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Time-hive Arena: Can a Card Game Change the Future of Our Climate Crisis?
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Animal Lover Turned Social Enterprise Founder Improves the Lives of Dogs
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When Pigs Escape
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How Cobblers, Recycled Tires and One, Incredible Idea are Changing Lives
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Emmanuel Nuvalga: Uplifting Education for All
Emmanuel Nuvalga knew from an early age not to take education for granted. Throughout his school...
Art on Blast: The Little Book With a Big Message
I always know I am conversing with an artist when the word “intention” comes up often. The...
Using Yoga and Mindfulness to Fight Against Teen Pregnancy in Rwanda
After attending a training about sexual and reproductive health in Nairobi, Emmanuel Dushimimana...
A Kid to a Ball: Solving Uganda’s Education Crisis
Far removed while deep in a rural village in Central Uganda, Kenneth Oroma—a then Teach for Uganda...
Butterfly Academy: Art for All
“I want to say thank you for opening my eyes to new things and now, thanks to you, I love writing,...
In Her Own Words: An Essay by Greta McClain, Founder of Silent No Longer TN
Every 73 seconds a woman in the United States is raped - that’s more than 400,000 women a year -...
Elly Fatehi: Growing a Healthy Environment for Students
Mill Hill Elementary School’s outdoor classroom began as a response to coronavirus guidelines, but...
Robin Valenzuela: Assistance to Immigrants in Detention
Robin Valenzuela had spent years researching the intersection of child welfare and immigration...
The Leaders Readers Network: supporting equitable education for all
“When teachers and students work authentically together to promote early literacy in communities...
One Women’s Dedication to Creating an Understanding and Peaceful World
As a widow and mother of three children living in Kenya, Mary Oyier works hard in every area of...
Robin Singh – Peepal Farm
Growing up, Robin Singh was an animal lover, but as he remembers “in India, when we say you’re an...
Stories for Thriving on Earth: Patrick Kasele
Patrick Kasele never expected to work in environmental education. After realizing that his work in...
Using Education as a Means to End Poverty and Create Hope
When Alagie Ndow was only nine, his parents divorced leaving him to be looked after by his aunt...
Color My Dreams Africa: an Organization Spreading Literacy and Hope
Edith Cherotich Ndiwa was born in a small village in Kenya to parents who both attended school and...
The Abortion Diary: A Unique Space for Stories and Conversation We Need Now
One of the most challenging and important things for our country and our world to try right now is...
Creating an Environmental Brigade in One of the Most Beautiful Places on Earth
Beatriz Carmena was a teenager when she fell madly in love with Nature. Intrigued by everything...
Dr. Camila Perussello’s New Book “Food for Thought” Offers Science-Based Advice on How We Can Do Better for Animals, Ourselves and Our Planet
A thought-provoking new book by Food Engineer Camila Perussello, PhD, Food for Thought: Planetary...
Play2Learn: Dedicated to Overcoming Obstacles and Inspiring Children to Follow Their Dreams
Using her voice and gift for teaching, Mercy Abdulsalam inspires and influences change by...
One Organization Makes Strides in Caring for Animals and the Environment
In the heart of the Ozark mountains, just miles from the Buffalo River, lives the Human Society of...
Working to End Gender-based Violence
Even as a child growing up in Mtakuja II, Anthony Migeka was aware of gender inequality. At an...
Urban Gardens and Repurposed Waste Materials Create New Opportunities for Street Youth
Wairimu Mwangi, an inspiring woman with a love for sustainability and desire to design a balanced...
Creative Ideas to Help Communities Around the Globe
Vulnerability. Courage. Creativity. Heart. Time and again throughout the course of six weeks,...
An Inspiring Podcast Addressing the Mistreatment of Animals in a Unique Way
Angela found a bird in a garbage can while throwing out the trash, it was drenched in food oil and...
10 Billion Strong: Launching an Environmental Leadership Movement
Patrick Arnold created 10 Billion Strong, a leadership development organization focused on...
HelpUkraine: Opening Their Hearts and Homes to Ukrainian Refugees
“When you try to help someone, I think that there are no particular inspirations, you just need a...
Girls’ Pride: Inspiring Conversation and Generational Change
A few years ago, Fatoumatta Kassama met a woman named Sarah who would share a story that would...
Vegan Kitchen in Ukraine: A Light of Hope in a Dark Time
Before the Russia-Ukraine war, Every Animal, a vegan animal rights organization in Ukraine founded...
Art-making as Therapeutic Practice for Refugees
In the summer of 2019, a small group of volunteers began to notice an important need within the...
“I Matter”: Uplifting the Voices of Youth Around the World
Isabella Hanson received her first Pollination Project grant for her work which focused on ...
One Woman’s Expressive Quilts Inspire Us All to Create a Better World
Allyson Allen is not only an exceptional quiltmaker, she’s an artist and storyteller who is using...
Tumbleweed Sanctuary: An Illustration of Love and Respect for All
Imagine driving along a four lane road when you suddenly come upon a dog standing in the middle of...
One Man Recycles Trash to Create Healthy Food and Feed a Town
The Mushroom Guy. That is the name the community has given to him. It might have something to do...
Inspiring Young People to Apply Design Thinking to Social Issues
As a young girl, AnnaLise Hoopes felt overwhelmed by all the problems in the world and continually...
Raising the Voices of Indigenous People in an Effort to Save Our Planet
When Abdel Mandili, a filmmaker from the Netherlands, returned home after working on a project...
One Inspiring Program Empowering Women Entrepreneurs
When two, talented women with a love of technology and entrepreneurship came together to create a...
Dancing with the Natural World
Imagine dancing upon a beautiful, wooden dance deck that lives among a lush landscape of gardens...
Hope Floats on the Wings of a Butterfly
Perhaps it was witnessing her mother’s commitment to environmental politics and the work she did...
One Woman’s Inspiring Journey to Provide Access to Education for Children in Nigeria
The Beyond the Classroom Foundation, an incredible volunteer-driven nonprofit working to improve...
Compassion in Action: Saving One Wildlife Animal at a Time
Gretchen Strate had always loved animals but witnessing a terrifying incident inspired a far...
TogetherWell: Listening & Empowering the Community to Increase Access to Mental Health Education
Dr. Michele Haley has a beautiful and distinctive ability to make people feel seen. The way she...
An Invitation to Dream Big Opens the Door to Lasting Change
When the Napalese Lounge and Grille in Green Bay, Wisconsin decided to install a public art mural...
2021: Projects & Changemakers
Dear Pollination Nation, As we approach the end of 2021, we’re taking a moment to pause as we look...
A Compassionate Dialogue to Change the World for Generations to Come
While working on her Masters degree in 2019, Greshma Pious Raju had an amazing opportunity to do...
Diane Callaway: Life is Delicious
Faith in the Unknown Inspires One Woman to Make Life More Delicious for All Faith is what it takes...
A New Story for a Forgotten Animal
When Tracey Glover was seven, she and her Dad surprisingly stumbled upon kittens in a flower...
A Thank You from Our Hearts to Yours
Each week, we choose a changemaker to feature whose actions and intentions are creating a kinder,...
A Voice for the Voiceless Creates Space for Wildlife to Flourish
At the age of seven, Jeremy Gregory wanted more than anything to save the harp seals and blue...
One Extraordinary Alzheimer’s Organization Adapted to Challenges and Touched Even More Lives
When Lydia Guo joined National Alzheimer’s Buddies (NAB) as a neuroscience student at Wellesley...
A Powerful Voice Leading the Fight Against Diabetes
Bridget Saffold, a registered nurse and Superhero in the fight against diabetes, is working hard...
Love in Education and Beyond: Irene Greaves
When students need to learn how to add or subtract, we teach them Math. When they need to know how...
Poetry on the Streets: Melanie Faranello
“Set up on a street corner, at a bus stop, in a park with my Smith-Corona vintage blue typewriter,...
It Takes a Village: Cecelia Rich
A long career in social work gave Cecelia Rich a firsthand perspective on the many issues her...
When the Students Become the Teachers: Student-Led Ed
In the summer of 2020, Kerry Dolan, an assistant principal at a Chicago high school, received a...
Jose German-Gomez: Bounty in Small Packages
Jose German-Gomez is a retired corporate accountant, environmental activist, and master gardener....
Amanda Cats-Baril and Anne McGuinness: United for Women’s Empowerment
In 2014 Amanda Cats-Baril and Anne McGuinness were working in Nepal in the humanitarian sector...
Pigs & Kids: Allie Gadziemski
Allie Gadziemski is a homeschool mother of four sons, all of whom are vegan and passionate about...
Antonette Franceschi-Chavez and Marysol Perez: Finding Equity through Literacy
In the United States, the ratio of high-quality, age-appropriate books in low-income communities...
Finding Sanctuary in Stories: Rosa Sabido
After living in the United States for more than 30 years, Rosa Sabido was facing deportation. She...
Teaching the Value of Veganism: Alysson Augusto
While attending philosophy school in 2013, Alysson Augusto studied the countless consequences of...
Obrobibini Peace Complex: A New Form of Global Deepening
Since 2017, Dr. Christian Andres has worked to turn two hectares of land in Busua, Ghana, into a...
Material Innovation Initiative: Redefining Sustainable Materials
Each year, over 3.6 billion animals are killed, sheared, or plucked to supply leather, fur, wool,...
Youth for Aarey: Fighting for the Last Green Space in Mumbai
The Aarey Forest, part of the Sanjay Ghandi National Park, is home to 15,000 indigenous peoples...
Studio Kunukku – Woodblock Printing’s Revival
Last week’s Fashion Week in Rome featured pieces by a designer who used a nearly extinct craft to...
Ruben Diaz: Transgressing Oblivion in the Amazon
Deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, an ancient culture is struggling to survive. The Sapara people are...
Black Girls Dive: Empowering Young Women in STEM
This fall, the Black Girls Dive Foundation will observe its first young woman, Skye Garrett, go...