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Premature births have tripled in Ukraine. This nonprofit is donating portable incubators

‘These nurses are risking their lives staying with the babies so they can be in these incubators, meanwhile buildings are getting bombed all around them,’ says Jane Chen, CEO and cofounder of Embrace Global.

Premature births have tripled in Ukraine. This nonprofit is donating portable incubators

Thousands of fossil fuel projects are protected by treaties. Canceling them could cost countries billions

Countries have signed thousands of treaties that protect foreign investors from government actions. Some treaties protect fossil fuel projects—and they jeopardize global efforts to save the climate.

Thousands of fossil fuel projects are protected by treaties. Canceling them could cost countries billions

How monitoring our sewage could help head off future disease outbreaks

Because SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, shows up in the poop of infected people, wastewater monitoring can indicate the infection level in a community. The same techniques work with other pathogens, too.

How monitoring our sewage could help head off future disease outbreaks

Jane Goodall’s advice for the world: ‘We have to roll up our sleeves’

The National Geographic Society will use $2.7 million to support the work of three scientists—the next Jane Goodalls—with a passion for wildlife research.

Jane Goodall’s advice for the world: ‘We have to roll up our sleeves’

How limiting access to abortion could harm the economy and women’s well-being

The right to control their reproductive health has become increasingly illusory for many women, particularly the poor.

How limiting access to abortion could harm the economy and women’s well-being

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

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

This plant-based company wants to help dairy farmers pivot from cows to crops

Across the country, dairy farmers are struggling. Through its Dairy Farm Transition Program—a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—Miyoko’s Creamery wants to help them ditch the cows and find a new future for their farms.

This plant-based company wants to help dairy farmers pivot from cows to crops

When you buy too many bananas, this system reminds you to use them before they go bad

EIDOS—a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—tracks your groceries and warns you, with an ambient light and suggested recipes, when they’re about to perish, so you can use them up before they turn into food waste.

When you buy too many bananas, this system reminds you to use them before they go bad

Meet the AI animal testing alternative that could prevent unnecessary deaths

Smarter Sorting—a winner of the Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—uses artificial intelligence to learn whether a product is toxic, without any need for animal testing.

Meet the AI animal testing alternative that could prevent unnecessary deaths

How Siemens helped scientists produce COVID-19 vaccines on a massive scale

COVID-19 has been the biggest vaccine campaign in history. Siemens’s vaccine production software and digitalization—a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—helped pharmaceutical companies reach that scale, in record time.

How Siemens helped scientists produce COVID-19 vaccines on a massive scale

Meet the A/C unit that shrinks heating and cooling emissions by 75%

Gradient Comfort—a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—nixes the standard refrigerants used in A/C units today to cool (and heat) your home with fewer emissions.

Meet the A/C unit that shrinks heating and cooling emissions by 75%

Tech employees organizing their workplaces drew on this mutual aid tool

The Solidarity Fund, a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards, is funded by tech workers for tech workers—and supports employees as they engage in workplace activism.

Tech employees organizing their workplaces drew on this mutual aid tool

From automated trains to vaccine production, Siemens is changing the world with digitalization

Siemens—a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—is transforming an array of industries, from transportation to building management systems to healthcare, including both vaccine production and the manufacturing of medical devices.

From automated trains to vaccine production, Siemens is changing the world with digitalization

This ‘tree-free’ wood alternative could help save our forests

Instead of logs, Modern Mill—a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—uses rice hulls to make its wood-alternative building material called Acre.

This ‘tree-free’ wood alternative could help save our forests

This basic income program gives no-strings-attached cash to moms living in extreme poverty

In 2021, Magnolia Mother’s Trust—a winner of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards—gave $1,000 a month to its third cohort of Mississippi Black moms in extreme poverty, helping them pay their bills, buy food, and save for emergencies.

This basic income program gives no-strings-attached cash to moms living in extreme poverty

All those microplastics in the ocean could be spreading disease-causing parasites

Pathogens from land can hitch a ride to the beach on microplastics, providing a new way for germs to concentrate along coastlines and travel to the deep sea.

All those microplastics in the ocean could be spreading disease-causing parasites

Russia’s weaponization of natural gas could backfire by destroying demand for it

Russia’s gas cutoffs might ultimately accelerate European nations’ efforts to shift to renewable energy.

Russia’s weaponization of natural gas could backfire by destroying demand for it

Jaguars could return to the U.S. Southwest—but only if they have pathways to move north

There are only two main corridors in the western borderlands that jaguars could use to get into the U.S.

Jaguars could return to the U.S. Southwest—but only if they have pathways to move north

When children get health insurance, their moms benefit, too

When their kids get health insurance through Medicaid or CHIP, moms become less stressed, are less likely to smoke and drink heavily, and are more likely to be in a stable marriage.

When children get health insurance, their moms benefit, too

Impact

Ben & Jerry’s is cutting the carbon footprint of your ice cream

Premature births have tripled in Ukraine. This nonprofit is donating portable incubators

Thousands of fossil fuel projects are protected by treaties. Canceling them could cost countries billions

News

Leading NFT blockchain Flow announces $725 million Ecosystem Fund to drive Web3 innovation

Why you need to take right-wing comedy seriously

Grindr goes public: What to know about the gay, bi, trans, and queer dating app’s planned SPAC

Co.Design

I haven’t bought a single piece of furniture this year. Here’s how

A designer and a NASA scientist team up to fight a $244 billion problem that’s hiding in plain sight

How airport security tech could help uncover ancient cave art

Work Life

How Better.com and its CEO left laid-off workers out to dry

We need to stop managing and start leading. Here are 4 ways to be a leader

How to make a great first impression when you onboard for that new job