The world’s largest database of social change milestones from throughout human history
We are building the world’s largest database of social change milestones, from the first fire to today’s good news. Change is not only possible, it has happened consistently throughout human history.
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- Agriculture (10000 - 3000 B.C.E.)
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- Modernity (1500 - 1945 C.E.)
- Post-classical (500 - 1500 C.E.)
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2017 C.E. October 18Globally, broad support for representative and direct democracy
More than half in each of the nations polled consider representative democracy a very or somewhat good way to govern their country.
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2017 C.E. October 171400 companies now put an internal price on carbon
That number is an impressive leap, as it amounts to an eight-fold increase from 2014.
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2017 C.E. October 17Korean workers launch major wave of strikes, winning international support
Over the past few weeks, thousands of South Korean transport workers have gone on strike to protest against government reform proposals that would make it easier for employers to fire workers, weaken seniority protections won through collective bargaining and privatize some state-owned industries.
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2017 C.E. October 16European Union and India partner on Paris Agreement implementation
India and the European Union (EU) have issued a joint statement on clean energy and climate change, pledging to step up cooperation to enhance implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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2017 C.E. October 16Google to give $1 billion to nonprofits and help Americans get jobs in the new economy
Google will make grants in its three core areas: education, economic opportunity and inclusion. Already in the last few months, it has handed out $100 million of the $1 billion to nonprofits.
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2017 C.E. October 1338% of Fortune 50 companies now publicly support the Sustainable Development Goals
An impressive 38 percent of the F50 have made a public commitment to support the SDGs.
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2017 C.E. October 13California DISCLOSE Act signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown to combat dark money
Today, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the landmark California DISCLOSE Act (AB 249), the nation's most comprehensive election disclosure law.
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2017 C.E. October 12BNP Paribas plans to stop working with shale oil players and shift to renewable investments
"We're a long-standing partner to the energy sector and we're determined to support the transition to a more sustainable world,"
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2017 C.E. October 12Uruguay’s 1st transgender senator seated, vows protections
The 34-year-old lawmaker representing the Communist Party assumed her seat in the upper chamber of congress, where she intends to push a law that would let transgender people change their legal identities without having to get a judge's approval.
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2017 C.E. October 18Globally, broad support for representative and direct democracy
More than half in each of the nations polled consider representative democracy a very or somewhat good way to govern their country.
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2017 C.E. October 171400 companies now put an internal price on carbon
That number is an impressive leap, as it amounts to an eight-fold increase from 2014.
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2017 C.E. October 17Korean workers launch major wave of strikes, winning international support
Over the past few weeks, thousands of South Korean transport workers have gone on strike to protest against government reform proposals that would make it easier for employers to fire workers, weaken seniority protections won through collective bargaining and privatize some state-owned industries.
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2017 C.E. October 16European Union and India partner on Paris Agreement implementation
India and the European Union (EU) have issued a joint statement on clean energy and climate change, pledging to step up cooperation to enhance implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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2017 C.E. October 16Google to give $1 billion to nonprofits and help Americans get jobs in the new economy
Google will make grants in its three core areas: education, economic opportunity and inclusion. Already in the last few months, it has handed out $100 million of the $1 billion to nonprofits.
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2017 C.E. October 1338% of Fortune 50 companies now publicly support the Sustainable Development Goals
An impressive 38 percent of the F50 have made a public commitment to support the SDGs.
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2017 C.E. October 13California DISCLOSE Act signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown to combat dark money
Today, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the landmark California DISCLOSE Act (AB 249), the nation's most comprehensive election disclosure law.
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2017 C.E. October 12
BNP Paribas plans to stop working with shale oil players and shift to renewable investments
"We're a long-standing partner to the energy sector and we're determined to support the transition to a more sustainable world,"
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2017 C.E. October 12Uruguay’s 1st transgender senator seated, vows protections
The 34-year-old lawmaker representing the Communist Party assumed her seat in the upper chamber of congress, where she intends to push a law that would let transgender people change their legal identities without having to get a judge's approval.
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