On a blue-skied summer morning, Place Pasteur in the historic center of Besançon is abuzz with colorful market stalls selling trinkets and antiques. But it’s also here that residents bring a different ...

After a decade behind bars, it wasn’t the fields that stretched for kilometers around him that struck Nicolas when he first set foot on the farm. It was the smell. “I’ve been through six different ...

Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at [email protected] and we just might feature it here. “The future is in our ...

Juliette Fekkar is a Paris-based journalist covering climate, agriculture, energy and environmental issues. Her reporting has been featured in The Washington Post, Le Monde and France Info.

An initiative connecting African donors living in Europe with small businesses in their home countries is a boon for entrepreneurs.

Peter Yeung is a Contributing Editor at Reasons to be Cheerful. A Paris-based journalist, he also writes for publications including the Guardian, the LA Times and the BBC. He’s filed stories from ...

See what stories caught our attention this week, including NYC’s mayoral elections and a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool. See what stories caught our attention this week, ...

Milena Malanciuc clearly recalls the day she was sent to an orphanage, when she was just five. She had been playing in the park with her older cousin. On their return home, they found a large black ...

In the northern suburbs of Sydney, Australia, Adam Bushell has saved about $10 a month in waste collection fees since his local council swapped flat fees for a “pay-as-you-throw” system four years ago ...

Just over an hour’s drive from the Icelandic capital of Reykjavík, the greenhouses of Friðheimar farm emit a warm glow that cuts through the dark, cold landscape of a sub-arctic winter. Inside the ...

Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at [email protected] and we just might feature it here. There’s something a ...

Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at [email protected] and we just might feature it here. Vending machines are ...