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World Changing Ideas

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

Could wave power be the next boom in renewable energy?

Several devices that generate electricity from the movement of waves are about to begin large-scale testing in Hawaii.

Could wave power be the next boom in renewable energy?

Microsoft wants to unleash its AI expertise on climate change

In a broad new set of sustainability commitments, the company wants to use its tech to develop tools to monitor and find insights in environmental data.

Microsoft wants to unleash its AI expertise on climate change

Inside Tesla’s 100% renewable design for the Gigafactory

The factory, which currently makes battery packs and electric motors for the Model 3, will eventually be the biggest building in the world–with the world’s largest rooftop solar array.

Inside Tesla’s 100% renewable design for the Gigafactory

AT&T made an incredibly detailed map of where climate change will damage its infrastructure

If you live in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, or Florida, you might be curious about which areas this super-computer-powered map says are at risk of being underwater.

AT&T made an incredibly detailed map of where climate change will damage its infrastructure

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Fashion’s plastic problem is bigger than you can imagine—but this brand is finding new ways to solve it

Upstart clothing brand Everlane has a knack for upending—and resetting—fashion-industry norms. Can its effort to wean itself off virgin plastic help move an industry that’s drowning in carbon-intensive synthetics?

Evian’s new plastic water jugs shrink as you drink the water

The 5-liter container uses 66% less plastic than a standard 1.5-liter Evian water bottle.

Evian’s new plastic water jugs shrink as you drink the water

Big Food is pushing the government for a price on carbon

The Sustainable Food Policy Alliance–including Nestlé USA, Unilever, Danone North America, and Mars, Inc.–will lobby the government for stronger climate policy.

Big Food is pushing the government for a price on carbon

This new technical fabric replaces polyester with banana plants

The abacá plant grows without needing lots of water or pesticides, helps stop erosion, and is now being used to replace fossil fuels in clothes.

This new technical fabric replaces polyester with banana plants

How youth organizers are pushing Minnesota toward its own Green New Deal

As the Green New Deal made national headlines, young climate activists in Minnesota wrote their own bill to create a sweeping new climate and economic framework for their state.

How youth organizers are pushing Minnesota toward its own Green New Deal

This sustainable biofuel company is also a beauty company

The same sunflower oil that might power a generator in Hawaii can also be used in your daily face cleaner.

This sustainable biofuel company is also a beauty company

Ikea now grows lettuce in shipping containers at its stores

The salad with your meatballs will now be ultra local.

Ikea now grows lettuce in shipping containers at its stores

How simple street-design interventions are saving kids’ lives in Africa

In cities, sometimes the projects that make the most positive impact are not flashy, starchitect-designed plazas, but human-centered initiatives that respond to real, local needs. A new prize, which just announced its winner, honors such initiatives.

How simple street-design interventions are saving kids’ lives in Africa

These tree-planting drones are firing seed missiles to restore the world’s forests

In Myanmar, a major project is under way: restore coastal mangrove forests—with a little air support.

These tree-planting drones are firing seed missiles to restore the world’s forests

How Massachusetts is working to get retiring business owners to let their employees take over

As baby boomers get ready for retirement, there’s going to be a wave of small businesses that could be shut down or sold to big corporations. But there’s another way: help the employees buy it and keep it running.

How Massachusetts is working to get retiring business owners to let their employees take over

Are we on the brink of a recycling revolution?

A new report finds that 60 companies are making major strides in plastic recycling innovations, which could make it easier to recycle a wider range of disposable plastics.

Are we on the brink of a recycling revolution?

This “plasticarium” shows you what the plastic-filled ocean actually looks like

A museum exhibit offers a glimpse of 2,700 liters of water Pacific water–along with the plastic floating in it.

This “plasticarium” shows you what the plastic-filled ocean actually looks like

After humans trigger mass extinction on Earth, it may take 10 million years for life to recover

The biodiversity we’re losing won’t just come back.

After humans trigger mass extinction on Earth, it may take 10 million years for life to recover

World Changing Ideas 2019: 17 winning solutions that could save the planet

We’re excited to announce the winners of the 2019 World Changing Ideas awards. World Changing Ideas, now in its third year, celebrates businesses, policies, and nonprofits that are poised help shift society to a more sustainable and more equitable future.

World Changing Ideas 2019: 17 winning solutions that could save the planet

This digital ledger helps small farmers get a fair deal

BanQu creates a permanent record of transactions, helping farmers build credit and hold processors accountable. It’s one of Fast Company’s 2019 World Changing Ideas Awards winners.

This digital ledger helps small farmers get a fair deal

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Introducing this year’s World Changing Ideas honorees

These World Changing Ideas were designed to address some of our most intractable problems and urgent crises.

Introducing this year’s World Changing Ideas honorees

Impact

These photos of the U.S.-Mexico border show that reality is very different from the rhetoric

Turns out, people really miss e-bikes when they’re taken away

Tech brings out the worst in us. What if it was designed to bring out the best?

Creativity

5 Things casual Marvel fans should know before “Avengers: Endgame”

Patagonia’s fight to save the planet continues with new film on wild fish, launching at Tribeca

With Avengers: Endgame, can we now declare game over for tedious post-credits scenes?

Co.Design

Joe Biden’s logo has a problem I can’t unsee

T-shirt recycling is here, and it could transform fashion

This reinvented screwdriver is the tool to end all tools

Work Life

Feel like your life is a hamster wheel? Here’s how to get off it

This is how to stay fulfilled at your job, even as the years go by

The male leaders committed to sponsoring women