All year round, the Imagine5 team scours the world for exciting green developments and unexpected stories. Here’s what grabbed our attention in the last twelve months.

Photo: Bert van Beek

Illustration: Ruth Vissing

Photo: Evelyn Dragan / Connected Archives
3. You only need 25% of people to change the world.
When one in four of us embraces a new social norm, it’s enough to shift the rest.

Photo: James Bannister

Photo: Tao Yuan via Unsplash
5. China’s carbon emissions have been flat or falling for 18 month.
Yes you read that right.

Photo: Tobias Nicolai
6. Chefs in Copenhagen are making alt-chocolate from beer waste.
And 7-Eleven are already using it in their cookies.

Photo: Levon Biss
7. Stick insect eggs look like this.
Actually this is just one of numerous ‘designs’ – see more in our gallery.

Photo: Juan Oliphant
8. Sharks aren’t the monsters you think they are.
That’s according to Ocean Ramsey, pictured above swimming with one. She does this a lot.

Photo: Karsten Wurth / Unsplash
9. The Germans have a word for the feeling of being alone in the woods.
The folks who brought us wanderlust and schadenfreude have done it again.

10. There’s a place where people share photos of their favorite sticks.
No, you are not too old for this.

Cover star Madame Gandhi on the sounds of the Antarctic, free climber Alex Honnold reveals his biggest challenge yet, actor Rainn Wilson embraces his soulful side and much much more!

