ImpactNew Yorkers can now subscribe to their very own e-bikeIt’s not a bike share. Revel, the moped rental company, will now give you an e-bike for a monthly fee instead of the hefty sticker price.
ImpactFast food workers are striking for $15 an hour in 15 citiesAcross the country, workers are demanding a raise, as a $15 minimum wage makes its way through Congress.
ImpactThis cream cheese doesn’t have any milk—just lots of ‘Fusarium strain flavolapis’Fungi protein is starting to enter the plant-based meat market.
ImpactThere’s a new kind of pollution to be worried about: nanomaterialsCarbon nanotubes and other microscopic particles are increasingly part of consumer goods. They’re also being found in organisms up and down the food chain.
ImpactCan Biden save public transit from the pandemic?Ridership—and revenue—are cratering. Will there be anything left once we’re vaccinated? The Biden administration and new Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will have to act fast to give federal help so states and cities can turn things around.
ImpactThese 3 bold projects want to help workers come back from the pandemic strongerThe latest recipients of grants from The Workers Lab’s Innovation Fund each get $150,000 to create new models in sectors such as childcare and logistics.
ImpactThe COVID-19 vaccine rollout is going to create a massive waste management problemHow do you dispose of 660 million extra needles?
ImpactThis free online class will teach anyone how to solve societal problemsChange seem impossible? This class teaches you how to start making a difference.
ImpactWhen you’re done with these skincare products, you return the empty packaging to be reusedAce of Air, from former Revlon CMO Stephanie Stahl and supermodel Petra Nemcova, is trying to tackle the problem of plastic waste in the beauty industry.
ImpactThese are the top 10 insights from climate science in 2020Here’s what we learned in the last year about how we can steer our way out of the climate crisis.
ImpactLab-grown wood could let us grow furniture in a lab instead of in a forestWhy cut down trees when you can grow wood in the exact shape you need?
ImpactUnilever’s new nano-factories fit in a shipping container, so they can go anywhere in the worldDesigned to make small batches of products with local materials, the consumer goods giant hopes the new factories can cut down on their footprint by allowing them to make products closer to the source.
ImpactThis D.C. real estate company is helping Black and Brown residents buy homesOffering down payment assistance, the company hopes to lower the home ownership gap in the city, and open up the housing market to people who have historically been shut out.
ImpactThe border wall is destroying ecosystems. Biden can fix itThe miles of wall built by the Trump administration have interrupted animal migration paths and caused enormous ecological damage. Even if Biden won’t remove it, he can take actions to mitigate the problem.
ImpactThere’s a disturbing nexus of organic food and white supremacistsOne of the Capitol rioters asked to be served only organic food in jail. It’s not just a weird personal quirk.
ImpactOcean temperatures hit another record high in 2020The drop in emissions caused by the pandemic didn’t change the trajectory of our warming oceans.
ImpactThis org wants to mobilize a new fighter in the battle against climate change: MomsMoms overwhelmingly care about climate change. Science Moms wants to give them the information they need to educate their kids—and become activists themselves.
ImpactThe fight against climate change should focus on reaching positive climate tipping pointsAt some point, economic forces snowball so that coal becomes too expensive to burn, or electric cars become vastly cheaper than gas. These positive climate tipping points are what government policy should be trying to achieve.
ImpactThis new delivery service cuts down on takeout waste by sending your food in reusable packagingJust give your old ones to the driver when your next order arrives.
ImpactThis new plant-based shrimp expands the fake meat menuNew Wave Foods thinks its seaweed and plant-protein creation can replace the nearly 5 pounds of shrimp Americans eat annually—and help clean up an industry rife with bad labor practices.