In Jaipur, India, an all-women company offers sustainable and authentic tours — while providing its drivers with income and agency.

In Jaipur, India, an all-women company offers sustainable and authentic tours — while providing its drivers with income and agency.

Michaela Haas Michaela Haas, Ph.D., is a Contributing Editor at Reasons to be Cheerful. An award-winning author and solutions reporter, her recent books include Bouncing Forward: The Art and Science ...

Waterline is an ongoing series that explores the solutions making rivers, waterways and ocean food chains healthier. It is funded by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. About a week before the ...

Station House has become a model that Sound Transit plans to replicate, using other surplus land near future stations to build more affordable housing. Photo courtesy Community Roots Housing It’s the ...

The Zero Waste Center in Kamikatsu, Japan, looks like a peculiar kind of flea market: everything from metal ring pulls to plastic bottle lids, mirrors and thermometers are neatly stored in a row of ...

The Scandinavian nation has significantly reduced the number of people experiencing homelessness. What could other countries learn from its example?

Melanie Winter’s efforts to free one of America's most concretized waterways offer a glimpse of a healthier, more meandering river.

The country incinerates nearly half its garbage to create the energy that powers its homes and buildings.

Why do half of all Finnish citizens visit the library every month? The answer lies in Oodi Library, a blueprint for fostering human convergence.

When it comes to organic farming, Australia leads the world’s tally with 53 million hectares under cultivation, and at 4.7 million hectares, India stands a far second (the United States, at 2.06 ...

With “green corridors” that mimic the natural forest, Medellín is driving down temperatures — and could become five degrees cooler over the next few decades.