Mary Lean visits Bergh Apton, and English village which shows what communities can do when they get going.

Natasha Davis meets Indians who are determined to empower the underprivilaged

What can be done to avert mass extinction on a scale not seen since the age of the dinosaurs, asks Kenneth Noble

Kenneth Noble looks at the importance of the Earth’s Biodiversity and, first, meets two daring artists who aim to let nature speak for herself.

Janet Paine looks back on ten years of an initiative to foster democratic values in Eastern and Central Europe

Housing is about people-not just bricks, maintains a trail-blazing housing non-profit organization in Richmond, Virginia. Mary Lean discovers how giving people the best can transform no-go areas.

Can big business and activists agree on fighting poverty? Michael Smith reports.

Citizens’ movements have played an important part in cleaning up general elections in several countries. Brian Lightowler charts their development from 1988 to the present day.

As you reach out for a jar of coffee in the supermarket, you can give a hand to the people who grew the beans, discovers Mary Lean.

Like most western Europe countries, Switzerland is seeing a rise in asylum applications. Mary Lean finds out how the Swiss are responding.