This Startup Wants to Fight Deforestation … with Robots
Drone technology has been used anywhere from burrito delivery services to transporting confidential government documents. Some drones, though, are designed to better improve the world than planting billions of trees. Former NASA engineer Lauren Fletcher has launched a new startup that would use drones to plant 1 billion trees a year. The startup, BioCarbon Engineering, is on a mission to balance the ravages of industrial-scale deforestation with industrial-scale tree planting.
 
In Newark, a Vertical Indoor Farm Helps Anchor an Area’s Revival
A former steel plant in Newark is being razed by the RBH Group to make way for a giant custom-built complex for its sole tenant, AeroFarms, a company producing herbs and vegetables in an indoor, vertical environment. Instrumental in reviving parts of Newark, the RBH Group sees the venture as a way to create jobs, clear a shabby block and supply a healthy, locally grown food source.
 
Push for Cleaner Stoves in Poor Countries to Cut Pollution
Every evening, hundreds of millions of Indian women hover over crude stoves making dinner for their families. The smoke is responsible for premature deaths from cancer and other diseases and is causing or exacerbating environmental problems from climate change and glacial melt to falling crop yields. When you add up all the tiny stoves, the result comes close to catastrophic. That could now start to change.
 
Carolyn Miles: New Consensus Challenging Us to 'Embrace Previously Unimaginable Possibilities'
Our success in tackling complex global challenges and bringing about transformational change and impact depend on our ability to continue forging innovative partnerships with the private sector and other influential stakeholders. We simply will not be successful alone.  The possibilities for INGO and private sector partnerships are vast.