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Innovators

Who is changing the way people work, think, consume or create? Innovators profiles some of the world's groundbreakers and contrarians, problem solvers and restless minds.

WORLDVIEW | INNOVATORS

Overnight, a New Park Blooms From an Illegal Dump in Soweto

JOHANNESBURG This city boasts one of the world's largest urban forests. But the trees blanket the predominantly white northern suburbs, while the mostly black townships in the south -- long neglected under the former apartheid government -- resemble dust bowls.

WORLDVIEW | INNOVATORS: China's Pusher of Philanthropy (Post, January 31, 2009)

WORLDVIEW | INNOVATORS: From a Visionary English Physicist, Self-Adjusting Lenses for the Poor (Post, January 10, 2009)

From Low Art to High Fashion in India: Designer Finds Inspiration on Nation's Streets (Post, December 26, 2008)

Fashion Guidance for Aging Japanese Lads: Slick Magazine Entices Young-at-Heart 'Elder Boys' to Trade a Little Cash for a Lot of Cool (Post, December 17, 2008)

Innovators: Underwater, He's an Extreme Success (Post, November 30, 2008)

Kafka of the Cubicle: Japanese Cartoonist Chronicles the Indignities Endured by Young, Dutiful, Sad Office Drones (Post, November 21, 2008)

Innovators: Targeting South Africa's 'Guy in the Blue Overalls' (Post, November 16, 2008)

Innovators: Food Entrepreneur Melds Indian Flavors, Global Fare (Post, November 12, 2008)

Innovators: A Courtship Veteran Muses On Search for the Right Man (Post, October 21, 2008)

Innovators: An Amazon Icon's Town Is a Shrine Frozen in Time (Post, October 12, 2008)

Innovators: At 81, Japan's Outspoken Force for the World's Poor (Post, September 30, 2008)

Innovators: Tucked in a Tehran Neighborhood, One Man's Temple of Modern Art (Post, September 21, 2008)