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Libraries as democratic infrastructure for education and public life
Libraries protect equal access to knowledge, digital services and lifelong learning amid widening social and information divides
Editorial Team SDG4
6 days ago7 min read
Grassroots partnerships at the heart of global women's rights
MADRE supports women-led organisations through long-term partnerships that connect human rights, peacebuilding and climate justice
Editorial Team SDG5
Jul 145 min read
When tourism becomes a local burden
Tourism can support cities, but unmanaged growth can displace residents, strain resources and turn communities into visitor economies
Editorial Team SDG11
Jul 127 min read
The forgotten right to sanitation
Safe toilets and wastewater systems protect health, education, equality and dignity, yet remain neglected in public policy
Editorial Team SDG6
Jul 107 min read
Library For All and the case for culturally relevant children's books
Library For All works to expand early literacy by creating books that reflect the languages and lives of underserved children
Editorial Team SDG4
Jul 87 min read
Lake Sevan clean-up pledge draws attention to a wider water crisis
A foundation linked to Cape Town’s WeCare Foundation says it will fund shoreline waste removal in Armenia while urging stronger action on sewage, runoff and water withdrawals.
Editorial Team SDG6
Jul 34 min read
Civic technology only matters when it gives people usable power
Digital tools can support participation and accountability, but only when they solve real civic problems
Editorial Team SDG16
Jul 16 min read
Civic technology only matters when it gives people usable power
Digital tools can support participation and accountability, but only when they solve real civic problems
Editorial Team SDG16
Jun 256 min read
The ageing planet is testing how societies share care, work and security
Longer lives are reshaping pensions, housing, health systems and intergenerational fairness across ageing societies
Editorial Team SDG3
Jun 246 min read
Cities that exclude the poor show how inequality is built into urban life
Housing, transport, green space and services determine who can fully belong in a city
Editorial Team SDG11
Jun 236 min read
Grassroots peacebuilding shows why peace is community work
Local organisations are reducing violence, rebuilding trust and making SDG 16 visible in daily life
Editorial Team SDG16
Jun 226 min read
White House Tarifa Advisory Board established
New advisory board will guide White House Tarifa as GSI’s seat for research, education and global cooperation.
Editorial Team SDG4
Jun 202 min read
SELCO Foundation and the case for energy access as development infrastructure
Sustainable energy is treated not as a stand-alone technology, but as a route to livelihoods, healthcare and education
Editorial Team SDG7
Jun 155 min read
Liter of Light and the practical politics of community-built solar lighting
A low-cost solar lighting model links energy access, local skills and climate resilience in underserved communities
Editorial Team SDG7
Jun 134 min read
Practical Action and the development case for locally maintained technology
The organisation links agriculture, energy, water and climate resilience through technologies communities can sustain
Editorial Team SDG1
Jun 125 min read
Decidim, the living code of democracy
Barcelona's open-source platform Decidim transforms rigid administration into a dynamic, inclusive urban ecosystem
Till Heumann
Jun 96 min read
The power of caring when the world looks away
In Tuvalu, civil society organisations are showing how solidarity, climate action and community responsibility can shape resilience in one of the world’s most vulnerable countries
Editorial
Jun 75 min read
Autism is not a marginal issue. It is a global test of inclusion
Around the world, autism is forcing societies to rethink education, healthcare, employment and the meaning of belonging.
Editorial Team SDG3
Jun 55 min read
Fundació Lluita contra les Infeccions and the clinical fight to make HIV care faster, smarter and more durable
A Barcelona foundation links HIV care, clinical trials and vaccine research in the search for better treatment pathways
Editorial Team SDG3
Jun 36 min read
UNICEF Digital Education, the difficult work of making learning technology serve every child
UNICEF is pushing digital learning beyond access, towards equity, safety and stronger public education systems.
Editorial Team SDG4
Jun 26 min read
Kruger National Park at 100 and the unfinished work of wildlife protection
Kruger’s centenary shows why national parks matter, and why protection must now mean more than lines on a map.
Editorial Team SDG15
Jun 16 min read
Warka Water, weaving water from the sky
From a visionary bamboo tower to a holistic off-grid ecosystem solving the rural water crisis
Till Heumann
May 296 min read
Crop diversification and forgotten seeds emerge as practical answers to fragile food systems
Agricultural biodiversity is gaining attention as hunger, malnutrition and climate stress expose the risks of uniform food systems
Editorial Team SDG2
May 236 min read
Nature finance boom raises questions over conservation, sovereignty and who benefits
Across Africa, ecosystem protection deals are expanding as scrutiny grows over transparency, control and local returns
Editorial Team SDG15
May 226 min read
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