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World Changing Ideas

New workplaces, new food sources, new medicine--even an entirely new economic system. See the winners of the <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/world-changing-ideas/list">2022 World Changing Ideas Awards</a>.

How washing your clothes with cold water could help save carbon emissions and ocean pollution

On the last regular episode of this climate-theme season of ‘World Changing Ideas’—here’s something you can easily do at home to help save the environment.

How washing your clothes with cold water could help save carbon emissions and ocean pollution

How coral farms are helping restore reefs after destructive bleaching

On this week’s special episode of ‘World Changing Ideas’ for World Oceans Day, we’re talking to a ‘chief reef officer.’

How coral farms are helping restore reefs after destructive bleaching

How much could renewable sources like solar and thermal shape our future energy needs?

On this week’s ‘World Changing Ideas’: how a ‘sunlight refinery’ is producing green hydrogen, an alternative fuel for the future.

How much could renewable sources like solar and thermal shape our future energy needs?

This company crushes old roads—and rebuilds them to store carbon

For stabilizing roads, Carbon Crusher ditches bitumen, a byproduct of crude oil, for lignin, sourced from trees.

This company crushes old roads—and rebuilds them to store carbon

No soil, no problem: Reshaping agriculture to be more carbon friendly

Companies are turning to regenerative farming, a growing movement rooted in Indigenous practices that encourages cultivating food in harmony with nature.

No soil, no problem: Reshaping agriculture to be more carbon friendly

These electric off-road vehicles could help decarbonize power sports

Taiga—a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—is electrifying off-road vehicles like snowmobiles, letting people explore nature without also harming it.

These electric off-road vehicles could help decarbonize power sports

This software differentiates authentic images from deepfakes

With its technology, Truepic—a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—verifies the veracity of images, restoring trust in an age of disinformation.

This software differentiates authentic images from deepfakes

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62 world-changing ways companies are addressing the climate crisis

See the full list of honorees of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards in the climate category.

62 world-changing ways companies are addressing the climate crisis

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33 ways companies are improving the world of wellness

See the full list of honorees of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards in the wellness category.

33 ways companies are improving the world of wellness

Adjunct teachers receive abysmal pay. This platform lets them earn money for their course materials

Through Educator Exchange—a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—college-level instructors can supplement their incomes by uploading syllabi and practice problems—and learn from other instructors, too.

Adjunct teachers receive abysmal pay. This platform lets them earn money for their course materials

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These 39 companies are doing corporate social responsibility right

See the full list of honorees of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards in the corporate social responsibility category.

These 39 companies are doing corporate social responsibility right

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28 transportation innovations that could change the ways we get around

See the full list of honorees of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards in the transportation category.

28 transportation innovations that could change the ways we get around

Why an Arctic town in Finland bid for the 2032 Olympic Summer Games

Called Salla 2032—a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—the campaign to host the summer Olympics in Finland’s coldest city illustrated the very real consequences climate inaction.

Why an Arctic town in Finland bid for the 2032 Olympic Summer Games

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17 ways technology is making an impact in the developing world

See the full list of honorees of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards in the developing-world technology category.

17 ways technology is making an impact in the developing world

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19 midsize companies making the world a better place

See the full list of honorees of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards in the midsize business (100-999 employees) category.

19 midsize companies making the world a better place

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34 companies changing the world through food

See the full list of honorees of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards in the food category.

34 companies changing the world through food

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18 apps you should know that are changing the world for the better

See the full list of honorees of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards in the apps category.

18 apps you should know that are changing the world for the better

Your 401(k) plan might be funding fossil fuels. This tool lets you know—and helps you change that

As You Sow’s Corporate Retirement Plan Sustainability Scorecard—a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—rates major companies on how sustainable their retirement funds are, and offers a toolkit to help employees invest their values, instead.

Your 401(k) plan might be funding fossil fuels. This tool lets you know—and helps you change that

A smarter urban design concept for a town decimated by wildfires

SWA Group—a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—is helping Paradise, California, imagine a safer and more sustainable future with a design that buffers the town with parks, athletic fields, and orchards—areas less likely to burn than forests.

A smarter urban design concept for a town decimated by wildfires

This law gives prosecutors the power to rectify too-harsh prison sentences

Under Prosecutor-Initiated Resentencing, prosecutors can review old cases and help get people out of prison. For The People—a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—helps them navigate that work, and spread the law to other states.

This law gives prosecutors the power to rectify too-harsh prison sentences

Tech

I spent six weeks living in A24-world. Here’s what happened

I’d love to dump Gmail for this slick, private email–but there’s a catch

Why people fell for UST and how to potentially avoid getting burned by not-so-stable stablecoins

News

How to help protect reproductive rights: 7 things you can do after Roe v. Wade is overturned

This line in the Supreme Court abortion ruling signals gay marriage and contraception could be next

The Supreme Court just struck down ‘Roe v. Wade.’ Here’s what it means

Co.Design

Why ‘recycled’ clothes are so hard to recycle

What does a hybrid office look like? This company has 5 ideas

A 250 million-year-old insect could inspire an ultrathin wallpaper that absorbs sound

Work Life

Avoid these 9 mistakes when answering interview questions

Why you should never say ‘That’s a good question’ in an interview

How to stand out from a sea of job candidates