Excess wealth can mean less empathy, addiction, even unhappiness. Among affluent young people, a movement of extreme generosity is growing.

A new supermarket offering free groceries and cooked meals has opened in Adelaide, all stocked from donated goods.

Australian households are making big savings on their grocery bills by forming small shopping co-ops and buying groups.

First-gen Sri Lankan-Australian opens a string of Sydney restaurants and social enterprises that celebrate multiculturalism and diversity.

With its monthly repair cafés and nearly 5,000 items to lend, Buffalo’s Tool Library is chipping away at throwaway consumerism.

With social isolation and housing affordability at crisis levels, a Canadian startup is experimenting with pairing seniors and students.

Villages in a drought-plagued part of North India have been transformed by a revival of old farming practices.

A disused Sainsbury’s supermarket in Portsmouth, England, has been transformed into an indoor skatepark.

Horticulturalist embraces guerrilla gardening, planting more than 100 unauthorised trees in south-western Sydney.

Redesigning Denmark’s busiest train station to make it safer for those on foot or bike took note of how people moved about in the snow.

Teenagers are riding BMX bikes while learning life skills and dealing with mental health challenges due, in part, to the covid lockdowns.

How an unusual ritual led to fewer child marriages, less flooding, a boom in girls’ education — and a cultural transformation in India.

With fewer internet shutdowns, Kashmiri women and entrepreneurs have launched online businesses and turned content creators.

Von November 8, voters in the US states of Maryland and Missouri passed referendums to legalise recreational marijuana.

It’s crunch time for many of Britain’s post-war housing estates. Could co-design provide a model for delivering regeneration at scale?

Campuses and libraries across the US are increasingly adding bikes to what you can borrow, increasing access to cycling along the way.

Being friendly with your neighbours has huge social benefits, and getting started can be as easy as a casual wave hello.

Volunteers run a mini-van to transport residents to keep them living longer in the bush.

Inspired by his own experience, a chef offers ex-prisoners help to get back on their feet.

From dumpsite to baby shower venue: green spaces are sprouting up within Nairobi’s many landfills.