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THE 56 BLACKMENPHOTOGRAPHY

campaignaimsto challengethedistrustof

menwearinghoodiesandcelebratetheindividuals

underneath.“EverytimeI seea blackmanin the

media,it is generallybecausetheyareeithera

victimora perpetratorof crimeorviolence,ora

rapperora footballplayer,”saysorganiserCephas

Williams, a 27-year-oldLondoner.Men

photographedincludeentrepreneurs,politicians,

teachersanda traineesurgeon.

11 90 m 1 st

11 EUstateshavealready

mettheir 2020 renewable

energytargets– tosource

20%ormoreoftheirpower

fromrenewablesources.

The 2020 targetisa

steppingstonetothegoalof

32%by2030.

90mtoiletshavebeenbuilt

since2014,asa resultof

India’ssanitationdrive.

Some93%of

householdsnowhave

access,and 500 million

peoplenolongerneedtogo

tothetoiletoutintheopen.

Scientistshaveturned

humanstemcellsinto

insulin-producingcellsfor

thefirsttime,raisinghope

fora curefortype 1

diabetes.Thebreakthrough

comesfromtheUniversity

ofCalifornia,SanFrancisco.

W er tisi s o is t

Pre-lovedboom

TheCommunityFridge

Networkwasfoundedin

2017.Itsfridgesprovide

a placeforresidentsand

businessestodonate

surplusfood,whichis

availableforanybodywho

needsit totakeforfree.

Environmentalcharity

Hubbub,theorganisation

behindthenetwork,has

alreadylaunched 50 since

2017 andaimstosupport

theopeningofa further

50 bytheendof2020.

Europecouldbefarmed

entirelyusingagroecological

approachessuchasorganic

andstillfeeda growing

population– aslongasdiets

shifttobeingmoreplant-

based,saysEuropean

thinktankIDDRI.Its

TenYearsforAgroecology

reportshowsthatpesticides

couldbephasedoutand

greenhousegasemissions

radicallyreduced.This

approachtofarmingputs

‘ecologicalprinciplesfirst,

chemicalslast’.

Fridgepleaser

Farming’sfuture?

SMALLCHANGE

Accordingtothelatest

annualfashionresalereport

byUSsecondhandclothing

retailerThredup,the

pre-lovedmarketisthriving.

Thredupreportsthat,over

thepastthreeyears,resale

hasgrown 21 timesfaster

intheUSthannew‘apparel

retail’.Thesecondhand

market,whichiscurrently

worth$24bn(£18bn)there,

isexpectedtoreach$

billion(£39bn)infiveyears. * ThesearticleshavebeenwrittenbyourfriendsatPositiveNews, themagazine

forgoodjournalismaboutgoodthings.Seetheworldfroma different

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Plantsrelease

pheromonesto

warnoffinsect

attacksand

otherplants

respond

Humans

havefivebasic

senses.But

scientistsbelieve

plantshaveat

least 20

Thereare

atleast 600

speciesofanimal-

eatingplants,

includingthe

venusflytrap

PLANT

PROBLEM

SOLVE RS

It’s a jungle out

there, which means

getting smart. All

plants need to find

energy, reproduce

and stave off

predators.

PHOTOGRAPHY: 56 BLACK MEN / CEPHAS WILLIAMS