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Gondolas solve a last-mile problem in Mexico City, and the fixer-uppers of Scotland

Squat lobsters and filtering fungi: Discoveries from the ocean deep to an African lab

New turtle moms hit the beach in Greece, and the school buses making electricity

Saving lives with reduced pollution, fewer pesticides, and less worker exploitation

This Delhi cop wants to ‘spread goodness and happiness.’ So he set up a school.

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Most of the world wants action on climate change. Here’s what’s going right.

Where playgrounds benefit adults, and a bridge between art and science opens minds

Caregivers needed: For children, trees, land, and rivers

Precious water and gold: New extraction methods for arid air and e-waste

The renewable energy of bike-powered French children and a battery-powered Melbourne

How ships can make green fuel, and natural winds are key to cooling a city

Expanding possibilities for renters who want solar, and for animation in Africa

Stubborn problems overcome: Where hunger is dropping and weeds build homes

In sports and the arts, making room for mental health and disabilities

Senior housing that doesn’t isolate, and how community lifts Mexican women farmers