All Points of Progress
Laws with teeth: Slowing shark loss and new coal minesProgress roundup: Quotas boost ranks of female legislators, more shark protections in Costa Rica, and how a law averted a new coal mine in Australia.
Burn to preserve, and other forest practices, from Ecuador to CaliforniaProgress roundup: Indigenous peoples and governments are working together to preserve forests with controlled burns, protection from logging, and more.
Library thrives in a Pakistan gun town; and the olfactory superpower of AIProgress roundup: Books inspire readers in a village known for black-market guns, AI and a desert bug combine for a powerful nose, and more.
Gaming as serious work for students, and trees that celebrate girlsProgress roundup: Gaming sparks kids鈥� civic interest, an Indian village that greened spaces to honor girls, Sierra Leone鈥檚 new laws elevate women.
Cargo ships鈥� new age of sail, and rats trained to find bombsProgress roundup: Animals learn to detect bombs, shipping companies turn to wind energy, and Bolivians cooperate to protect their water, upstream and down.
New harvests: Skinny trees in the Amazon, tomatoes instead of riceProgress roundup: Land use adaptations produce results. Timber harvests coexist with restoration, and farmers are finding good yields in former paddies.
Protecting urban oysters and Canadian wildsProgress roundup: Hong Kongers are protecting reefs, Indigenous Canadians are conserving millions of acres of land and water, and more.
From self-interest to doing a world of good, in food tech and mangrovesProgress roundup: The Dutch improved their food supply, and then shared it. And around the globe, better mangrove protection is increasing carbon sequestration.
Good intentions, good results: People pull together for forests and a fishProgress roundup: Both when trust is returned to locals, and when government protects nature from overutilization, disparate interests can make change.
Power unlocked: Debt funds conservation, refugee brings solar to his campProgress roundup: Belize frees conservation funds with 鈥渂lue bonds,鈥� African refugee teaches himself solar-powered internet, gecko species recovers.聽
Keeping food out of landfill in South Korea, and nursing Haiti鈥檚 forestsProgress roundup: South Korea collects food waste from residents; the quiet conservation efforts in Haiti; first-ever decline in smoking rates worldwide.
The values that led humanity forward this yearResponsibility, equality, dignity, ingenuity, cooperation 鈥� five values that drove progress around the world in 2022.聽
Bubbles that fight trash, and a penguin chick surpriseProgress roundup: Dutch engineers create a simple solution to corral trash on waterways; conservationists create hope for Africa鈥檚 endangered penguin.
It spins, it floats: Solar power generated on water and for garment tradeProgress roundup: Photovoltaics are being sited on waterways around the world. And in India, solar power is increasing efficiency and raising pay.
Growth in clean water for people 鈥� and lettuce farmed at schoolProgress roundup: Drinking water and hydroponics are growing around the world. And in Bangladesh and New Zealand, species protection is paying off.
From zero waste to LGBTQ rights: How cooperation got the job doneProgress roundup: State-by-state votes secure same-sex marriage rights for all of Mexico. And a small Japanese city cooperatively works toward zero waste.
Old ways, new gains: US apprenticeships expand, ancient Dutch crop revivesProgress roundup: Tradition improves U.S. job training, and bringing back buckwheat as a Dutch crop pays off in biodiversity 鈥� and old-fashioned pancakes.
From Greece to Bangladesh, individual acts, big impact for land and waterProgress roundup: Care for the environment doesn鈥檛 always require the newest technology. Citizens in Bangladesh, Ecuador, and Greece are making strides.
Lifesaving changes: From demining Angola to calming traffic in JapanProgress roundup: Big problems can require multipronged solutions. In Japan, better train service and tiny cars helped bring down traffic fatalities.
Fueling up: Free school meals in US and geothermal power in KenyaProgress roundup: Governments fuel the dignity of people with wider labor protections, free lunch in more U.S. schools, and the lowering of poverty in China.