The Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe is working to heal the ailing Colorado River ecosystem by planting one native seed at a time.

New and old ways to share wedding outfits and other supplies are slowly changing mindsets — while keeping the exuberance of the celebrations alive.

From connecting networks of ecosystems to building routes to higher altitudes, conservationists are working to ensure Earth’s biodiversity can carry onward.

When 18-year-old Ishi Mosha — who goes by the nickname Amzhii — glides down the face of a wave, she feels alive. Amzhii just finished school, but she’s already one of the few local female surf ...

Ross Mitchell is a traveling salesman of sorts. He spends up to two months a year on the road, driving a van thousands of miles across Australia, taking in the country’s changing landscapes, from its ...

Living Paradigms is a series about what we can learn from the customs and cultural practices of others when it comes to solving problems. It is sponsored by Wonderstruck. Once a month between April ...

Reasons to be Cheerful is a non-profit editorial project that is part magazine, part therapy session, part blueprint for a better world.

Our Electrifying World is a series about how electrification is creating a more sustainable energy transition. It is sponsored by Rewiring America. For generations of Americans, the soundtrack to ...

This story was originally published in the Daily Yonder. For more rural reporting and small-town stories visit dailyyonder.com. At the entrance to the New Kituwah Academy in Cherokee, North Carolina, ...

Humiliating. Not a woman’s job. Shame on the family. Such comments were frequently directed at Tahani Al Shati and Yusra Mohammad Nmour when they started training as plumbers. In Jordan, the ...

As they cheerily tear up sealed surfaces and plant flowers, Dutch citizens are proving that climate mitigation can be beautiful. Instead of sending last season’s unsold clothes to landfills, Thread ...

Christelle Kwizera was still a teenager and hadn’t even graduated from her engineering studies when she decided to tackle an urgent problem in her home country: safe water sources for local villages ...