All Points of Progress
Conserving species and specimens, from tuna to treesIn our progress roundup, conservation measures are looking after an Italian tree with connections to St. Francis, and tunas fished around the world.
Protecting the ‘Amazon of Europe’ and a small Aussie bandicootAnimal gains: Our progress roundup includes a healthier marsupial, an animal-testing ban in Mexico, and a new UNESCO, five-nation biosphere reserve.
Leaded gas dies. And carbon-free fusion power inches closer.Progress roundup: Clean energy and air are featured in three briefs this week. In Iceland, the world’s largest carbon capture plant is up and running.
New respect for Black hair in Illinois, and for Josephine Baker in FranceProgress roundup: A preschooler’s mom who braided her son’s hair and the family of a Jazz Age icon both made their cases for respect – and won.
Taking better care of people: Silver Alerts, non-English driver’s testsIn our progress roundup, Arizona includes intellectual disabilities in its Silver Alerts, and Namibia recognizes native tongues in its driver’s test.
Environmental justice at work: From New Jersey water to Indonesian airIn our progress roundup, Newark replaces its lead pipes and an Indonesian court grants villagers the right to speak up against a factory spewing waste.
Might without size: Island nations cooperate to control fishing rightsIn our progress briefs, eight small countries are together selling fishing rights to foreign fleets, improving their own economies and sustainability.
Repairing the past: From African American cemeteries to Iraqi artTo honor earlier cultures, communities are protecting more African American burial sites. Two U.S. art collections have returned antiquities to Iraq.
Power tools: From traffic lights for walkers, to zippers for the impairedOur roundup includes a streetlight that gives pedestrians more control over traffic, and fashion designs that enable those with mobility issues.
From Costa Rica to Iraq, keeping culture and history intactOur progress roundup highlights a Brooklyn museum’s return of artifacts to Costa Rica, and an effort from academia to help Iraq preserve its history.
More inclusive courts, from Canada to ColombiaIn our progress roundup, Canada appoints a nonwhite justice, and Colombia’s Constitutional Court translates from Spanish to 26 Indigenous languages.
Bridges from old wind turbines, better A/C from nonstick coatingsIn our progress roundup, engineers address environmental concerns mere decades old: air conditioning’s climate impact and aging wind turbine blades.
More than memories: Digital archives are preserving refugee culturesOur progress briefs highlight the fostering and preservation of marginalized cultures, from Indigenous Australians to refugees who’ve lost homelands.
Protecting fur and fins: Bans on fashion in Israel and fishing in JamaicaOur progress roundup: Israel is first country to ban fashion furs, and a Jamaica fish sanctuary where conservationist-fisher cooperation is key.
Righting wrongs for marginalized people, from Colorado to KenyaProgress briefs: compassion for the marginalized, from once-incarcerated people in Colorado to LGBTQ Kenyans allying with conservative faith leaders.
For a warming world, solar-powered schools and city ‘heat officers’Progress roundup: Women rise to jobs of first-ever “chief heat officer” in Miami-Dade, top civilian in the U.S. Army, and head of Paris’ Louvre.
From coffee to vultures, preserving forgotten speciesScience progress briefs: A heat-hardy coffee is rediscovered, Galápagos gets funding infusion, physicists achieve the highest intensity laser ever.
Everything in its place: From stolen art to endangered monkeysProgress roundup: A powerful database is enabling the return of looted antiquities, and Germany is first to plan repatriation of its Benin Bronzes.
Counting bees, growing trees: How people’s efforts build back environmentsProgress roundup: People-approved conservation shifts grazing land to native crops in Ecuador. In the Netherlands, bee populations are stabilizing.
Fewer fights: Well-managed resources help keep conflict at bayFrom rebounding wolves to a study on land management and armed conflicts, our global briefs show the benefits of planning for both people and nature.
