How Death Cafes Celebrate Life
In our daily lives, we don’t often openly discuss our feelings about death and dying. So where can people go to have those conversations?
More California Schools Than Ever Are Embracing Vegan Meals
How have plant-based lunches spread so successfully? Credit environmentally conscious students — and a handful of state funding programs.
The Small Country Where Women in Tech Are Flourishing
In Moldova, where word spreads quickly, it seems everyone has gotten the memo: Here, women are welcome in tech.
What We’re Reading: Protecting Yellowstone’s Wolves by Listening
See what stories caught our attention this week, from a new way of tracking wolves to a more rehabilitative approach to prisons.
How One Indian State Went 100% Organic
Fundamentally altering how food is grown is not easy. The state of Sikkim took the slow and pragmatic route — and it has paid off.
How a Hotel Is Empowering Locals in Cambodia
Thanks to a hospitality school just steps from the luxe Shinta Mani Angkor, Cambodia’s next generation of hotel managers might just be Khmer.
Living Well With Diabetes — With Help From a Peer
So much of managing diabetes takes place outside the doctor’s office. That’s where peer coaches — who can give advice based on experience — step in.
Radical Terraces Are Transforming the Hills of Rwanda
In the Land of a Thousand Hills, a 50-year-old agricultural technique to curb soil erosion is making a comeback.
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