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Restaurant Feeds Community With Free Fridge–Then Gets Paid Back When Business Faces Closure in Austin, Texas

A husband and wife in Austin, Texas have been honored as heroes for nourishing neighbors-in-need by hosting a community fridge outside their restaurant. Now, the...

Texas Tiny Home Community Thrives With 2,000 Neighbors: Easing Homelessness in Austin

In Travis County, beyond the zoning laws of Austin city, a village of tiny homes has been easing the chronic homelessness in Austin for...

Car Fanatic’s Roadtrip Reunites 90-year-old Vintage Austin With Every Previous Owner

A car fanatic has taken an extraordinary road trip to reunite his vintage motorcar with every owner who had cared for it during its...

First 3D Printed Neighborhood is Providing 100 Sturdy Affordable Solar Homes Near Austin For $400K+

Out in Austin, a 3D-printed neighborhood is taking shape, where 100 homes are being simultaneously made to start next year for around 30% less...

Visit ‘Fortlandia’ Where Designers Have Built Odes to Childhood Fort-Building in Austin, Texas

An annual mass ‘fort building’ event is going on now which for years has brought smiles uncountable to the faces of children visiting in...

Austin, Texas Votes ‘Yes’ on a $7 Billion Transportation Revolution

The Texas state capitol of Austin is getting ready for a public transit revolution, with a $7 billion plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions...

This Austin Restaurant is Making the Wittiest Pandemic Signs Anywhere

A restaurant that’s famous for its hilarious signs has been pulling out all the stops to bring laughs in the era of COVID-19. Austin-based restaurant...

After Exhausting Day of Hard Work, Two Friends Find ‘Heaven Sent’ Fridge in the Middle of a Field (GNN Podcast)

Not only was the mini-fridge a perfect reward for their hard labor, they became folk heroes and learned the history of the ‘Little Appliance That Could’.

After Exhausting Day of Hard Work, Two Friends Find Fridge Full of Cold Beers in the Middle of a Field

Not only were the beers a perfect reward for their labor, the men were also able to find the fridge's original owner as well.

Innovative Austin Micro-village Will Rent to Homeless for $210 a Month

On Wednesday, an overflow crowd gathered at a groundbreaking for an innovative concept to take homeless people off of Austin streets. Alan Graham, president...
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World’s First LEED Platinum Hospital Thriving in Austin

Unique among its peers, Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas is the first healthcare facility in the world to achieve a LEED Platinum...
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Almost a Fourth of New Homes in Austin are Green

Long known for its save-the-planet ways, Austin, TX continues to be a national leader in producing eco-friendly homes. More than...

Your Horoscope for the Week – ‘Free Will Astrology’ From Rob Brezsny

Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to...

Poverty Rate in India Drops Below 5% First Time Ever as Rural-Urban Divide Shrinks

The images of Mother Theresa's work in Calcutta gave many people the idea that post-independence India was a place of destitution and grinding poverty,...

A Portland County Transcends its Rehousing Goals With 65% Drop in Homelessness

Clackamas County in Oregon, one of two counties into which Portland extends, has reduced the rate of homelessness by 65% from 2019 to 2023,...

Good News in History, January 28

Happy 88th Birthday to Alan Alda, best known for his comedic role as Capt. Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H, for which he...

Astronomers Discover Blockbuster Star They Nicknamed Barbenheimer Because ‘We’ve Never Seen Anything Like This’

Astronomers have discovered an enormous celestial entity so unusual they named it 'the Barbenheimer Star' – a moniker referring to the recent cultural phenomenon...

This Golden Retriever is Nursing 3 African Painted Dog Pups at Indiana Zoo After Mother Abandoned Them

At the Potawatomi Zoo in Indiana, a mama golden retriever has her paws as full as can be these days looking after a huge...

Man Visits Shelter Dog Every Day for 2 Months to Earn Her Trust Before Fostering Her

A man in Austin has fallen head over heels for a dog that's heels over heads. Alva the dog has wobbler syndrome, but that...

Teen Creates LEGO Charity to Collect and Wash Old Bricks to Give Away New Sets–For 3,000 Kids So Far

Charlie Jeffers has been playing with LEGO since he was 4 or 5 and credits one of the most famous of all toys for...