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World Changing Ideas

New workplaces, new food sources, new medicine--even an entirely new economic system.

This new biodegradable glitter is made entirely from plants

Almost all of the glitter you’ve ever used is still floating around the planet. This new formulation has just one ingredient, but it’s still as shimmery as the original.

This new biodegradable glitter is made entirely from plants

Can this startup for home kitchen cooking create a new kind of takeout?

Shef, designed to let immigrant cooks create food startups in their home kitchen, has been a lifeline during the pandemic. But for it to take off, food laws might need to change

Can this startup for home kitchen cooking create a new kind of takeout?

The 15-minute city can make urban living more sustainable—and inspire the suburbs

The simplest way to reduce transportation emissions is making it easier to not drive. And even in places where you have to drive, small changes can make a large difference.

The 15-minute city can make urban living more sustainable—and inspire the suburbs

When New York floods, this ‘living street’ stays dry

A new model for street design in the age of post-climate-change storms manages the water instead of trying—and failing—to keep it away.

When New York floods, this ‘living street’ stays dry

Eating meat has a big impact on your carbon footprint. So does eating junk food

Cutting out meat is the most cited way to make your diet more carbon friendly. You could also try nixing candy, alcohol, and ready-made food.

Eating meat has a big impact on your carbon footprint. So does eating junk food

These 6 charts explain the concept of climate justice

It’s important to understand where emissions come from and who climate change is harming the most.

These 6 charts explain the concept of climate justice

3 reasons agriculture is poised for a surge of sustainable innovation

To transition to more sustainable practices, farmers need better policy, better tech, and more access to capital. All could be coming soon.

3 reasons agriculture is poised for a surge of sustainable innovation

These seaweed-inspired generators create underwater wave power

Imagine fields of power-generating seaweed gently swaying under the ocean’s surface.

These seaweed-inspired generators create underwater wave power

Why this former Tesla engineer now works on battery recycling

As U.S. battery manufacturing scales up, reusing the raw materials could save time, money, and waste.

Why this former Tesla engineer now works on battery recycling

6 priorities could deliver energy breakthroughs at the Glasgow climate summit

From curbing methane to focusing on hard-to-decarbonize industries, some real progress is being made.

6 priorities could deliver energy breakthroughs at the Glasgow climate summit

If you are looking to be a changemaker, elevate your mission and purpose

And to enact positive change in the world, it all begins with deep meaningful connections.

If you are looking to be a changemaker, elevate your mission and purpose

This super-detailed map shows the most toxic air in the county, down to the block

A new map from ‘ProPublica’ exposes the sources of cancer-causing air pollution.

This super-detailed map shows the most toxic air in the county, down to the block

These children’s books teach frank but necessary lessons about racism, sexual abuse, and death

This founder believes that broaching heavy topics with young children is healthier than ignoring them until it’s too late.

These children’s books teach frank but necessary lessons about racism, sexual abuse, and death

Meet Oishii, the Tesla of strawberries that could upend the $1.3 trillion produce market

What cofounders Hiroki Koga and Brendan Somerville figured out that every other vertical-farming startup missed.

Meet Oishii, the Tesla of strawberries that could upend the $1.3 trillion produce market

What we’ll be looking for when we judge your 2022 World Changing Ideas entries

Applications are open now for Fast Company’s 6th annual World Changing Ideas Awards. This is how we think about the entries.

What we’ll be looking for when we judge your 2022 World Changing Ideas entries

When bees can’t pollinate a flower, this agricultural robot steps in

It can be hard to get bees to do their vital work in indoor farms or greenhouses. Instead, the plants may need a little robotic assistance to reproduce.

When bees can’t pollinate a flower, this agricultural robot steps in

Step into a ‘pollution pod’ and experience the bad air of your lungs’ nightmares

Visitors step into giant orbs that simulate the compromised air quality of cities like New Delhi and São Paulo.

Step into a ‘pollution pod’ and experience the bad air of your lungs’ nightmares

What does Neutral Milk Hotel think of the new Neutral milk?

‘Jeff is vegan, so he is certainly not neutral on the topic of milk itself.’

Alphabet designed a low-cost device to make drinking water from air. Now it’s open-sourced

The company’s “moonshot factory” is letting anyone build and tweak the design of its new atmospheric water harvester.

Alphabet designed a low-cost device to make drinking water from air. Now it’s open-sourced

This startup says it has found a way to cut the cost of making solar cells in half

Leap Photovoltaic is working on a way to build solar panels without the use of silicon wafers, a hard-to-manufacture component that bottlenecks the solar production process. If it works, it could mean vastly expanding domestic solar production.

This startup says it has found a way to cut the cost of making solar cells in half

Impact

Stemming methane leaks could be key to slowing global warming quickly

This low-calorie, high-fiber natural sugar substitute is already in Thomas Keller’s kitchens

Malala lays out the 4 steps she takes to build a campaign for change

News

Omicron vaccine: How soon until we get one?

Jack Dorsey confirms he is stepping down as Twitter CEO

Air travel is back. Or is it? Omicron could change Thanksgiving weekend gains

Co.Design

Virgil Abloh’s best work: 6 projects that show his prolific mind and artistic soul

Want to build more with less? Look to 1960s Cuba

How an old Sears location was reimagined to help Houston’s industries collaborate

Work Life

How to spot a welcoming culture during your job hunt

Fast Company Magazine

2 ways to use Slack—and 2 ways not to use Slack—in 2022

4 things you must do in your first week of a new job