Milena Malanciuc clearly recalls the day she was sent to an orphanage, when she was just five. She had been playing in the park with her older cousin. On their return home, they found a large black ...

In the northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia, Adam Bushell has saved about $10 a month in waste collection fees since his local council swapped flat fees for a “pay-as-you-throw” system four years ago ...

The sun was shining brightly one August morning in Möckernkiez, a minimalist housing complex beside the leafy Gleisdreieck Park in central Berlin. Inaugurated in 2018, the innovative, cooperative-run ...

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Moldova has seen the number of children living in institutional care drop from 17,000 to 700. By 2027, the goal is to have none.

Plug it in and switch it on — this simple renewables technology could open up the market to huge numbers of new citizens, including renters. Geothermal greenhouses are delivering what climate-minded ...

Moldova has seen the number of children living in institutional care drop from 17,000 to 700. By 2027, the goal is to have none.

Peter Yeung is a Contributing Editor at Reasons to be Cheerful. A Paris-based journalist, he also writes for publications including the Guardian, the LA Times and the BBC. He’s filed stories from ...

Walking into Brightworks could be a shock for helicopter parents — there are no rows of desks, no hallway passes and no bells to jolt students from one class to the next. Instead, the K-12 school is ...

When the Waal River floods near the Netherlands’ border with Germany, the overflow inundates the Millingerwaard nature reserve, swamping meadows, glades and trails. Beavers move up into the trees and ...

The towers of old clothes reach almost to the ceiling of the 200,000-square-foot hall. Forklifts rumble across the concrete floor, squeezing between the stacked bales of jeans, jackets, sweaters and ...