ImpactWhen refugees need emergency help with a language barrier, this app connects them to a translatorTarjimly already has a large network of volunteer translators on Facebook Messenger. Now it’s opening up to allow more ways of helping.
ImpactThe Green New Deal is a people-first approach to solving climate changeAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal to address climate change and close the equity gap leans on progressive models to ensure a fairer economy.
ImpactThese probiotics for plants help farms suck up extra carbon dioxideA mix of fungi and bacteria added to the soil makes agriculture more productive–and helps stop climate change.
ImpactThere are now 5 generations in the workforce–can they work together?How to get your boomers and your gen-Zers (and everyone in between) on the same page, despite very different styles.
Impact73 blockchain projects that could actually have social impactBreaker Magazine nods to dozens of nonprofits and companies that are cutting past the shady veneer of the crypto world and trying to use the technology for good.
Impact2018 was the fourth hottest year on recordThe last five years are the five hottest years since we started measuring in 1880.
ImpactLyft’s new Green Mode lets you request an electric vehicleThe company wants to push EV adoption and convince drivers they can save on fuel costs by going electric.
ImpactThis clothing factory cuts waste by machine-knitting sweaters on demandIn Brooklyn, a company is trying automating knitting sweaters and making them to order instead of making thousands that then have to be trashed if no one buys them.
ImpactThis tech company is giving half a million to fight homelessnessOkta is the latest tech company to decide it’s time to try to solve some of the underlying effects of the industry’s massive growth.
ImpactMost U.S. companies say they are planning to transition to a circular economyBut the definition of circular economy remains unhelpfully broad.
ImpactThis new personal care company ditches single-use plastic for refillable containersBy Humankind sends your first deodorant in a plastic dispenser. After that, you just get refills.
ImpactUSPS is launching a test of electric delivery trucksIn one of the most polluted parts of the country, the mail will soon arrive in 15 electric trucks.
ImpactI rode the 300-pound electric tricycle that could be the future of urban deliveriesPiloting Rad Power Bikes’ hefty e-tricycle was intimidating at first, but it was quickly clear what an important tool it will be in replacing vehicles in cities.
ImpactThis new credit card helps build a credit score for people who don’t have onePetal looks at a person’s overall financial history to issue credit cards to people like immigrants and low-income Americans who often struggle to access them.
ImpactFuture pills will be personalized and 3D printed, just for youMeet the scientists using 3D printers to deliver safer, more effective tablets for children.
ImpactThis little robot helps care for people with chronic conditionsMabu is a small robot that talks to patients and helps them remember their medicine and monitors their health.
ImpactThis company has found a way to retrofit planes so they fly with electric powerAmpaire will begin test flights later this year.
ImpactThis zero-waste grocery service delivers by bikeAt the Wally Shop in Brooklyn, your deliveries come with zero emissions, and all your packaging gets sent back for reuse.
ImpactThis school is built specifically to help homeless kids–because they helped design itIn Oklahoma City, Positive Tomorrows helps homeless kids get back up to speed so they can enter the public school system. All of its elements are made to give kids what they say they’re missing without a home of their own.
ImpactLyft and Juno are suing to stop New York City’s revolutionary new minimum wage for driversAfter a two-year fight, New York approved a minimum wage for app-based drivers. But Lyft and Juno are now suing the city to stop the law–though they say they just want to change it.