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Cities Try Going ‘Green’ With Blackouts
"On Saturday evening, it's "Lights out San Francisco," where people will voluntary turn off lights for an hour. The aim is to raise awareness...
City Parking Spaces Transformed into Mini-Parks
One day last year some folks in San Francisco decided there was not enough green space downtown so they "leased" the area provided by...
Shark-Smuggling Bust Nets $1 Million for Habitat Protection
"Leopard sharks in San Francisco Bay will benefit from fines totaling nearly a million U.S. dollars — money resulting from the bust of a...
Singles Get Together and Make a Difference for Valentine’s Day
Singles are being inspired across the nation to "get engaged" through volunteering this Valentine's Day. Recognizing the power of community service to bring people...
Cookie Scented Milk Ads Debut In Bus Shelters
Chocolate chip cookie scented bus shelters will spring up in California to treat commuters to an unexpected multi-sensory experience. A new twist on the...
Film Review: Beyond the Call, a Double-Helping of Humanitarian Adventure
Opening in theatrical release this week, Beyond the Call is an Indiana Jones meets Mother Teresa adventure, in which three middle-aged men, former soldiers,...
Marriott Hotel Composting 1 Million Pounds Annually in SF
Turning food waste...into wine? In a roundabout way, that is what is happening to the composted food scraps and other items generated at the...
Retirees Win 100K for Creating Lasting Change
The Purpose Prize honors "what may be a new trend -- retirees taking on some of the country's biggest social problems."
The five winners of...
Parking Meters Provide Area for Mini-Parks
Some folks in San Francisco decided there was not enough green space downtown so they "leased" the area provided by a parking meter, usually...
Teen Presents $18,000 Check To Injured Columbine Student
DENVER (Reuters) - A San Francisco teenager who raised $18,000 by running in a road race Tuesday presented the check to one of the...
The Dalai Lama and Muslim Leaders Hold Historic Peace Gathering
A landmark summit convened yesterday in San Francisco that marked the first time the global Muslim community has engaged the Dalai Lama in an...
Chelation a Possible Cure for Autism
Parents and caregivers are crediting the process of chelation with curing their son of autism. He went from not responding to his parents and...
Press Clips and Publicity
CBS Evening News Katie Couric's Notebook (Video) "The Good News Network is devoted to all the good news that's fit to print... When...
Healing the Globe: 11 Bright Spots
A quick rundown of 11 bright spots that are healing the globe, from Cairo to California, from Bolivia to British Columbia, From Moroco to...
Retired Parking Meters Raise Funds for Rainforests
Many people would be willing to donate a quarter for wildlife conservation, reckoned Norman Gershenz, a conservation biologist at San Francisco State University.
Gershenz talked...
The Doctor is a Clown?!?
Do you like the academy award-winning actor Robin Williams? Does free medical care sound like a good idea to you? How about a movie...
Home Depot Stores Swear off Ancient Timber
The Rainforest Action Network and other environmental groups have won pledges from the 536-store Home Depot chain and almost 1,000 other lumberyards to no...
Break Out Of The Grasp Of Your Past!
We have to look beyond our past experiences and how are parents raised us. (If they were traumatic or regrettable experiences.) Psychologist, James Hillman,...
Corporations Mimic Rainforest Efficiency While Creating Profits
In natural systems like rainforests, one creature's waste is another's food, and virtually nothing is lost forever. Contrast this highly efficient natural system with...
Good News in History, May 13
115 years ago today, the inaugural Giro d'Italia, was held, with cyclists competing in 21 different stages across over 1,200 miles of the country. The...