Young entrepreneur in Sierra Leone swaps wood-based charcoal for a substitute made from coconut scraps to help save forests.

A family-run Venezuelan company has gone from bankruptcy to exporting its vintage rum and helped gangsters turn away from crime as well.

Sustainable Play Preschool is run on the principle of a circular economy, where children learn sustainable practices by experiencing them.

How to ditch personal insect repellents to keep the mozzies at bay over the summer? And help eradicate mosquito-borne diseases globally.

Russian fashion brand 99Recycle is tackling St Petersburg’s mountains of garbage by creating an entire supply chain out of it.

A US network of loan funders is specialising in investing in co-ops, sharing everything from fundraising to vetting possible investments.

London-based clothing startup Vollebak has invented a hoodie that is fully biodegradable and compostable.

In an effort to reduce our throwaway society, and promote re-use and repair, Berlin has opened its own secondhand department store.

Could a Depression-era idea to keep towns alive by printing local money prove its worth as lockdown relief?

Amid the pandemic lockdown and despite other setbacks, there are small businesses that are thriving.

Who Gives A Crap inadvertently became Australia's No. 1 toilet paper supplier, as supermarkets sold out. Then, soon after, they did too.

A Japanese micro-brewery is helping transform the lives of locals by employing the unemployable.

Air New Zealand is trialling edible coffee cups in a bid to reduce waste on board its aircraft.

Dutch brewer Heineken has revealed plans to replace the plastic shrink wrap from its multipack cans with recyclable cardboard.

Consumer goods giant Unilever is cuttingdown its use of virgin plastic in its range of products.

A British plumber is fixing pipes and boilers for the elderly poor for free.

A Seattle CEO has given himself a pay cut in order to give his employees a pay rise.

A major supermarket chain in New Zealand has followed the example Coles supermarkets in Australia and introduced a weekly “quiet hour”.

Until a community co-op was formed, all of Cleveland's University Circle's US$3 billion spent on goods and services annually left the city.

A man who used to live on the streets has become a millionaire at the age of 21.