The Spanish city of Pontevedra banned cars decades before most cities started to think about reclaiming streets for pedestrians.

On Dutch ‘care farms’ people with dementia can tend to livestock, harvest vegetables and make their own decisions.

A British artist paints the facades of some of her city’s rundown and neglected houses, transforming them into a rainbow of colours.

For 12 hours a day, prisoners can let themselves out to work or visit family. In virtually every case, they come back.

The 2019–2020 bushfires saw the koala declared as endangered across most of eastern Australia. Now, cultural burns may help save them.

Two single mums raising their children together in a four-unit home have now bought another building to expand housing choices for women.

Co-op builder in Illinois, USA, sees granny flats as one way to achieve more affordable housing.

People offer bikes, money and support to a group of mums on Elcho Island in Australia’s remote north riding bicycles each night to get fit.

After eighteen months of isolation due the COVID lockdowns, Talk the Walk is bringing people together while exploring London on foot.

Paris has just opened 96 affordable apartments offering world-class views in one the its priciest neighbourhoods for about US$500 a month.

Phoenix has been one of the worst US cities for car-pedestrian accidents, but fatalities are dropping as new crossing lights are installed.

Bee hotels, bee stops and a honey highway are some of the techniques the Dutch are using to keep their urban bee populations steady.

As one city’s experiment shows, rather than being a handou, t‘free money’ can be a leg up with real tangible results.

Operating out of a Thai monastery, Hartanto Gunawan has spent the past 16 years providing girls with another option to selling their bodies.

With the covid lockdown, reliable broadband internet has become a new necessity. Co-ops are stepping in where big telcos won’t.

A women-run solar station near the Yemen's war frontline is empowering its owners and improving life in their community.

India’s marginalised Dalit community is reviving millet to help boost food security, adapt to a changing climate, and improve nutrition.

When Andy Thorp heard his Rotary Club of Merimbula on the NSW south-coast was sent a donation from people in PNG he was shocked by how much.

MEDA is leading an anti-gentrification effort where local non-profits can buy residential buildings to prevent eviction and displacement.

Americans in a stable financial position are donating part of their stimulus payments to help those badly affected by Covid-19.