For most of his 57 years on the island of Sulawesi, Jamal was accustomed to scarcity, modest expectations and a grim shortage of jobs. People mined sand, caught fish and […]
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Back to news homeElectric Cars Are Taking Off, but When Will Battery Recycling Follow?
“We’re weaning our entire society off of fossil and carbon-intensive fuels — we can’t underestimate the scale of that challenge,” said Gavin Harper, a research fellow at the University of […]
In Fashion Industry, a Fine Line Between Collaboration and Collusion
In the spring of 2020, during the earliest and darkest months of the coronavirus pandemic, a group of clothing executives and designers began talking — tentatively — about upending some […]
‘Wood Is Life’: A Hong Kong Sawmill’s Last Days
HONG KONG — From the brine-soaked docks of a ferry pier to the red-painted pillars of a Buddhist temple, many an aging wooden structure in Hong Kong has found new […]
A Biologist, an Outlandish Stork and the Army of Women Trying to Save It
Life can change in an instant, as I experienced when I first laid my eyes on a tall and bizarrely striking bird known as the greater adjutant.It was India in […]
Small Donations Aiming to Make a Big Splash
Brett Howell, a program manager at Coca-Cola in Atlanta, has found a way to use his small family foundation to take on environmental issues that have a big impact.He was […]