May 11Prisons you can leave every dayFor 12 hours a day, prisoners in India’s open prisons can leave to go out to work or visit family. In virtually every case, they come back.
Apr 16Cultural burns helping to save threatened koalasThe 2019–2020 bushfires saw the koala declared as endangered across most of eastern Australia. Now, cultural burns may help save them.
Mar 2Co-op takes on building granny flatsCo-op builder in Illinois, USA, sees granny flats as one way to achieve more affordable housing.
Jan 26Mums on Bikes riding high after needed supportPeople 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, 2021Talk the Walk answers loneliness in LondonAfter eighteen months of isolation due the COVID lockdowns, Talk the Walk is bringing people together while exploring London on foot.
Sep 24, 2021Paris turns pricey landmark into public housingParis has just opened 96 affordable apartments offering world-class views in one the its priciest neighbourhoods for about US$500 a month.
Jul 13, 2021No-wait crossing for pedestriansPhoenix has been one of the worst US cities for car-pedestrian accidents, but fatalities are dropping as new crossing lights are installed.
Apr 28, 2021The bees are back and checking inBee 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 upAs one city’s experiment shows, rather than being a handou, t‘free money’ can be a leg up with real tangible results.
Jan 3, 2021Ex-monk takes on Thai sex traffickingOperating out of a Thai monastery, Hartanto Gunawan has spent the past 16 years providing girls with another option to selling their bodies.
Oct 29, 2020Rural America is building its own broadband networkWith the covid lockdown, reliable broadband internet has become a new necessity. Co-ops are stepping in where big telcos won’t.
Oct 17, 2020Yemeni women go solar in a war zoneA women-run solar station near the Yemen's war frontline is empowering its owners and improving life in their community.
Aug 24, 2020India's poorest revive an ancient grainIndia’s marginalised Dalit community is reviving millet to help boost food security, adapt to a changing climate, and improve nutrition.
Aug 8, 2020Bushfire-ravaged community deeply moved by PNG donationWhen 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.
Jun 29, 2020Buying up homes for the peopleMEDA is leading an anti-gentrification effort where local non-profits can buy residential buildings to prevent eviction and displacement.
May 15, 2020Better off Americans donate their stimulus moneyAmericans in a stable financial position are donating part of their stimulus payments to help those badly affected by Covid-19.
Apr 23, 2020Amid the lockdown, we are rising upA small selection of ways people providing uplifting moments of joy in a world beset by anxiety and fear during the lockdown.
Apr 9, 2020Sikhs to the rescueSydney’s Sikh community has spent more AU$4,000 setting up a food donation program to help Australia’s elderly stranded in self-isolation.
Mar 12, 2020Getting back on the bikeElderly people enjoy free bike rides out and about in their neighbourhoods.
Feb 10, 2020Old hotel converted for homelessIn Denver, theColorado Coalition for the Homeless has bought and converted a former hotel into affordable housing.