Tapirs are considered living fossils. The largest mammals in South America survived several waves of extinction, one of which is happening at this moment. But now, there’s a key difference. “In the past, we didn’t have human beings. The wave of extinction we’re going through now is caused by us,”...

Plants have the power to teach us about sharing. Generous with their seeds, they pass on their abundance for others to benefit. Melissa DeSa uses this as inspiration for the project she has co-founded, Working Food, which empowers local communities and farmers in Florida. They’re developing a hea...

Deforestation is destroying our planet. The carbon emitted as a result is the second largest contributor to climate change. It’s a problem so overwhelming that it seems impossible to control. Yet Topher White is saving the rainforests with an innovative tech device. “One of the things that’s over...

ECOncrete and its founders work to understand marine life and then protect it. They use low-carbon, bio-enhanced concrete to recreate seawalls and ensure our underwater biodiversity remains intact.

Combining scientific research with filmmaking, Laurie Hedges is enabling people to see the world’s greatest environmental challenges in a new light. He began his work in conservation by using camera traps to protect tigers and leopards in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Myanmar. In the field, he came up...

Dr Luis Ureña has travelled the world, but it’s his home in Central America that makes him happiest. “As a Panamanian I love my country, I love what we have to offer to the world,” he says. From lush forests to its population of jaguars, Panama has an extraordinary ecological diversity. But it’s ...

They say money doesn’t grow on trees, yet Durgesh Agrahari quit his job as a banker to pursue a much more rewarding career with SayTrees. The non-profit is at the forefront of tree plantation campaigns and tree preservation in India. What began as a greening mission in Bangalore has now spread to...

Living among wild leopards is common in India. But these creatures must hunt in order to survive - leaving local communities and their livestock vulnerable. Conflict is inevitable, and it’s the leopards who often suffer at the hands of humans. Yet the Rabari people of Jawai have embraced the pres...

In a quest to understand the true horror of poaching, wildlife photographer Adrian Steirn has come up close to dehorned rhinos, and even closer to the men carrying out the bloodshed. What he’s uncovered is a reality not many would like to consider. “Nobody grows up wanting to be a poacher,” Steir...

Through his underwater sculptures, Jason deCaires Taylor is carving his way toward a lasting future for the oceans. Coastal destinations attract the majority of the world’s tourists, the sheer number of which is causing serious damage to reef systems. Taylor places his concrete figures in barren ...

When the Taliban took power in 1996, Hangama Amiri and her family were forced to abandon their home in Kabul, Afghanistan. Now an artist in Connecticut, she has gone on to create a series of textile art pieces called Bazaar, A Recollection of Home, which explores the social and gender norms withi...

The Shatila refugee camp in Beirut seems an odd place to see children playing cricket. But this is where Richard Verity co-founded the Alsama Project, an NGO that educates refugee children through sports and equips them with the skills to rebuild their lives. Cricket is a non-contact sport, and o...

Could Australia’s indigenous women save the country? During the colonisation of Australia, the role of caring for the land was taken out of the hands of Aboriginal people. This has had extreme environmental repercussions due to generations of knowledge and an intimate understanding of nature bein...

With art, Joel Bergner empowers vulnerable youth in marginalised communities. Drawing from his experience as a youth trauma counsellor and public artist, he co-created Artolution. He hosts workshops across the world, from Brazilian favelas to Syrian refugee camps to build the skills of young crea...

Every year, over seven million Christmas trees are thrown away and left to rot in rubbish dumps. These trees could instead be absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and assisting in preventing global warming. In an effort to reduce waste during the festive season, Catherine Loveless and Jon...

Could hip-hop strengthen one of the world’s most fragile environments? Temperatures in the Arctic are increasing at a rate nearly three times the global average. Musician Maxida Märak is Sámi and her people are among the first to experience the effects of climate change on this region. Due to the...

Could our wellbeing lie in the buds, roots, and stems of nature’s beauty? Across the world, flowers are celebrated for their appearance. But for generations in China, they have held greater significance beyond their visual aesthetic. Certain medicinal flowers can be dried and crushed, or heated a...

One out of every five children in the world who aren’t in school lives in Nigeria. Across the country, girls in particular can't afford classes. Seyi Oluyole founded the Dream Catchers Academy for Girls, an NGO which uses dancing and the arts to enable young female students to receive an educatio...

For native Alaskans, one of the most detrimental realities of global warming is food scarcity. So Eva Dawn Burk is sharing her Denaakk’e and Dene’ Athabascan traditions of growing and harvesting food with an indigenous learning centre in Alaska. Due to the harsh effects of climate change, self-su...

By empowering women, we can light up rural communities. Around the world, millions of people lack access to electricity. Most of the time, their primary source of light is hazardous and unsustainable. Through their Solar Mamas programme, Barefoot College is equipping women such as Eposi Njoh Ngev...

More than 10 000 species are going extinct every year, a rate faster than any time in history. One woman is on a mission to save as many animals and plants that remain, all while empowering women in conservation. Razan Al Mubarak is the Managing Director of the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, and f...

Guatemala has one of the highest rates of violence against women in the world. As the Programs Director for the Women’s Justice Initiative, Elvia Raquec is doing everything in her power to alter this statistic. “This work is very personal for me because I grew up in a family where I suffered from...

Tatreez, an ancient embroidery technique, is intricately woven into Wafa Ghnaim’s Palestinian heritage. Yet this art form was almost lost to her. When Ghnaim’s mother Feryal was a little girl, she was forced to flee her home in Palestine. Years later, afraid that her daughters might lose touch wi...

California’s condors are making a comeback thanks to the Yurok Tribe. As one of the indigenous communities of the United States, they were once removed from this land. And for more than 100 years, condors have diminished here too. Director of the Yurok Tribe Wildlife Department Tiana Williams-Cla...