All People Making a Difference
16 women who are standing up to violenceToday (March 8) is International Women's Day. From Ukraine to Mexico, women across the world are finding creative ways to break cycles of violence in their communities.
New satellite program to cut down on illegal logging in real timeThe new mapping process uses an algorithm to analyze satellite images and send automatic alerts about questonable logging activity.
In Kenya, a honey of a way to protect treesAn entrepreneur urges farmers to stop cutting down acacia trees for fuel and instead suspend bee hives from them, creating a perpetual 鈥� and higher 鈥� source of income.
Difference MakerAlbrecht Matthaei fell in love with Pompeii. Now he works to preserve it.Unabashedly enthusiastic about the ancient city, the German archaeologist fights environmental threats and structural collapses that threaten this historical jewel.
Classical Indian dance helps trafficking victims to healDance movement therapy helped ease anxiety, depression, anger, and post-traumatic stress, says a study from an Indian charity.
Beyond the Autobahn: Germany's new bike highwaysWith the recent opening of a 'bike highway,' Germany is starting to build a network of wide, dedicated bicycle thoroughfares designed to lure commuters out of their cars.
Circling the globe, powered only by the sunThe Solar Impulse 2 is making aviation history as it wings its way around the world.
Young Japanese sing in New York to remember FukushimaA choral extravaganza in late March will include visiting Japanese students affected by the 2011 nuclear disaster and tsunami.
'Feed and Read' offers Nigerian boys an alternative to Boko HaramSome 10 million children in northern Nigeria are in danger of being recruited by the Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram. The 'Feed and Read' program offers another path.
Free shoes from TOMS: Can such philanthropy hurt more than help?An Oscars ad will highlight TOMS, the company whose sustainable-philanthropy program has given away 50 million shoes. But critics say that what 'free' philanthropy sustains is poverty itself.
Difference MakerKaryn Parsons tells inspiring true stories of little-known African-AmericansShe founded Sweet Blackberry to make films that introduce new historical figures to children of all ethnic backgrounds.
'It's a Wonderful Life' actress shares the film's uplifting messageKarolyn Grimes played little Zuzu Bailey in the classic 1946 movie. Today, she travels the country talking about its message of hope and healing 鈥� and sometimes her own story, too.
Difference MakerVewiser Dixon's ambitious vision: make inner-city Kansas City a 'black Silicon Valley'The African-American entrepreneur is applying his brand of 'marketplace ministry' to create a climate for minority-owned technology start-up companies.
Uganda's anti-child trafficking campaign goes to schoolsAn American charity, Books for Africa, is part of anti-human-trafficking task force reaching out to poor communities vulnerable to child trafficking by promoting literacy.
Youths in Brooklyn create jobs and community roots through compost programThis New York City neighborhood makes gardens out of vacant lots to tackle gentrification and high youth unemployment.
Women in Zanzibar learn the law to keep control of their landThe government and several NGOs have embarked on a series of awareness campaigns to help women understand their rights of land ownership.
KaBOOM! moves beyond the playgroundThe nonprofit has led more than 16,000 projects to build or improve playgrounds using local volunteers. Now it's broadening its mission to encourage more child play everywhere.
Difference MakerIan Anand Forber-Pratt returned to India to put every child in a loving familyAdopted by an American couple he's gone back to the country of his birth to found Foster Care India with a goal of placing every unwanted child in a caring family.
Historic deal protects Canada's Pacific forest 'jewel'About 85 percent of forest in The Great Bear Rainforest, one of the world's largest temperate rain forests that stores high levels of captured carbon, will be preserved.
How a prize for water innovators could save billions of gallonsThe competition, called Dreampipe, looks for innovative ways to reduce the huge amount of water lost through leaks, theft, or inaccurate meters in developing countries.