All Points of Progress
Boom and boost: Startups soar and Indigenous teachers get a leg upIn 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 emissionsProgress 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 changeProgress 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 counselingIn Brazil, municipal nurseries prioritize native trees and in Togo, hairdressers are trained to offer counseling. A progress roundup.
Where old ideas fuel modern solutionsAlso 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 awayProgress 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 nookProgress 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 forestProgress 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 seedsProgress 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 ColombiaProgress 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 JapanProgress roundup: Volunteers in the U.S. and Europe are caring for Ukrainians by phone. In Japan, night schools educate many foreigners and Japanese.
From jaguars in Mexico to snow leopards in Bhutan, wilderness beckonsProgress roundup: Making space for jaguars and snow leopards to roam and call more places home is increasing their populations.
Tools for new readers, from Braille Lego to a Somali phone appProgress roundup: To unlock the power of reading, Lego now sells bricks with Braille, and an app is helping 350,000 people in their native tongue.
From Netherlands to Indonesia, solutions for safer and snugger homesProgress roundup: GPS on elephants reduces conflict with humans in Indonesia, and a Dutch technology for energy retrofits is a face-lift for homes.
The power of togetherness: Sharing knowledge, and a mealProgress roundup: Science gives a woman speech synthesized from her brain signals, and a Paris arrondissement works hard to build community.
Schooling the teachers, from California to CambodiaProgress roundup: A pipeline for early childhood education teachers is boosting ranks. In Cambodia, a World Bank program impacted 450,000 students.
For safer drinking water, the ingenuity of simple solutionsProgress roundup: Researchers develop an elegantly simple filter for microplastics, and a nonprofit is giving access to potable water to millions in East Africa.
Signaling what matters: Indigenous representation, free school lunchProgress roundup: Brazil’s census finds more Indigenous people with new counting methods. And Africa’s largest school meals program aims to fight hunger.
Progress WatchHotlines, foreign policy, and monkeys: Where empathy drives progressProgress roundup: Chile makes gender a part of its foreign policy, and scientists in China are using butterfly-inspired nanofilms to cool objects.
Solar panels get a reputation boost, and a green container ship sailsProgress roundup: A cargo ship runs on biomethanol, and solar power lowers demand on a grid, allowing the third-largest power plant in New England to be safely retired.
