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Washington, DC Sewage Plant Spins Human Sewage into Fertilizer Gold

In Washington D.C., a sophisticated sewage treatment plant is turning the capital's waste into a form of capital: living capital that is fertilizing the...
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Washington, DC Luxury hotel Goes Green (Video)

At the Willard, one of Washington, DC's oldest and most prestigious hotels, the high society guests find recycle waste baskets in their...

Good News in History, March 27

76 years ago today, a mere 11 days after being released from prison, jazz singer Billie Holiday played in front of a sold-out crowd...

Good News in History, March 24

25 years ago today, The Matrix premiered in the U.S. It was a massive success at the box office, grossing over $460 million on a...

Indian IT Worker Designs New Eco-Friendly Sewage Treatment Method with the Sacred Cow as His Inspiration

An Indian entrepreneur has developed a zero-energy, zero-chemical system of wastewater treatment, and true to the traditions of the sub-continent, he used nature as...

Good News in History, February 18

Happy 70th Birthday to John Travolta, star of such films as Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty, Hairspray, and Swordfish. His accolades...

Good News in History, February 11

2,684 years ago today is the traditional date for the foundation of the earliest centralized state on the islands of Japan. Descendant of the...

Good News in History, January 20

2 years ago today, Zara Rutherford became the youngest woman to fly around the world alone. Landing at Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport in western Belgium, she...

Good News in History, January 15

50 years ago today, the TV sitcom Happy Days premiered on ABC, starring Ron Howard—as a clean-cut teenager in the late 50s who frequents...

Good News in History, January 2

18 years ago today, Stardust, the NASA spacecraft flew past the comet 81P/Wild and collected samples of rock and comet dust which were returned...

Good News in History, December 23

102 years ago today, Visva-Bharati University was founded in West Bengal by the Indian poet and polymath Rabindranath Tagore. The brilliant Nobel Prize-winning humanist...

Good News in History, November 20

65 years Jim and Jane Henson established Muppets Inc. The company has produced many successful television series, including The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and...

Good News in History, November 10

100 years ago today, one of the most famous dogs in the world, Hachikō the Akita, was born in Ōdate. He is beloved, revered,...

Good News in History, November 8

732 years ago today, the Republic of Venice passed a law confining the city's growing glassmaking industry to the island of Murano, giving birth...

Good News in History, October 30

50 years ago today, the Bosphorus Bridge was completed, linking mainland Europe with Anatolia over the Bosporus Straits for the first time. It's a...

Good News in History, October 17

20 years ago, the pinnacle was secured in place on the Taipei 101 making it the highest building on Earth, surpassing the Petronas Twins...

Good News in History September 29

142 years ago today, Ludwig von Mises, the most influential economist of the 20th century was born in Lemberg. Today, Mises is remembered not...

Good News in History September 17

480 years ago today, the first book in the Finnish language was published. Called The Abckiria, or the "ABC Book" it taught Finnish peasants...

Good News in History, August 7

135 years ago today, American inventor Theophilus Van Kannel received a patent for his vision of a seamless and fluid way of entering and...

Good News in History, June 29

222 years ago today, Frédéric Bastiat, the French economist and writer was born. He is known not only for pioneering some of the most...