In the U.K., hair styling workshops and accessible fashion shows are helping those with vision loss feel more included, confident and self-reliant.

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Hannah Wallace writes about everything from regenerative agriculture and natural food trends to cannabis startups, maverick winemakers and food justice activists.

Unadorned houses and gray sidewalk slabs line the street of the Katendrechtse Lagendijk neighborhood. Here in the Charlois district in the south of the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, the dreariness is ...

When Rodolfo “Rudy” Reyes went diving in the Cayman Islands in 2015, the experience changed his life. The highly decorated veteran had logged thousands of dives as a Special Ops Force Recon Marine in ...

This story has been co-published by Reasons to be Cheerful and the Outrider Foundation. For centuries, tall sailing ships quietly navigated the planet’s waterways, trading and delivering needed goods.

In 2021, before Norway’s general elections, politician Jonas Gahr Støre was kidnapped outside the parliament building. A net thrown over his head, he was marched into a dark room and interrogated. It ...

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Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Let us know what you think at [email protected]. Once upon a time, American chestnut trees thrived across the ...

As they cheerily tear up sealed surfaces and plant flowers, Dutch citizens are proving that climate mitigation can be beautiful. Instead of sending last season’s unsold clothes to landfills, Thread ...

Jeremy Hance is a senior contributing editor for Mongabay as well as being an author and freelance writer for the Guardian and other outlets. He started his journalism career with Mongabay in 2009 and ...