Education-Innovation

Recycled Bottles, Reclaimed Lives: A Shelter Innovation from South Sudan

by By IOM South Sudan 3/06/2025 Medium

“People used to throw these bottles along the roads,” he says. “Now, they’re part of our homes — they’re cooler, stronger, and resistant to termites.”
In South Sudan, where communities face the twin crises of displacement and environmental strain, a powerful question is emerging:
What if plastic waste, once seen only as trash, could help build a safer, more sustainable future?
This year’s World Environment Day calls on us to #BeatPlasticPollution. In Bentiu, a town in South Sudan scarred by years of conflict and flooding, displaced communities are answering that call by turning trash into shelter.

Principles to Inform Drug Pricing, Access and Innovation Policy

by PUBLICCITIZEN 12/11/24

Policymakers have made generational progress in advancing policies to lower prescription drug prices, especially through the passage into law of price negotiations, inflation rebates, and a $2,000 out-of-pocket cap for patients on Medicare. Yet critical work remains to provide relief for both people with Medicare and without, through lower prices for more patients and more medicines, and on a quicker timeline.

Advancing racial justice in our policies, institutions and culture.

by race forward

We work with communities to build the collective power necessary to counter structural racism. Connected and aligned individuals, organizations, and movements standing together to inspire positive change can build a just, multiracial, democratic society.

A Brighter Idea: The Story of Five Regulations that Spurred Innovation

by PUBLICCITIZEN

When federal agencies implement rules for efficiency, worker safety, or public health and welfare, companies need to reformulate their products and services to comply.

Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Lab

by race forward

Throughout Race Forward’s history, we have explored the significance of the role of arts and culture in movement building and advancing racial equity. With support from the New York City Cultural Agenda Fund in The New York Community Trust, we are pleased to launch our new Racial Equity in the Arts Innovation Lab, which will train 60 New York City arts and cultural organizations to deepen their racial equity work.

Catch Up on the Latest News

by PBS

Journey through the history of art, music, and culture with critically acclaimed documentaries and in-depth storytelling.

Did a Norwegian law inadvertently cut innovation in universities?

by Making Sen$e Editor 6/6/16 PBS NEWS

Editor’s Note: For 31 years now, Paul Solman’s reports on the NewsHour have aimed to make sense of economic news and research for a general audience. Since 2007, our Making Sen$e page has vowed to do the same, turning to leading academics and thinkers in the fields of business and economics to help explain what’s interesting and relevant about their work. That includes reports and interviews with economists affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research.