Staying at home but still getting about
Volunteers run a mini-van to transport residents to keep them living longer in the bush.
- Aug 3
Greening around Kenya's biggest landfills
From dumpsite to baby shower venue: green spaces are sprouting up within Nairobi’s many landfills.
- Jul 27
Taking Pontevedra's car-free lead
The Spanish city of Pontevedra banned cars decades before most cities started to think about reclaiming streets for pedestrians.
- Jul 14
People with dementia working on farms
On Dutch ‘care farms’ people with dementia can tend to livestock, harvest vegetables and make their own decisions.
- May 29
Artist brightens up her city's drab streets
A British artist paints the facades of some of her city’s rundown and neglected houses, transforming them into a rainbow of colours.
- May 12
The prison you can leave every day
For 12 hours a day, prisoners can let themselves out to work or visit family. In virtually every case, they come back.
- Apr 17
Cultural burns helping to save threatened koalas
The 2019–2020 bushfires saw the koala declared as endangered across most of eastern Australia. Now, cultural burns may help save them.
- Mar 16
Single mums form co-housing community
Two single mums raising their children together in a four-unit home have now bought another building to expand housing choices for women.
- Mar 2
Co-op takes on building granny flats
Co-op builder in Illinois, USA, sees granny flats as one way to achieve more affordable housing.
- Jan 26
Mums on Bikes riding high after needed support
People offer bikes, money and support to a group of mums on Elcho Island in Australia’s remote north riding bicycles each night to get fit.
- Nov 20, 2021
Talk the Walk answers loneliness in London
After eighteen months of isolation due the COVID lockdowns, Talk the Walk is bringing people together while exploring London on foot.
- Sep 25, 2021
Paris turns pricey landmark into public housing
Paris has just opened 96 affordable apartments offering world-class views in one the its priciest neighbourhoods for about US$500 a month.
- Jul 14, 2021
No-wait crossing for pedestrians
Phoenix has been one of the worst US cities for car-pedestrian accidents, but fatalities are dropping as new crossing lights are installed.
- Apr 29, 2021
The bees are back and checking in
Bee hotels, bee stops and a honey highway are some of the techniques the Dutch are using to keep their urban bee populations steady.
- Mar 5, 2021
‘Free money’ can be a leg up
As one city’s experiment shows, rather than being a handou, t‘free money’ can be a leg up with real tangible results.
- Jan 3, 2021
Ex-monk takes on Thai sex trafficking
Operating out of a Thai monastery, Hartanto Gunawan has spent the past 16 years providing girls with another option to selling their bodies.
- Oct 29, 2020
Rural America is building its own broadband network
With the covid lockdown, reliable broadband internet has become a new necessity. Co-ops are stepping in where big telcos won’t.
- Oct 17, 2020
Yemeni women go solar in a war zone
A women-run solar station near the Yemen's war frontline is empowering its owners and improving life in their community.
- Aug 25, 2020
India's poorest revive an ancient grain
India’s marginalised Dalit community is reviving millet to help boost food security, adapt to a changing climate, and improve nutrition.
- Aug 9, 2020
Bushfire-ravaged community deeply moved by PNG donation
When Andy Thorp heard his Rotary Club of Merimbula on the NSW south-coast was sent a donation from people in PNG he was shocked by how much.