Climate activist Benard Kioko Ndaka is fighting to reforest Kenya
Promoting reforestation and teaching young people about conservation: this is how Benard Kioko Ndaka is fighting the shock to our climate systems.
The Amazon as a teacher, in the heart of an educational forest in Bolivia
The Amazon became an alternative classroom during the pandemic. Now, the educational forest in Batraja, Bolivia, lives on to teach children and adults the value of nature.
Malala Yousafzai, a life spent fighting for the right to education
Malala Yousafzai became the youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner for her fight for the right to education. A biography of the ground-breaking Pakistani activist.
Kenya faces a surge in FGM as schoolgirls stay home due to coronavirus lockdowns
Kenya may fail to meet its target of ending female genital mutilation by 2022 as Covid-19 school closures have seen more girls undergo the illegal practice.
The Omo Valley, where life flows with the river
The tribes of the Lower Omo Valley in Ethiopia live in close contact with nature and the river they depend on. But their ancestral ways of life are being threatened by the impacts of a mega-dam, climate change and a booming tourism industry.
Italy becomes the first country to teach climate change in school
Education Minister Lorenzo Fioramonti has announced that the topics of climate change and global warming will soon be taught as subjects in Italian schools.
Women in Japan, how the gender pay gap limits their potential to shine
At the dawn of a new era, women in Japan still face old challenges: they’re paid less than men and struggle to scale the professional ladder. How can the impasse be broken?
Eataly World in Bologna, photos from the Italian food theme park that is every foodie’s dream
Eataly World in Bologna is a culinary city in the country of biodiversity, the largest agri-food centre in the world: an Italian food theme park, if you will. Photos from the opening, so you know what to expect.
Janine Händel and the Roger Federer Foundation. To us, philanthropy requires professionalism
Roger Federer non è solo il più grande tennista di sempre. Ha dato vita a una fondazione, di cui è anima e testimonial, che lavora sul campo dal 2003.
UNICEF, 10 countries where if you’re a child it’s almost impossible to go to school — the ranking
There are countries where going to school isn’t a burden but a dream. UNICEF has compiled a ranking of the top 10 countries with the highest proportion of children missing out on primary school.