World | Points of Progress
- Caregivers needed: For children, trees, land, and rivers
Progress roundup: For half the children in New Mexico, child care is free. In Australia, Indigenous nations win rights to an area the size of Indiana.
- Precious water and gold: New extraction methods for arid air and e-waste
Progress roundup: Resources like water in the desert and gold trapped in e-waste are recovered in new ways. And globally, more children are in school.
- The renewable energy of bike-powered French children and a battery-powered Melbourne
Progress roundup: For a greener future, schools in France teach bike riding, Melbourne batteries store renewables, South Africa enacts a climate law.
- How ships can make green fuel, and natural winds are key to cooling a city
Progress roundup: Wind patterns are in Frankfurt’s city building plan; plus, a new green hydrogen fuel, and three news briefs on justice and equality.
- Expanding possibilities for renters who want solar, and for animation in Africa
Progress roundup: New choices emerge for African animation fans, German apartment renters who want solar panels, and arts groups facing rising costs.
- Stubborn problems overcome: Where hunger is dropping and weeds build homes
Progress roundup: Hunger declines in Latin America. And in Namibia, innovative management of an invasive species is helping to boost housing stocks.
- In sports and the arts, making room for mental health and disabilities
Progress roundup: Fans are recognizing that athletes have mental health needs. And in formal venues, rules soften so more people can enjoy the arts.
- Senior housing that doesn’t isolate, and how community lifts Mexican women farmers
Progress roundup: Community benefits for senior living, and the Mexican women farmers reviving the Indigenous practice of working for the group.
- From Illinois to Sierra Leone, laws on child labor and child marriage
Progress roundup: Social media family vlogs must set aside pay for children in Illinois. And child marriage is outlawed in Sierra Leone.
- Where texts and lots of photos are critical data for farmers and residents
Progress roundup: Southern California addresses industrial boilers as source of pollution; chocolate gets a makeover using more of the cacao pod.
- Harnessing power to combat climate change – underground and in the courts
Progress roundup: In Switzerland, a court ruled that older women were not protected against climate change. In Africa, smoking cessation is on track.
- Legislating compassion: From bullfighting bans to domestic violence protections
Progress roundup: Same-sex marriage, domestic violence protections, and a ban on bullfighting become laws in Liechtenstein, Kazakhstan, Colombia.
- Safer skies and seas: Fresh support for disabled travelers and climate-changed oceans
Progress roundup: An international tribunal links ocean health to climate change. In the U.S., new laws address the well-being of disabled travelers.
- The pleasure of whale songs, and more playgrounds for all
Progress roundup: More whale sounds in the Southern Ocean may indicate species recovery. Playgrounds designed for all ages spread the pleasure.
- In Gaza or Ukraine, peace can look impossible. Here, there’s hope.
- Transformed FEMA faces a torrent of challenges to its growing relief efforts
- Elon Musk is spending big to boost Trump’s turnout. Republicans worry it might flop.
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