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Ikea now grows lettuce in shipping containers at its storesThe salad with your meatballs will now be ultra local.
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This sustainable biofuel company is also a beauty companyThe same sunflower oil that might power a generator in Hawaii can also be used in your daily face cleaner.
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This DonorsChoose competition funds financial education–and lets teachers share the wealthTeachers finding creative ways to teach budgeting, managing a bank account, operating a small business, or investing can now get a financial boost.
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How youth organizers are pushing Minnesota toward its own Green New DealAs 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.
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This new technical fabric replaces polyester with banana plantsThe abacá plant grows without needing lots of water or pesticides, helps stop erosion, and is now being used to replace fossil fuels in clothes.
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Big Food is pushing the government for a price on carbonThe Sustainable Food Policy Alliance–including Nestlé USA, Unilever, Danone North America, and Mars, Inc.–will lobby the government for stronger climate policy.
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If you care about animals, should you should donate to shelters–or to stop industrial agriculture?If you’re trying to maximize how much animal suffering you can reduce, cats and dogs may not be the answer.
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GoFundMe now lets you pick a big cause–like education or health–to supportInstead of having to choose individual campaigns to support on GoFundMe, you can now contribute to a topic you’re passionate about, and the company will allocate your money for you.
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This sleek new magazine adds a fashion-world spin to solving climate changeWe know climate change will affect every aspect of society. Atmos, a beautiful new biannual magazine, extends that idea to art, design, and global culture.
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Evian’s new plastic water jugs shrink as you drink the waterThe 5-liter container uses 66% less plastic than a standard 1.5-liter Evian water bottle.
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Endangered rhinos are now being protected by powerful data analyticsAfter poaching surged recently, the South African government turned to techniques more often used to study consumers to help identify–and shut down–the networks that connect illegal guns, poachers, and rhino horn buyers.
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AT&T made an incredibly detailed map of where climate change will damage its infrastructureIf 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.
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Inside Tesla’s 100% renewable design for the GigafactoryThe 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.
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Microsoft wants to unleash its AI expertise on climate changeIn 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.
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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.
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This platform wants to fix the disturbing lack of data on police violenceOnly one in every 10 people who experience police violence report it. Raheem, which just formally launched in Oakland, enables anyone to easily report an interaction, and aims to collect new data to help drive reform
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Bill Gates isn’t scared of sharks, but he wants nothing to do with mosquitoesIt’s the philanthropist’s annual Mosquito Week.
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TED just raised $280 million for 8 world-changing projectsFor the second year, TED is providing significant funding and institutional support to projects tackling some of the world’s most entrenched problems–from climate change to girls’ education to public health crises.
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Chobani’s Hamdi Ulukaya wants an “anti-CEO” revolutionThe anti-CEO is about community, responsibility, and accountability–not maximizing value for shareholders.
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This new app lets you give to charity like you’re Venmoing a donationGivz makes it take just one click to make a donation, so there’s no excuses now.
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