More California Schools Than Ever Are Embracing Vegan Meals

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Thanks to a hospitality school just steps from the luxe Shinta Mani Angkor, Cambodias next generation of hotel managers might just be Khmer.

Living Well With Diabetes — With Help From a Peer

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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

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In the Land of a Thousand Hills, a 50-year-old agricultural technique to curb soil erosion is making a comeback.

Reasons to be Cheerful Turns 5!

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Scenes from an ecstatic celebration in New York City.

What We’re Reading: The First Nations-Led Reclamation and Rewilding of Oil Wells

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See what stories caught our attention this week, from a vast restoration effort in Canada to the end of coal in the UK.

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