Impact

The big ideas that are changing the world

Fast Company Magazine

This activist shareholder is pushing companies like Starbucks and EssilorLuxottica to empower their workers

As chief advocacy officer of the $5 billion Trillium Asset Management, Jonas Kron is using his position to strengthen the labor movement.

This activist shareholder is pushing companies like Starbucks and EssilorLuxottica to empower their workers

Fast Company Magazine

Hot diggity! Applegate’s Do Good Dog is a regenerative-agriculture first

Applegate’s VP of mission and regenerative farming figured out how to go beyond organic and give hot dogs a higher purpose.

Hot diggity! Applegate’s Do Good Dog is a regenerative-agriculture first

Fast Company Magazine

America needs more Black doctors. This HBCU president is doing something about it

For expanding course offerings in public health, pharmaceutical studies, health informatics, and (soon) medicine, Xavier University of Louisiana’s Reynold Verret is one of this year’s Most Creative People in Business.

America needs more Black doctors. This HBCU president is doing something about it

Fast Company Magazine

This nonprofit is putting senior citizens in affordable starchitect-designed apartments

Evelyn Wolff’s Selfhelp Realty Group believes that seniors should live at the center of their urban communities.

This nonprofit is putting senior citizens in affordable starchitect-designed apartments

Fast Company Magazine

Christian Smalls created the Amazon Labor Union. Now he wants a contract

Smalls shifted the power at Amazon when his Staten Island warehouse unionized. And he’s just getting started.

Christian Smalls created the Amazon Labor Union. Now he wants a contract

Fast Company Magazine

How investigative journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor are training the next generation of reporters

Their investigative work exposed Harvey Weinstein’s history of sexual harassment and assault. Now they’re helping other journalists follow in their footsteps.

How investigative journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor are training the next generation of reporters

Fast Company Magazine

Meet the scientists who created the first open-source COVID-19 vaccine

These two infectious disease experts at Texas Children’s Hospital worked fast to create an effective COVID-19 vaccine, get it manufactured, and then give it away to the world, patent-free.

Meet the scientists who created the first open-source COVID-19 vaccine

Fast Company Magazine

This duo is preventing fentanyl overdoses from UC Berkeley to Brooklyn—one test strip at a time

FentCheck founders Alison Heller and Dean Shold have taken a shared interest in harm reduction and turned it into a quickly growing push to prevent fentanyl-related overdose deaths.

This duo is preventing fentanyl overdoses from UC Berkeley to Brooklyn—one test strip at a time

Fast Company Magazine

There aren’t enough Black real estate developers. This organization is changing the landscape

Momentus Capital’s Ellis Carr launched an initiative to provide training, mentorship, and financial capital for real estate developers of color.

There aren’t enough Black real estate developers. This organization is changing the landscape

The Great Barrier Reef has record coral cover. It may not matter

High coral cover findings can be just a few dominant species that grow rapidly after a disturbance but are likely to die out within a few years.

The Great Barrier Reef has record coral cover. It may not matter

A $5 trillion case for biodiversity

The corporate sector needs to invest in biodiversity if it’s going to survive.

A $5 trillion case for biodiversity

These dead spiders have been transformed into tiny robots

Arachnophobes, look away now.

These dead spiders have been transformed into tiny robots

This ingenious kit brings solar power to individual apartments

We Do Solar has created a kit of eight photovoltaic panels that attach to a balcony and can reduce electric bills by up to 25% a year.

This ingenious kit brings solar power to individual apartments

Why the UN’s recent declaration on human rights should be taken seriously

The UN just declared a universal human right to a healthy and sustainable environment. But it’s more than just moral posturing. Here’s why.

Why the UN’s recent declaration on human rights should be taken seriously

Who, exactly, benefits from renewable energy subsidies? The answer will surprise you

In Texas, at least, it’s often fossil fuel companies that are fighting clean energy elsewhere.

Who, exactly, benefits from renewable energy subsidies? The answer will surprise you

How human ‘organs on a chip’ can help replace animal testing

Animal testing isn’t just ethically questionable—it’s actually not that effective. Several biotech firms are developing technology that could change that.

How human ‘organs on a chip’ can help replace animal testing

Homes aren’t designed to withstand these brutal heatwaves—but they could be

Retrofitting buildings to stay warmer in winter and cooler in summer will cut carbon—and save lives.

Homes aren’t designed to withstand these brutal heatwaves—but they could be

Wildfires disproportionately impact low-income people. Here’s how communities can protect them

Wildfires affect poorer communities—and insurers are pulling out of those areas. Could a new California policy address the problem?

Wildfires disproportionately impact low-income people. Here’s how communities can protect them

This pastel clothing is dyed with old scraps of fabric

Pangaia worked with Officina+39 to turn textile waste into a rainbow of colors.

This pastel clothing is dyed with old scraps of fabric

How flood maps can illuminate the risk from toxic waste sites

The strongest predictor that a neighborhood contains a flood-prone site of former industrial pollution is the proportion of nonwhite and non-English-speaking residents.

How flood maps can illuminate the risk from toxic waste sites

Tech

TikTok launches new suite of ad tools, including shopping videos, catalog listings, and live shopping

The frontrunners in the trillion-dollar race for limitless fusion power

The new climate bill could short-circuit EV tax credits, making qualifying for them nearly impossible

News

Who is Drew Findling? #BillionDollarLawyer defends Trump in Georgia election probe

Tesla stock split: Date, day of record, and what happens next

Adam Neumann thinks we want ‘community-driven’ living, but how has that worked out in the past?

Co.Design

First look: Telfar’s debut sportswear collection

Where wind power will create the new U.S. energy boom?

1 million square feet of L.A. roads are being covered with solar-reflective paint

Work Life

5 questions recruiters ask to vet you for ‘culture fit’

How to recover from burnout if you can’t change jobs or take time off

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