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Q4 2021
  • All-electric shuttle service commences operations at Zimbabwe international airport: Image courtesy of Kwaku Dzvukamanja
  • American Psychological Association apologizes for role in promoting, perpetuating, and failing to challenge Racism in U.S.: Autorstwa Oakstreetstudio – Digital camera., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21331532
  • Brian Michael Smith is the first trans man to be named one of Peopleโ€™s Sexiest Men Alive: By UWS246 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70567942
  • China breaks ground on massive 100-gigawatt renewable energy project: Photo courtesy of NASA
  • Conservationists bring the Saharan gazelle back from the brink of extinction: By Ji-Elle – Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1630194
  • MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion energy: Photo courtesy of Gretchen Ertl, CFS/MIT-PSFC, 2021
  • New ATM helps Kenyans switch from charcoal to eco-friendly fuel: Photo courtesy of Koko Networks
  • New iron-based batteries offer an upgrade to storing renewable energy: Photo courtesy of ESS
  • Senate confirms Beth Robinson, the first out lesbian U.S. circuit court judge: Photo courtesy of Glenn Russell/VTDigger
  • Volvo builds a world-first vehicle using fossil-free steel: Photo courtesy of AB Volvo

Q3 2021
  • Australian's northern hairy-nosed wombats are back from the brink of extinction: Australian's northern hairy-nosed wombats are back from the brink of extinction
  • Bryan Ruby becomes the first active professional baseball player to come out as gay: Photo courtesy of Mavericks Independent League
  • Kuwait is transforming massive โ€˜tire graveyardโ€™ into a new smart city: Image courtesy of YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP and Korea Land and Housing Corp.
  • Michelinโ€™s airless passenger car tires get their first public outing: Photo courtesy of Michelin
  • U.S. to return Gilgamesh tablet and 17,000 other looted artifacts to Iraq: “Epic of Gilgamesh Flood Tablet in Akkadian Cuneiform – Nate Loper” flickr photo by Nate Loper โ€ข #ArizonaGuide ๏ธ https://flickr.com/photos/genesisscience/28654513207 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • The worldโ€™s first all-electric tugboat to sail in 2023: Image courtesy of Crowley Maritime Corporation
  • Tunisia's president appoints woman as prime minister in first for Arab world: By Ettounsia – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=110550754
  • Two women become the first gay couple in the Mexican state of Jalisco to officially adopt: Photo courtesy of Facebook/Guadalajara Pride
  • Worldโ€™s first battery-powered freight train unveiled in Pittsburgh: Photo courtesy of Office of the Allegheny County Executive
  • World's largest direct air capture plant starts absorbing CO2 in Iceland: Photo courtesy of Climeworks
Q2 2021
  • Germany to return 19th century looted art to Nigeria: By Joyofmuseums – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76489624
  • Lisbon orders 10 electric ferries: Photo courtesy of Astilleros Gondรกn
  • Japanese doctors perform worldโ€™s first living donor lung transplant: Photo courtesy of Kyoto University Hospital
  • New York doctors complete first-ever successful trachea transplant: Photo courtesy of NPR
  • NopeaRide is launching SolarHub EV charging stations in Kenya: Photo courtesy of NopeaRide
  • St. Louis elects Tishaura Jones as first Black female mayor: Photo courtesy of NBC News.
  • Samoa elects Fiame Naomi Mataโ€™afa, its first woman prime minister: By Rachel Park, NZDF Photographer – https://mfatimages.smugmug.com/CompleteLibrary/Approved-Images/i-nvCr5Pq, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=91838813
  • Tokyo to build massive green neighborhood: Image courtesy of DBOX for Mori Building Co.
  • U.S. Senate confirms Zahid Quraishi as country's first Muslim American federal judge: Photo courtesy of Bay News
  • Worldโ€™s first hydrogen-powered cargo vessel to set sail this year: Image courtesy of Flagships
  • World's first lab-grown-meat factory opens in Israel: Photo courtesy of Future Meat Technologies
Q1 2021
  • Arke Technologies opens up an EV conversion school and workshop in Ghana: Photo courtesy of Arke Technologies
  • Boston is building the worldโ€™s largest Passive House-certified office building: Handel Architects
  • China will open its huge FAST telescope to scientists globally: Xinhua/Liu Xu via Getty Images
  • Coca-Cola to test fully recyclable paper bottle in Hungary: Photo courtesy of The Coca-Cola Company
  • Delaware River Basin Commission votes to ban fracking in historic victory: Image courtesy of Delaware River Basin Commission
  • Ghana and Cรดte dโ€™Ivoire begin history-making COVID vaccination drives: Photo courtesy of UNICEF
  • Hydrogen projects worth $300 billion are quickly dropping prices for the green fuel: Image courtesy of Hydrogen Council
  • Indian startup turns polluted air into climate-friendly tiles: Carbon Craft Design
  • Italyโ€™s electric car market tripled in 2020: www.opportunityenergy.org
  • Kawasaki Heavy Industries is building the world's first zero-emissions tanker: Photo courtesy of e5 Lab Inc.
  • Paris is turning dark underground parking lots into organic mushrooms farms: Photo courtesy of Cycloponics
  • Pete Buttigieg becomes Americaโ€™s first out Cabinet member: “Pete Buttigieg” flickr photo by Gage Skidmore https://flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/48012595782 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
  • Robert Saleh to become NFL's first Muslim head coach: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, 49ers at Redskins 2019, Robert Saleh (48936893478) (cropped), Cropping by Peter Schulte, CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sweetgreen to cut its CO2 emissions in half by 2027: By Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA – Sweetgreen Storefront, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80273299
  • Worldโ€™s first 3D-printed school planned for Madagascar: Image courtesy of Studio Mortazavi
Q4 2020
Q3 2020
Q2 2020
  • Abu Dhabi to built the cheapest solar farm ever: Nature Energy / Maritsa Kissamitaki
  • China donates 1,000 ventilators to New York to support COVID-19 response: James Heilman, MD (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BIPAP.JPG), โ€žBIPAPโ€œ, Cropping by Peter Schulte, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode
  • Ella Jones elected first black mayor of Ferguson, Missouri: Jeff Roberson/AP
  • IKEA put 1 million solar panels on 370 stores in 2019: https://www.sollega.com (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A&R_IKEA-150.jpg), โ€žA&R IKEA-150โ€œ, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode
  • Slovenia becomes first European country to declare end of COVID-19 epidemic: By NuclearVacuum – File:Location European nation states.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8105278
  • Sudan to outlaw female genital mutilation: By ู…ุญุณู† ุงู„ููƒูŠ โ€“ Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30766224
  • Sweden shutters last coal-fired generating plant two years early: Stockholm Exergi KVV6 via YouTube
  • White-tailed eagles have been spotted in England for the first time in 240 years: By Christoph Mรผller (https://www.christophmueller.org) โ€“ Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68003968
Q1 2020
Q4 2019
Q3 2019
Q2 2019
Q1 2019
  • Karen Uhlenbeck becomes first woman ever to win prestigious Abel Prize for mathematics: Andrea Kane/Institute for Advanced Study
  • Researcher invents biodegradable Mardi Gras beads made of algae: By Infrogmation of New Orleans โ€“ photo by Infrogmation (talk), CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6037496
  • Costa Rica launches formal โ€˜National Decarbonization Plan 2018-2050โ€™ to completely decarbonize: โ€œIndependence Day in Costa Rica โ€“ Flag March 1โ€ flickr photo by thombo2 https://flickr.com/photos/brucethomson/246925742 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Ben & Jerryโ€™s to phase out all single-use plastic utensils in all of its 600 stores worldwide: โ€œBen & Jerryโ€™s, Hazed and Confused, Ice Creamโ€ flickr photo by JeepersMedia https://flickr.com/photos/jeepersmedia/15107694358 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Coloradoโ€™s Jared Polis officially sworn in as first openly gay U.S. governor: โ€œJared Polisโ€ flickr photo by Jeffrey Beall https://flickr.com/photos/denverjeffrey/2602508676 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • Scientists found a new way to make fusion reactors more efficient: โ€œZ machine testsโ€ flickr photo by SandiaLabs https://flickr.com/photos/sandialabs/10614635616 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license
Q4 2018
  • Shell becomes first energy company to link executive pay to carbon emissions: โ€œSingapore retailโ€ flickr photo by . Shell https://flickr.com/photos/royaldutchshell/5484874831 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license
  • United Nations lifts sanctions on โ€˜Africaโ€™s North Koreaโ€™, Eritrea: โ€œpost card from Eritreaโ€ flickr photo by ctsnow https://flickr.com/photos/ctsnow/203962387 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Azerbaijan mobilizes all forces to fulfill tasks set in Sustainable Development Goals: โ€œBaku Old Townโ€ flickr photo by Today is a good day https://flickr.com/photos/good_day/468721252 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license
  • Elon Musk cuts almost $500K check to bring clean water to Flint, Michigan schools: โ€œElon Musk โ€“ The Summit 2013โ€ flickr photo by Heisenberg Media https://flickr.com/photos/heisenbergmedia/10611143395 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • EU teams up with Bill Gates to launch $115.2 million clean energy investment fund: โ€œBill Gates โ€“ OnInnovation.com Interviewโ€ flickr photo by OnInnovation https://flickr.com/photos/oninnovation/4996837080 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • The first Hyperloop passenger capsule is unveiled in Spain: โ€œToday I visited Hyperloop One in the Las Vegas desert. Watch the video on Tech.Coโ€ flickr photo by Frank Gruber https://flickr.com/photos/somewhatfrank/26893408511 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license
  • Jamaica to run on 50% renewable energy by 2030: โ€œKingston, Jamaicaโ€ flickr photo by James Willamor https://flickr.com/photos/bz3rk/2419182555 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
  • PepsiCo inks deal for 100 per cent recycled plastic packaging: โ€œChaos Theoryโ€ flickr photo by Thomas Hawk https://flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/3090669805 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC) license
  • Taylor Swiftโ€™s Instagram post has caused a massive spike in voter registration: โ€œTaylor Swiftโ€ flickr photo by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer https://flickr.com/photos/evarinaldiphotography/6966830273 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
Q3 2018
Q2 2018
  • Costco to boost its minimum wage to $14 an hour: โ€œCostcoโ€ flickr photo by JeepersMedia https://flickr.com/photos/jeepersmedia/15430692891 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • IKEA to use only renewable and recycled materials by 2030: โ€œIKEAโ€ flickr photo by Listen Missy! https://flickr.com/photos/listenmissy/2428733478 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • Myanmar and UN announce deal for safe return of Rohingya: Tasnim News Agency (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rohingya_displaced_Muslims_02.jpg), โ€žRohingya displaced Muslims 02โ€œ, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
  • Philippine city of Mandaluyong passes law against LGBT discrimination: โ€œRising Metropolisโ€ flickr photo by Jun Acullador https://flickr.com/photos/acullador/2325353823 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • Renault to invest more than โ‚ฌ1bn in French electric car plants: Dan Marsh (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Renault_Twizy_electric_car.jpg), โ€žRenault Twizy electric carโ€œ, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode
  • Saudi Arabia issues driving licences to women for first time in decades: Jack Soma (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Night_view_of_City_Riyadh_from_Hauptstadt_Saudi_Arabiens_-_panoramio.jpg), โ€žNight view of City Riyadh from Hauptstadt Saudi Arabiens โ€“ panoramioโ€œ, Cropping by Peter Schulte, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
  • Temple University researchers successfully reverse cognitive impairments in mice with dementia: โ€œBaby Mouseโ€ flickr photo by Nick Harris1 https://flickr.com/photos/nickharris1/7287033916 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • World Health Organization certifies Paraguay malaria-free: โ€œMalaria in Peripheral Bloodโ€ flickr photo by euthman https://flickr.com/photos/euthman/6289093848 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Boko Haram has been routed from the 24 local areas in Nigeria they used to administer: โ€œMore Boko Haram Terrorist Attacksโ€ flickr photo by ssoosay https://flickr.com/photos/ssoosay/13954329516 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • California becomes first state to order solar on new homes: โ€œSolar panelsโ€ flickr photo by wallheater https://flickr.com/photos/86835498@N00/15014808403 shared into the public domain using (PDM)
  • EU bank to invest โ‚ฌ300 million in Chinese climate projects: โ€œEU Flagโ€ flickr photo by EU Naval Force Media and Public Information Office https://flickr.com/photos/eunavfor/8250009574 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • Lloyds Bank launches ยฃ2bn green business lending drive: โ€œlloyds-bank-buildingโ€ flickr photo by jasonmountier https://flickr.com/photos/52852078@N02/13449655843 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Nine African cities commit to reaching zero carbon by 2050: Kwasiog (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Accra-Airport-City.jpg), โ€žAccra-Airport-Cityโ€œ, Cropping by Peter Schulte, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode
  • Ohio voters approve gerrymandering reform for US House seats: Steven Nass (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:How_to_Steal_an_Election_-_Gerrymandering.svg)
  • Small minimum wage rises donโ€™t cause job losses, Reserve Bank of Australia study finds: โ€œProtest march for a $15/hour minimum wage in the Dinkytown neighborhoodโ€ flickr photo by Fibonacci Blue https://flickr.com/photos/fibonacciblue/16543555173 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Afghanistan sets October date for much-delayed elections: โ€œIMG_3645โ€ flickr photo by philmofresh https://flickr.com/photos/phickmanfresh/10621978575 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Alaskans reject anti-transgender โ€˜bathroom billโ€™: Frank K. from Anchorage, Alaska, USA (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anchorage_from_Earthquake_Park.jpg), โ€žAnchorage from Earthquake Parkโ€œ, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode
  • Costa Ricaโ€™s young president-elect Carlos Alvarado Quesada wins pitching progressive values: โ€œCosta Rican Flagโ€ flickr photo by kasthor https://flickr.com/photos/kasthor/79941814 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
  • Decline in plastic bags on seabed near UK suggests measures to tackle waste are working: MichaelisScientists (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1682478-poster-1280-plasticbags.jpg), โ€ž1682478-poster-1280-plasticbagsโ€œ, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode
  • Iran raises minimum wage in concession to workers: โ€œPol-e Tabiโ€™at, Tehran, 20170407โ€ flickr photo by G ยท RTM https://flickr.com/photos/g-rtm/33840466662 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license
  • The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, dedicated to victims of American white supremacy, opens in Montgomery, Alabama: โ€œMonument to โ€œOur Confederate Soldiersโ€, Wiess Park, Beaumont, Texas 1604281404bwโ€ flickr photo by Patrick Feller https://flickr.com/photos/nakrnsm/26169007264 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • New Zealand bans new offshore drilling, citing climate change: โ€œAmelia-Aโ€ flickr photo by Strocchi https://flickr.com/photos/strocchi/2057466280 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
  • Trinidad & Tobago decriminalizes homosexuality in landmark court case: โ€œMaracas, Trinidadโ€ flickr photo by neiljs https://flickr.com/photos/neiljs/4500445157 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • UK department store Sel:fridges to stop selling single-use plastic bottles: โ€œSelfridgesโ€ flickr photo by ell brown https://flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/3623340962 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • UKโ€™s Costa Coffee to recycle equivalent of all its takeaway cups each year: โ€œCOSTA COFFEEโ€ flickr photo by Richard, enjoy my life! https://flickr.com/photos/ladyous/8303332797 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
  • UK supermarket Waitrose to stop using disposable coffee cups: โ€œwaitrose cricketโ€ flickr photo by osde8info https://flickr.com/photos/osde-info/14738419933 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
  • Wells Fargo commits $200bn towards low carbon projects by 2030: โ€œWells Fargo Bankโ€ flickr photo by JeepersMedia https://flickr.com/photos/jeepersmedia/13754128855 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
Q1 2018
Q4 2017
  • Belgium appoints worldโ€™s first-ever female ambassador to Saudi Arabia: fdecomite (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Frayed_Belgian_Flag_(6032138651).jpg), โ€žOld Frayed Belgian Flag (6032138651)โ€œ, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode
  • Botswana court orders government to recognize transgender woman as female: โ€œbe not afraid, scott richard 2012โ€ flickr photo by torbakhopper https://flickr.com/photos/gazeronly/26241477411 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • Donors make initial pledges of $857 million to fund UN refugee agencyโ€™s work in 2018: โ€œ17-03-10 05 Refugeesโ€ flickr photo by Felton Davis https://flickr.com/photos/felton-nyc/33124704990 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Exxon agrees to disclose climate risks under pressure from investors: โ€œExxonโ€ flickr photo by JeepersMedia https://flickr.com/photos/jeepersmedia/14932958035 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Andrea Jenkins becomes the first openly transgender black woman elected to public office in the U.S.: โ€œbe not afraid, scott richard 2012โ€ flickr photo by torbakhopper https://flickr.com/photos/gazeronly/26241477411 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • Brett Ratner has been kicked off the next Wonder Woman film: โ€œWonder Woman Deflecting Bulletsโ€ flickr photo by earldan https://flickr.com/photos/im_earl/28383665850 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • Cards Against Humanity buys land on Mexican border to stump Trumpโ€™s wall plan: โ€œCards Against Humanityโ€ flickr photo by Brett Jordan https://flickr.com/photos/x1brett/15608587025 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • EU reaches deal to overhaul worldโ€™s largest emissions market: โ€œEU Flagโ€ flickr photo by EU Naval Force Media and Public Information Office https://flickr.com/photos/eunavfor/8250009574 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • Frontline workers push Guinea worm disease to the brink of eradication: โ€œGuinea Worm case containment centerโ€ flickr photo by UNICEF Ethiopia https://flickr.com/photos/unicefethiopia/14740517732 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license
  • Garrison Keillor, founder of โ€˜A Prairie Home Companion,โ€™ fired after allegations of improper behavior: โ€œGarrison Keillor Poetry Readingโ€ flickr photo by Ryan Somma https://flickr.com/photos/ideonexus/6190507095 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Grindr updates its app to be more inclusive of transgender and non-binary users: โ€œbe not afraid, scott richard 2012โ€ flickr photo by torbakhopper https://flickr.com/photos/gazeronly/26241477411 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • Saudi Arabia pledges $100 million to G5 Sahel force: โ€œAMISOM & Somali National Army operation to capture Afgoye Corridor Day #2 14โ€ flickr photo by AMISOM Public Information https://flickr.com/photos/au_unistphotostream/7300508014 shared into the public domain using (CC0)
  • Virginia Politics Danica Roem of Virginia to be first openly transgender person elected, seated in a U.S. statehouse: โ€œDowntown Minneapolisโ€ flickr photo by m01229 https://flickr.com/photos/39908901@N06/7816199456 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Arizona sheriff officially charged with criminal contempt in racial profiling case: โ€œJoe Arpaioโ€ flickr photo by Gage Skidmore https://flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/5483730779 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
  • Australian state of Victoria to ban single use plastic bags: โ€œbagsโ€ flickr photo by velkr0 https://flickr.com/photos/velkr0/428681674 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • BNP Paribas plans to stop working with shale oil players and shift to renewable investments: โ€œOklahoma Sunset, Oil Well 2โ€ flickr photo by Clinton Steeds https://flickr.com/photos/cwsteeds/81193940 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • California becomes first state to legally recognize a third gender:  โ€œ2013 Rally for Transgender Equality 21175โ€ flickr photo by tedeytan https://flickr.com/photos/taedc/8603714005 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license, cropping by Peter Schulte
  • California DISCLOSE Act signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown to combat dark money: โ€œjerry brownโ€ flickr photo by Neon Tommy https://flickr.com/photos/neontommy/5444743964 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
  • California passes first cleaning product chemical disclosure law in U.S.: โ€œTide Laundry Detergentโ€ flickr photo by JeepersMedia https://flickr.com/photos/jeepersmedia/13943961247 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Cambridge University to accept transgender students at women-only college: โ€œbe not afraid, scott richard 2012โ€ flickr photo by torbakhopper https://flickr.com/photos/gazeronly/26241477411 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • EU launches tool to embed circularity, sustainability into built environment: โ€œEU Flagโ€ flickr photo by EU Naval Force Media and Public Information Office https://flickr.com/photos/eunavfor/8250009574 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • George Soros transfers $18 billion to Open Society Foundations: โ€œGeorge Sorosโ€ flickr photo by boellstiftung https://flickr.com/photos/boellstiftung/13307444495 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
  • Oxford aims for worldโ€™s first zero emissions zone with petrol car ban: โ€œOxford Rooftopsโ€ flickr photo by Doolallyally https://flickr.com/photos/levettday/33704155553 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • Scientists have successfully reversed advanced heart failure in mice: โ€œEverything is alright ;)โ€ flickr photo by insane gal https://flickr.com/photos/insane_gal/4454919928 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • Uruguayโ€™s 1st transgender senator seated, vows protections: โ€œUruguayโ€ flickr photo by Vince Alongi https://flickr.com/photos/vincealongi/250031970 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
Q3 2017
  • Bernie Sanders to introduce single-payer bill with major support in Senate: โ€œBernie & Jane Sandersโ€ flickr photo by Gage Skidmore https://flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/25826818705 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
  • Cambodia and Laos wipe out trachomaโ€”leading infectious cause of blindness: โ€œIMG_6413โ€ flickr photo by Pan American Health Organization PAHO https://flickr.com/photos/pahowho/14176342451 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • Duke to increase employee minimum wage to $15 by 2019: โ€œDuke Universityโ€ flickr photo by ilysewhitney https://flickr.com/photos/134348486@N05/35365922032 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Harvard pays students to host โ€˜brave spacesโ€™ for social justice: โ€œHarvardโ€ flickr photo by angela n. https://flickr.com/photos/aon/6273971705 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Mark Zuckerbergโ€™s massive share sales will support prison reform and other progressive causes: โ€œAlcatraz Prisonโ€ flickr photo by Alexander C. Kafka https://flickr.com/photos/alexanderkafka/14929841472 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • Mars counters Trumpโ€™s climate stance with $1bn sustainability plan: โ€œMANDMโ€ flickr photo by Dominic Rooney https://flickr.com/photos/rooneydom/7298143350 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Minnesotaโ€™s clean energy jobs grew 3.8 times faster than overall job growth: โ€œDowntown Minneapolisโ€ flickr photo by m01229
  • New blockchain-based โ€˜carbon currencyโ€™ aims to make carbon pricing mainstream: โ€œBitcoin Chain IMG_9179โ€ flickr photo by btckeychain https://flickr.com/photos/btckeychain/14861107819 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Scotland to โ€˜phase outโ€™ new petrol and diesel cars by 2032: โ€œEdinburgh Princeโ€™s Streetโ€ flickr photo by ddh Photos https://flickr.com/photos/16190595@N05/32312365752 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • Somalia gets first forensic center to deliver justice in sexual assault cases: โ€œFeeding centerโ€ flickr photo by rjones0856 https://flickr.com/photos/91829349@N00/3222724232 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Target to raise its minimum wage to $11 per hour, promising $15 by 2020: โ€œAt Target again!โ€ flickr photo by cote https://flickr.com/photos/cote/4902896335 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • UC Irvine aims to transform public health with record-breaking $200-million donation: โ€œLove those Anteatersโ€ flickr photo by cogdogblog https://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/10014174454 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • UN brokers deal to end use of children in Nigeriaโ€™s battle with Boko Haram: โ€œMore Boko Haram Terrorist Attacks 3โ€ flickr photo by ssoosay https://flickr.com/photos/ssoosay/13979209164 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • A โ€œworld firstโ€ fusion reactor just created its first plasma: โ€œNuclear Fusion Reactorโ€ flickr photo by jurvetson https://flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/4844626925 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • 46 Republicans buck party to help Democrats take down anti-climate military action amendment: โ€œU.S. Capitol Building detailโ€ flickr photo by Kevin Burkett https://flickr.com/photos/kevinwburkett/3415364650 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
  • Cameroon fights pollution by turning used plastic into jobs: โ€œPlasticsโ€ flickr photo by EdinburghGreens https://flickr.com/photos/edinburghgreens/5326907987 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Court finds that approval of Dakota Access Pipeline violated the law: โ€œStanding Rock 4โ€ flickr photo by unitedchurchofchrist https://flickr.com/photos/7724093@N05/30205885184 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
  • Court rules its reasonable consumers wouldnโ€™t consider glyphosate-containing Nature Valley Granola Bars โ€˜naturalโ€™: โ€œChafer -43โ€ flickr photo by Chafer Machinery https://flickr.com/photos/chafermachinery/15412945324 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Human Rights Campaign announces largest grassroots expansion in its history: โ€œHuman Rights Campaign 2791โ€ flickr photo by tedeytan https://flickr.com/photos/taedc/5824691944 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
  • Kenya is first in Africa to get latest generic AIDS drug: โ€œkenyaโ€ flickr photo by kevinzim https://flickr.com/photos/86624586@N00/112509725 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Microsoft and Puget Sound Energy get OK for clean-energy deal to help power software giantโ€™s campus: โ€œMicrosoftโ€ flickr photo by bfishadow https://flickr.com/photos/bfishadow/4405446485 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Scientists report a rare case of H.I.V. remission: โ€œVirusโ€ flickr photo by Dominicโ€™s pics https://flickr.com/photos/dominicspics/5425951169 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license, cropping by Peter Schulte
  • Target tackles โ€œbranded trashโ€ with new recycling initiatives: โ€œAt Target again!โ€ flickr photo by cote https://flickr.com/photos/cote/4902896335 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Washington State will now alert survivors when domestic abusers try to buy a gun: โ€œhandgunโ€ flickr photo by robertnelson https://flickr.com/photos/robertnelson/439618310 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Worldโ€™s first malaria vaccine will be given to thousands of babies in Africa: โ€œMosquitoโ€ flickr photo by turkletom https://flickr.com/photos/turkletom/4584117897 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
Q2 2017
Q1 2017
  • 43 brands will fix or replace anything you buy from them โ€” forever: โ€œPatagonia Wood Signโ€ flickr photo by Dave Dugdale https://flickr.com/photos/davedugdale/4959660085 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
  • Berkeley becomes first city to divest from U.S.-Mexico border wall companies: โ€œBerkeley, California (1959)โ€ flickr photo by roger4336 https://flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/4071052000 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
  • Breckinridge Capital adopts Social Progress Index to reward cities for โ€œinclusiveness.โ€: Matt Mechtley from Heidelberg, Deutschland (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inclusive_community_(citation_needed)_(2205859730).jpg), โ€žInclusive community (citation needed) (2205859730)โ€œ, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode
  • Lithium-ion battery inventor introduces new technology for fast-charging, noncombustible batteries: โ€œNew electric car charging station at Kahala Mallโ€ flickr photo by coconut wireless https://flickr.com/photos/frikitiki/6784128074 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • Maryland House votes to ban fracking by veto-proof margin: โ€œFrackingโ€ flickr photo by SFU โ€“ University Communications https://flickr.com/photos/sfupamr/14601885300 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Rikers Island prison to close, New York mayor says: โ€œ2012_03_14_aus-iah-bos_402โ€ flickr photo by dsearls https://flickr.com/photos/docsearls/7042515751 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • China to create โ€œforest cityโ€ to fight air pollution: Images via Stefano Boeri Architetti, https://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/en/
  • Tesla charges ahead with plans for more gigafactories: โ€œTesla Carโ€ flickr photo by Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine https://flickr.com/photos/opengridscheduler/19916571969 shared into the public domain using (CC0)
  • Donors pledge $670 million at UN-backed conference to support aid operations in Lake Chad region: โ€œArriving in Chadโ€ flickr photo by UKUnitedNations https://flickr.com/photos/ukun_new_york/32501579384 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • U.S. Federal Court strikes blow against gerrymandering: Steven Nass (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:How_to_Steal_an_Election_-_Gerrymandering.svg), โ€žHow to Steal an Election โ€“ Gerrymanderingโ€œ, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode
Q4 2016
  • Bill Gates is heading a $1 billion clean energy venture fund: โ€œBill Gates โ€“ OnInnovation.com Interviewโ€ flickr photo by OnInnovation https://flickr.com/photos/oninnovation/4996229541 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • Fossil fuel divestment funds double to $5 trillion in a year: โ€œDivestโ€ flickr photo by Tony Webster https://flickr.com/photos/diversey/15185798508 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Over 100 companies sign the Equal Pay Pledge: โ€œEqual Pay Day (6)โ€ flickr photo by Michael Panse https://flickr.com/photos/michael-panse-mdl/13317429403 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-ND) license
  • Reversing course, E.P.A. says fracking can contaminate drinking water: โ€œFrackingโ€ flickr photo by SFU โ€“ University Communications https://flickr.com/photos/sfupamr/14601885300 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • U.S. jurisdictions take steps to reform โ€˜dishonestโ€™ bail system: โ€œBail Bonds by Harryโ€ flickr photo by rioncm https://flickr.com/photos/rioncm/3164217506 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Duke University launches program for men to consider their toxic masculinities: โ€œDuke University Libraryโ€ flickr photo by fw_gadget https://flickr.com/photos/26240579@N05/3926497441 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
  • The first Latina senator ever is coming to Washington: โ€œCatherine Cortez Masto, Nevada Attorney Generalโ€ flickr photo by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Right https://flickr.com/photos/lccr/6777894706 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC) license
  • George Soros pledges $10 million to fight hate crimes: โ€œGeorge Soros, Rebecca Harmsโ€ flickr photo by boellstiftung https://flickr.com/photos/boellstiftung/13307595893 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
  • Progressive champion Pramila Jayapal became the first ever Indian-American woman elected to congress: โ€œPramila Jayapalโ€ flickr photo by javacolleen https://flickr.com/photos/javacolleen/5682448787 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license
  • Dozens of countries poised to drive out malaria by 2020:  โ€œSunny paradiseโ€ flickr photo by MiikaS https://flickr.com/photos/miikas/170435887 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
Q3 2016
Q1 2016

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  • Ask Washington state lawmakers to protect water rights and fund a Nooksack adjudication: Image courtesy of Re-Sources.org.
  • Sign the call for a Peopleโ€™s Vaccine: Image courtesy of People's Vaccine Alliance.
  • Support the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act in the United States: Photo courtesy of Tim Aubry / Greenpeace
  • Let Bellingham city officials know weโ€™re ready to transition to 100% electric buildings: By Nick Kelly / Faithlife Corporation – Faithlife Corporation, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37611512
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Archive of Human Genius

Prehistory (250,000 – 10,000 B.C.)
Agricultural revolution (10,000 – 3,000 B.C.)
Ancient civilizations (3,000 B.C. – 500 A.D.)
Post-classical era (500 – 1500 A.D.)
Modernity (1500 – 1945 A.D.)
  • Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber, perhaps China's greatest novel, is published (1791 A.D.): “Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber” flickr photo by https://klarititemplateshop.com/ https://flickr.com/photos/ivanwalsh/4139331341 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Cape Colony, the Natal Colony, the Transvaal, and the Orange River Colony unite to form the Union of South Africa (1910 C.E.): By South_Africa_Flag_1910-1912.svg: Fornaxderivative work: Suzuki Auto – This file was derived from:  Red Ensign of South Africa 1910-1912.svg:, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29949792
  • Charles Darwin publishes Origin of Species, outlining theory of evolution and natural selection: “The Origin of Species #1” flickr photo by gds https://flickr.com/photos/gds/136383942 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license, cropped by Peter Schulte
  • DuPont invents nylon, the world's first commercially viable synthetic textile (1935 A.D.): By Michael Strรถck (mstroeck) at en.wikipedia – Transferred from en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3547302
  • Einstein publishes his special theory of relativity, proposing new concepts of space and time: “Eclipsing Pulsar Promises Clues to Crushed Matter” flickr photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video https://flickr.com/photos/gsfc/4901241763 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license, cropping by Peter Schulte
  • English settlers found St. John's in modern-day Antigua and Barbuda (1632 C.E.): By This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire portfolio, click here.@thatmattwadeThis image is protected by copyright! If you would like to use it, please read this first. – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18761866
  • The First Geneva Convention is signed by 12 nations: By Kevin Quinn, Ohio, US – Flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=359407
  • Frederick Douglass publishes his memoir Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (1845 A.D.): “Frederick Douglass Circle” flickr photo by rbs10025 https://flickr.com/photos/rbs10025/4844697797 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license
  • Four great Anhui troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing for first time (1790 C.E.): By ๆฑŸไธŠๆธ…้ฃŽ1961, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60633634
  • Fyodor Dostoevsky publishes Crime & Punishment (1866 A.D.): “Dostoevsky” flickr photo by bloomsday616 https://flickr.com/photos/bloomsday616/50572225 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license
  • Galileo Galilei makes key observations of physics and astronomy, laying the foundation for modern science (1630 A.D.): “”Galileo Galilei”” flickr photo by Biblioteca Rector Machado y Nuรฑez https://flickr.com/photos/fdctsevilla/3968863200 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
  • Hermann Melville publishes Moby-Dick (1851 A.D.): “Moby Dick” flickr photo by skelet0njones https://flickr.com/photos/maljones/5656462880 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) license
  • Hobbes publishes Leviathan, a seminal philosophical text (1651 A.D.): “Leviathan” flickr photo by tolworthy https://flickr.com/photos/66351465@N00/13888108157 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
Post-modern era (1945 – 2016 A.D.)

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