Education
Great minds lead to great solutions. Our education section features solutions and innovations directed at strengthening educational systems around the world.
This nonprofit elevates minority neighborhoods by investing in youth
North of Delmar Boulevard in the city of St. Louis are communities that are suffering from generations of racist housing policies and failed real estate markets. This leaves the majority Black and brown neighborhoods full of vacant homes and buildings with no access to key services or community Read More...
How an 11-year-old from Illinois helped create a bill to protect pollinators
After learning that bees in her neighborhood were being wiped out by mosquito pesticides, 11-year-old Illinois resident Scarlett Harper didn’t hesitate to take action by launching a campaign to save them. Not afraid of bees or asking lawmakers to support a bill protecting the vital pollinators, Read More...
7 Strategies to make this back-to-school season more joyful for kids
This back-to-school season is a tough one to navigate. Even before Covid-19 restrictions were in place, kids were already dealing with the complexities of social media, extracurriculars, competitive schooling, and the overwhelming pressure to excel and fit in. This year, instead of striving for a Read More...
This nonprofit trains patients' families to become expert caregivers
In India, it is common for some family members to take time off (sometimes weeks) to accompany and support a hospitalized relative, especially if they are moved to another city for treatment. However, these family members’ tasks are limited to making pharmacy runs to purchase medicine and Read More...
8 Instagrammers breaking stereotypes about men's health and masculinity
When it comes to men’s health, a lot of the talk around it has to do with image and strength: How chiseled are your muscles? How high is your protein intake? How much can you bench? Unfortunately, our culture of masculinity can actually have negative implications. In fact, a 2016 study found Read More...
Gold-covered weather station raises awareness about the climate crisis
In recent decades, meteorological stations across the Alps have recorded a declining amount of snowy days — a phenomenon that goes hand in hand with growing rates of glaciers melting in the region. In an effort to raise awareness about global warming and the existential threat it poses, artist Read More...
Clinton College to provide free tuition to students this year
The pandemic has brought financial hardships upon students in the US, leaving many unable to continue their studies because of a lack of funds to pay their tuition fees. We’ve previously written about the efforts of some colleges across the US to make things easier for struggling students by Read More...
Clean Ocean Sailing strives to collect hard-to-reach plastic
Steve Green and his partner Monika Hertlová have started an ocean cleaning movement from their unique home base on the Helford River in Cornwall. The base is a 113-year-old, 55-ton former icebreaker; a boat specially designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. The pair launched Read More...
Life-sized elephant sculptures inspire us to live in harmony with nature
As human populations have grown around the world, so have their territories, leaving wild animals with less land and resources to survive. This especially affects Earth's largest land mammals: elephants. Elephant populations have declined considerably as a consequence of rapid habitat loss and Read More...
Humpback whales in Alaska still flourishing in the absence of cruise ships
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced the world to slow down and stay put, which has certainly added stress to our lives, but for the natural world, has offered some respite from human activity. This is the case for humpback whales in Alaska, which, as we wrote about before, have been enjoying the Read More...