All Points of Progress
- Good news around the globe: How trash becomes treasure, and disrespect turns to grace
Progress roundup: Reuse champs of Denmark, neurodivergence advocates in Peru, and how Tuvulu is defending itself by becoming a digital nation.
- Uplifting news around the globe: ‘Yes’ to housing, and teaching as a second career
Progress roundup: Housing issues bring left and right together at YIMBYtown, more second-career seekers sign up to teach, and the prison recyclers with a path to employment.
- Uplifting news around the globe: Eco-friendly batteries and greener cement
Our progress roundup: Water batteries as an alternative to lithium-ion, cement that makes low-carbon concrete, and crop adaptations for high-salinity soil.
- Uplifting news around the globe: An app for native languages, women in leading roles
Progress roundup: Native speakers in Brazil have an app, more Maasai women are boosted as leaders, noncitizens in the U.S. are eligible for National Book Awards.
- At work and play, women forge independence from men – from India to Brazil
Progress roundup: In India, women are pooling their own money to buy solar pumps for their crops. And in Brazil, a female-run “samba school” defies male domination in the festival of the year.
- In science and conservation, empowering the people most affected
Progress roundup: Fairer systems take shape as scientists report back to research participants and rural residents harvest as well as conserve forests.
- Do female fans belong in stadiums? Can mobile-home owners own the land?
Progress roundup: More rights and freedoms include women allowed a glimpse of stadiums in Iran, and mobile-home owners buying their land in the U.S.
- Where school comes second and the town where bees come first
Progress roundup: A Costa Rican city says it’s “sweet,” seeking harmony with nature. And in parts of Japan, students can take three days off to spend with their parents.
- In schools and on dance floors, building inner resilience
Progress roundup: Schools teach positive psychology to help children lower stress and anxiety. And in Colombia, salsa dancing helps survivors of gender violence heal.
- Boom and boost: Startups soar and Indigenous teachers get a leg up
In this week’s progress roundup, startups are booming in Latin America and Indigenous teachers in the United States get a boost.
- Testing the power of $500, and the tool tracking global emissions
Progress roundup: Climate TRACE tracks millions of sources of greenhouse gas emissions. And a long-term study of universal basic income yields surprises.
- When going to court – or the movies – leads to change
Progress roundup: A tragedy and an Italian film about domestic violence lead to new laws. And in Ecuador, a court ruling may lead to more Indigenous rights.
- Where fashion funds green energy and hairdressers offer counseling
In Brazil, municipal nurseries prioritize native trees and in Togo, hairdressers are trained to offer counseling. A progress roundup.
- Where old ideas fuel modern solutions
Also in this week’s progress roundup: Artificial intelligence boosts literacy among Indigenous teens in Brazil, and a bird once thought extinct returns to New Zealand.
- A rush to capture history before it fades away
Progress roundup: Efforts to better record the past range from underground maps of ancient Italy, to the nonprofit scanning newspapers in Nigeria.
- A penny pincher’s park, and the libraries loaning a warm nook
Progress roundup: For patrons struggling with heating bills, UK libraries offer warmth during the day. And in California, a new park gets built on a shoestring.
- How Indigenous people’s work can save aquatic grass and terrestrial forest
Progress roundup: From tending seagrass to collecting seeds, Indigenous work is increasing environmental resilience from Canada to Brazil.
- A chance to grow: How China and a British town are sowing seeds
Progress roundup: Government attention to people’s needs means gardeners in a U.K. town can farm underused land. And China invests in local talent with job training.
- ‘We’re sorry,’ and other reversals from California to Colombia
Progress roundup: An apology for extrajudicial killings in Colombia and an LGBTQ+ court decision in Mauritius are attempts to right longstanding wrongs.
- No loss in translation: Telehealth for Ukraine and night school in Japan
Progress roundup: Volunteers in the U.S. and Europe are caring for Ukrainians by phone. In Japan, night schools educate many foreigners and Japanese.