All People Making a Difference
'Natural geoengineering鈥� could slow global warmingAn overlooked tool in fighting climate change is enhancing biodiversity 鈥� especially the top predators 鈥� to maximize the ability of ecosystems to store carbon.
Robotics classes in Nigeria inspire a new generationProject 10,000 Kids provides tech education to young people and plans to create the first STEM high school in the country by 2017.
Volunteering for Lifewater International: 'I was hooked'Sally Scholl travels across Africa and Asia teaching local communities better sanitation and hygiene practices. She's just embarked on her 21st trip.
Difference MakerTom Szaky started TerraCycle to help 'de-junk' the worldHis company now is an international leader in 'recycling the unrecyclable.'
'I saw myself as a university professor'Older Americans are making a difference in 'encore careers.'
A Greek grandmother, fisherman among Nobel Peace nomineesEmilia Kamvisi and Stratis Valiamos symbolically show the best responses Greeks have made toward a huge influx of refugees.
Syrian orchestra will reunite in LondonThe Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music, which includes musicians from different perspectives of Syria's war, will perform June 25, showing 'another side to the Syrian story.'
Citizen science can empower communitiesFrom the Nappy Science Gang to the Flint Water Study ordinary citizens are partnering with experts to do scientific research to solve problems.
Difference MakerCorita Bussanmas 'saw a need and tried to fill it'Decades later, thousands of children and parents in Kansas City have benefited from Operation Breakthrough.
Obermayer Awards overcome silence with stories of German-Jewish historyArthur Obermayer's German Jewish History Awards continue to bring forgotten lives to light, personalizing the past to heal communities today.
New technologies preserve historic monuments with 3D imagesIslamic State and others have tried to wipe out cultures by destroying monuments and other works of art. But new tools are giving scholars ways to halt the loss of cultural artifacts.
Women nurture saplings and earn income while reforesting PakistanThe 'Billion Tree Tsunami' plans to plant 1 billion trees in degraded forest areas and on private land in Pakistan to provide an ecological and economic boost.
New $130 million project to cut food waste from field to tableIn parts of Africa up to half of some crops are lost due to inefficient harvesting, storage, processing, and time to market. A new initiative aims to cut food waste and loss in half by 2030.
Difference MakerMaung Nyeu is helping his people put their language and stories on recordAs a child in Bangladesh he was punished for speaking his local Marma language. Now the Harvard grad student is publishing books in Marma, one story at a time.
Heifer Farm teaches sustainable ways to end hungerThe Heifer International approach has been used to improve living standards in scores of countries for decades. At the farm visitors get a hands-on idea of how it's done.
SkyTruth spots environmental problems from spaceNonprofit groups are using satellite images to uncover environmental problems. SkyTruth has exposed the extent of the BP oil spill, revealed mining damage, and tracked illegal fishing worldwide.
Former enemies share samba in Colombia's 'Dancing with the Stars'A policeman once held hostage by FARC rebels and an ex-FARC rebel soldier team up in a TV dance competition. 'If we can do it, so can others.'
Difference MakerWhen Alma Tucker learned of cross-border sex trafficking, she had to actThose trying to cross the border from Mexico to the US risk being abused or trafficked. Alma Tucker has created a safe home for girls caught in this trade.
Germany Is building an Autobahn for bikesCyclists on the bicycle superhighway won't have to worry about being struck by motor vehicles.
Waterless toilet uses nanotechnology to treat waste, banish odorsThe innovative project is being developing as part of a global 'Reinvent the Toilet Challenge.' Some 2.4 billion people live without adequate sanitary facilities.