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Zayed Sustainability Prize global impact reached a record milestone as the 2027 cycle closed with 10,233 entries from 177 countries, a 32% year-on-year increase reflecting growing global demand for scalable, locally led sustainability solutions.

Society

12.10.26

Zayed Sustainability Prize Global Impact Reaches Millions of Lives as Record Entries Close the 2027 Cycle

Young people leading climate action are reshaping global climate response, with roughly one billion of them living in the Global South, where climate impacts hit hardest and homegrown solutions are emerging from Bangladesh to Uruguay.

Eco Amplifier

12.10.26

Young People Leading Climate Action Around the World

YongsanCats care for rescued cats in a foster space as part of the coordinated network of caregivers, veterinarians, and foster homes that carries each animal through rescue in Seoul's redevelopment zones.

Contributed Articles

09.10.26

Making Room for a Cat Before the Building is Gone

Protecting natural quiet places led Quiet Parks International to award Wilderness Quiet Park status to American Prairie, Montana, in March 2026, where acoustic monitoring confirmed bison and silence still coexist across the grassland landscape.

Ecology

09.10.26

Protecting Natural Quiet Places Becomes a Global Mission as Silence Disappears Worldwide

Coconut oil aviation fuel has passed a critical performance test, matching the efficiency of standard jet fuel in a small turbojet engine while cutting harmful hydrocarbon emissions, bringing sustainable coconut-based aviation one step closer to commercial viability.

East Asia

08.10.26

Coconut Oil Aviation Fuel Matches Jet Fuel Performance in New Engine Tests

A two-year study of 18 Ohio urban farms found that pollinator conservation comes down to one practice that outperforms beehives, bee hotels, reduced mowing, and pesticide cuts combined: planting native flowers.

North America

08.10.26

Simple Pollinator Conservation Steps are Transforming City Farms

The Arcadia Ecohome Microforest combines a rewilded canopy that cools the ground and conserves water, a backyard food forest feeding both pollinators and people, and low-hanging fruit protected by repurposed household waste, turning everyday materials into tools that extend product life cycles and cut food waste.

Contributed Articles

07.10.26

California Microforest Turns Everyday Conservation Into Community Action

Rangers protecting the world's wild places monitor wildlife, restore habitats, and safeguard cultural heritage across nearly every ecosystem on Earth, forming one of conservation's largest and most diverse workforces essential to delivering the global 30x30 target.

Community

07.10.26

Rangers Protecting the World’s Wild Places are Turning Conservation Promises into Reality

Home battery storage is helping households across Australia take control of their energy future.

Energy

07.10.26

Half a Million Cheaper Home Battery Storage Bringing Down Bills for Australian Homes and Businesses

The International Permaculture Convergence opens November 6 at Thailand's Golden Jubilee Museum of Agriculture near Bangkok, featuring keynote addresses from natural builder Kyle Holzhueter and permaculture co-originator David Holmgren alongside a Farmers Market and dedicated Thai-language sessions.

Community

06.10.26

International Permaculture Convergence Draws Global Pioneers to Thailand for the First Time

Gray wolf reintroduction in Colorado marked its third straight year of successful pup production.

North America

06.10.26

Gray Wolf Reintroduction in Colorado Reaches New Milestone With Fifth Pack

Land art on Erimitis took shape through “Wound,” a temporary 7-by-50-meter installation by artist The Krank, positioned directly atop ground where bulldozers had passed during a previous development plan on this undeveloped stretch of northeastern Corfu.

Community

05.10.26

Land Art on Erimitis Transforms a Corfu Wound into a Call for Healing

The Center for Rural Livelihoods in Oregon combines agroforestry, forest restoration, and cooperative economics to strengthen rural communities and promote sustainable land management.

Community

05.10.26

Socially Just Rural Communities Grow Through Agroforestry in Oregon

Native trees take root on a reforested Costa Rican farm, part of a growing movement toward wildlife corridors on Costa Rica farms between protected forests.

Central Africa

05.10.26

Wildlife Corridors on Costa Rica Farms Offer a New Path for Conservation

Three Canadian classrooms are proving that green building starts with fixing what already exists, as student-led net-zero retrofits of their own schools moved from flickering fluorescent lights and drafty walls to school board meetings, local radio, and conversations with elected officials.

Contributed Articles

02.10.26

Youth are Retrofitting their Schools and Taking the Receipts Straight to Power

Rewilding Visayan wildlife began with one man's land and a small breeding center on Negros Island in 2010, and has grown into one of the Philippines' most promising conservation success stories, with five once-vanishing species now breeding successfully in the wild.

Southeast Asia

02.10.26

Rewilding Visayan Wildlife Brings a Philippine Island’s Rarest Species Back Home

Orphaned elephants are accompanied by their caretakers at the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya as part of a rescue, care, and rehabilitation program aimed at gradually preparing them to return to the wild.

Eastern Africa

01.10.26

In Kenya, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Helps Orphaned Elephants and Rhinos Return to the Wild

A Kemp's ridley sea turtle rescue two years in the making brought Rhossi from a Welsh beach to Houston Zoo, where he underwent a comprehensive medical exam led by Dr. Joe Flanagan after tripling his weight to 46 pounds during rehabilitation in Wales.

North America

01.10.26

Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Rescue Brings Rhossi Home After 5,000-Mile Journey and Two Years in Wales

California's farm-to-school program has grown to reach 500 school districts since 2021 and is now a permanent state policy, transforming school cafeterias from frozen pizza to fresh local produce while connecting students to the farmers, ranchers, and food producers in their own communities.

Food

01.10.26

California’s Farm-to-School Program Brings Fresh Food to Cafeterias

Colombia's May 2026 expansion of the Acandí, Playón and Playona Wildlife Sanctuary by nearly 63,000 hectares extended formal protection to the coral reefs of the Capurganá and Cabo Tiburón Hope Spot for the first time.

Central America

30.09.26

A Victory for the Capurganá and Cabo Tiburón Hope Spot

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