer to California’s severe water shortage may be groundwater banking, in which municipalities, farmers, and other water users store water in aquifers for later use.
How one West Africa town is fighting hungerIn a village of mud and straw huts in Mali a series of small improvements – capturing rainwater, a fish pond, vegetable gardens, efficient wood stoves – is lifting families.
This short bike path could power a home for a yearEmbedded with solar cells, the world’s first energy-producing bike path is humming along in the Netherlands.
Marine biologist in Haiti creates a national parkJean Wiener won a Goldman Environmental Foundation prize for helping establish Haiti’s first Marine Protected Areas and promoting sustainable fishing practices.
Effective help for drought-hit Kenya: cashA cash-transfer program aimed as food aid has had an unexpected effect: Most of the recipients use it to start small businesses or restock herds with drought-resistant cattle.
Food stamps double their value at Michigan farmers markets, helping families and growersA USDA program helps low-income families take home twice the veggies – and farmers make twice the money.
Bystander Revolution stands up to bullyingParent and author MacKenzie Bezos founded Bystander revolution to inspire simple acts of courage, kindness, and inclusion, and to counter bullying online or in person.
A couple in Rwanda defeats ethnic hatred with loveViateur and his wife, Judith, have married across the divide between Hutus and Tutsis, becoming entrepreneurs and peace builders.
Boys persuade girls to go back to school in IndiaEducate Girls trains young people to go into villages to find girls who are not in the classroom.
Games for Change do more than just entertainVideo games with a purpose, from peacemaking to teaching empathy to treating social problems such as discrimination, are growing in number and sophistication.
In a slum in Kenya, help is just a click awayIn a Nairobi, Kenya, slum, residents used technology to map the area, a key first step in solving problems from waste removal to street lighting. Those with phones can now report problems more accurately.
A New York City man left his waitress a $3,000 tip. Here's why.An anonymous man inspired by a 'pay-it-forward' movement launched by his eighth-grade science teacher left the tip to a Times Square waitress who said she was facing eviction.
Kenyan women make a healthy profit selling aloe to cosmetics firmThe aloe plants reduced erosion and improved the soil, enabling grass to grow in a dry climate. The leaves are exported to Britain as an ingredient in cosmetics.
Some Adidas products to be made of plastic debris from oceansThe sportswear company wants to help save the oceans by recycling marine plastic trash into products.
