📈 Human Progress
In the last decades humanity has made great progress with less extreme poverty, increased health, wealth and democracy. We follow in the tradition of professor Hans Rosling.
🎄 Christmas through the ages – A story about how things have gotten better
The ham and the pickled herring are on the table, and the bread is baked. Add to that Christmas beer, and Swedes would recognize it as a typical Christmas, regardless of whether you looked into a home this year, a hundred or two hundred years ago. So what has changed, and what has improved?
🐆 20 percent more jaguars in Mexico
Larger protected areas and good support from the local population have given results to the jaguars in Mexico.
🐳 Record numbers of new humpback whales
Twice as many humpback whales were born in the Salish Sea off the coast of Canada this year as last year.
🛩 US airline gets rid of plastic cups and bottles
Alaska Airlines are to replace their single-use plastic water bottles and plastic cups with an organic alternative.
🌳 $1.7 billion funding for indigenous forest projects
Governments of Norway, Germany, the UK, US and Netherlands have declared a $1.7 billion funding pledge in order to support Indigenous peoples in their work to combat land degradation and forest loss.
🌍 The young voice in Africa is growing stronger
The challenges young people face in Africa are plenty. However, there is a lot of optimism in the young who are making use of education and their rights to participate in the political debate, writes Khumbu Muleya.
🩸Preventive medication and app to fight malaria
A promising new preventive measure is being introduced to, as a first step, prevent malaria in vulnerable children. Combined with an app, it could be an important step towards eradicating the disease.
🦈"Sea motorway" becomes nature reserve
A sharp increase in the nature reserve around the Galapagos Islands will give endangered species a chance for recovery.
💡 Why women's innovation matter – to all of us
The year is 2021 and of course, men and women are equally capable. Or are we? Women inventors and their innovations matter in more ways than you can imagine.