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Tara Books opens a new page for tribal artists in IndiaGita Wolf collaborates with India's women tribal artists to create award-winning books and help the women step across the gulf that divides them from the modern world.
Wilma Melville turns rescued dogs into rescuersThe Search Dog Foundation partners dogs rescued from shelters with firefighters to help find victims buried in the wreckage of disasters.
Sri Lanka tea plantations go greenerGrowers in Sri Lanka with small tea plantations are seeking certification with an international conservation organization in order to boost their brand and learn conservation techniques.
Why Barbara Bush started Global Health CorpsBarbara Bush, the daughter of former President George W. Bush, welcomes the sixth class of Global Health Corps fellows for two weeks of training. The Global Health Corps places young professionals and recent college graduates in fellowships with health organizations in the United States and Africa for a year of service.
The Learning Tea brightens the future for poor or orphaned girls in IndiaKatrell Christie, owner of a tea shop in Atlanta, helps educate girls in India, giving them choices beyond lives of hard labor.
Difference MakerKatherine Connor founded a sanctuary for abused elephantsBoon Lott鈥檚 Elephant Sanctuary, a 540-acre reserve in Thailand, is home to elephants saved from a life of misery in the logging and tourism trades.
Progress pauses, but never stopsWhether you consider progress real or wishful thinking depends on how you measure it, not just short term versus long term but ideas versus appearances.
Waterless dyeing could clean up the clothing industryTextile-dyeing is one of the world鈥檚 most-polluting industries. China and other Asian nations releases trillions of liters of chemically tainted wastewater. New waterless dyeing technologies could sharply cut pollution.
Tenacious gardeners put down roots in 'America's most desperate town'They're committed to the future of Camden, N.J., and they've created one of the nation's fastest-growing networks of urban farms.
Readers RespondReaders Write: Affordable US housing 鈥榯he Nordic way鈥�; US Constitution: the vision vs. the letterLetters to the Editor for the June 23, 2014 weekly magazine:SEDAN: The May 12 cover story, 'The Nordic way,'聽reminded me of Sweden鈥檚 program to tackle its post-World War II housing shortages 鈥� which could be a model for the US.JOHNSON:聽There are those who understand and honor the聽promise聽and聽vision聽of the Constitution and those who can鈥檛 seem to see beyond a simplistic, self-serving interpretation of its letter.
Difference MakerShukla Bose left a highflying career to educate India's poorest childrenHer foundation wants to break the cycle of poverty by educating 鈥� from kindergarten through college 鈥� at least one child in each family.
Readers RespondA different narrative for the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflictWe take issue with Svante E. Cornell鈥檚 characterization of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artaskh in Armenian) conflict in his June 10 op-ed聽鈥淲hy America must step up its role in resolving Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.鈥�
How satellite maps can halt Amazon deforestationImazon, a nonprofit group, is collaborating with a Brazilian state to use real-time satellite imagery and advanced mapping techniques to protect the rainforest.
Goodbye, Pacific garbage patch: a teenager鈥檚 invention may clean it upA new report shows that a gigantic cleanup machine proposed by 19-year-old Boyan Slat really could pick up much of the North Pacific's trash.
Learning compassion from combatWars end. Nations move on. But for those who fought, the memories of combat -- of pain, loss, and desperate choices -- don't easily fade, which is why compassionate, effective ways of coping with war's aftermath are so important.
Rethinking the old '9 to 5'Sometimes by choice, sometimes involuntarily, the US labor force is shifting from a one-size-fits-all work week to more flexible arrangements. Not everybody can swing it, but those who can often discover that there's more to life than labor.
Is college worth what it costs?Deciding on a college, getting into it, and paying for it is a huge decision for most high school graduates and their families. Is all of the drama, sacrifice, and debt worth it?
Bush's tandem skydiver focuses on helping US vetsThe All Veteran Group, mostly combat veterans, works with veterans with injuries or post-traumatic stress disorder by conducting 'leap of faith' weekends for those who have lost loved ones during war.
Readers RespondReaders Write: Time to end, not invest in, fossil fuels; The semicolon鈥檚 rise 鈥� and demise?Letters to the Editor for the June 16, 2014 weekly magazine:聽CUTLER:聽The main opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline is that any production of hydrocarbon fuel is foolhardy in the face of imminent disaster from climate disruption, regardless of how that fuel is shipped.ANDERSON:聽Proper use of the semicolon plagued translators of the King James Bible just as it does students of today. Its place in modern is now threatened by another mark of punctuation 鈥� the em dash.
Debbi Weinberg has a GEM of a way to help girlsGirls鈥� Empowerment Mission assists high school girls from underserved communities through educational and growth experiences.
