Fashion companies are planning to buy more recycled fibers as part of a wider trend of businesses using their spending power to foster innovative, low-carbon suppliers.
Institute for Protein Design
The COVID-19 outbreak catalyzed protein based vaccine design - now scientists are poised to tackle the next viral threat and maybe even stop it.
Restore Local
COP27 was an arduous summit, with mixed results. A landmark agreement to create a new “loss and damage” fund was a historic achievement. But many delegates were disappointed by the lack of progress on decarbonising energy systems. In the final episode of our series, we explore what the final deal means for the future of climate action. Plus, we examine AFR100, a project that aims to pair climate action with economic growth in Africa.
Canopy
In late summer, Renewcell started making textiles from used clothes. The fashion industry, dependent on wood to make some fabrics, is driven to save ancient trees and endangered rainforests. The Swedish company will produce 60,000 tons of recycled clothing this year and double that next year. That’s the equivalent of recycling 300 million t-shirts.
Educate Girls
Team Balika, Educate Girls' volunteer outreach team is enrolling girls in school (and keeping them there).
Global Fishing Watch
With its own coastal waters depleted, China has built a global fishing operation unmatched by any other country.
Glasswing International
Latin America has only 8% of the world’s population but over a third of its homicides and addressing the effects of trauma on these violence-affected communities has never been more urgent. Audacious Project Lead Celina de Sola of Glasswing International calls for a community-led approach to healing.
BRAC
Is it really useful to “teach a person to fish” or should you just give them the damn fish already?
This protein-based vaccine outperforms Oxford/AstraZeneca's and does not require freezing. It is our first designed protein medicine.
Innovative Genomics Institute
Using CRISPR genome editing on a few common crops, a team of plant and soil scientists seeks to vastly increase and speed up carbon storage to help fight climate change.
CAMFED
Angeline Murimirwa, CEO of CAMFED, is helping girls across the continent gain equal access to education. Humphrey Nabimanya is educating the youth about sexual and reproductive health through his organization, Reach a Hand Uganda.
Clean Slate Initiative
There is only so much a statistic can show about the criminal justice system, and how to change it for the better. Many are well aware, and have been for years, of its racial biases, of its great financial costs to the government, of its deep reach into the lives of a huge proportion of Americans and their families.
We’ll send you news and updates on how ideas are taking shape.
