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These 6 Sustainability Projects Show the Future Isn’t Looking So Dismal
It is rare to hear environmental scientists sounding positive about the future. But that's exactly what is happening now with an international group of...
Positive Psychology Students Learn by Giving Free Hugs on Campus (WATCH)
We all enjoy a good hug every once in a while, but what about the more in-depth ways embracing affects our physical and emotional wellbeing?
Zoo Celebrates Birth of Two Newly-born Endangered Piglets (WATCH)
These newly-born little cuties are welcome additions to the Brevard Zoo because of the species' critically endangered status.
Musician and Recording Artist Create Virtual Choir with People Across 20 Countries
This virtual choir has united over 200 singers from different countries in order to celebrate what makes us united through song.
‘Sleepbus’ Provides Homeless Australians (and Their Pets) a Safe Place to Sleep
A formerly-homeless Australian man is converting a bus into a mobile shelter to provide more than eight-thousand “safe sleeps” per year.
Simon Rowe has raised...
Woman Tracks Down Sperm Donor, Falls In Love With Him, And Marries Him
Imagine a couple meeting for the very first time, yet their daughter was already a year old.
The happy duo was conceived despite odds as...
Sydney Rallies to Let 9-yo Superhero Rescue the City as Iron Boy (WATCH)
When Sydney, Australia needed a hero, the city turned to Domenic, a nine-year-old with cystic fibrosis who just happens to be Iron Man’s apprentice,...
Former Addict Cuts Homeless People’s Hair and Spreads Joy of Rehab
Six days a week, Nasir Sobhani cuts hair in a barber shop. On the seventh day, he hops on his long skateboard, packs up his barber...
Old Man Filled With Emotion as $6000 Cash is Returned by Kind Strangers
The Victoria Police reported Thursday that an elderly man of 87 was reunited with a bag of cash containing $6000 after he lost it...
Cat He Rescued From Shelter Returns the Favor Saving Man From Terrible Fire
Craig Jeeves of Melbourne, Australia rescued a cat two years ago from an animal shelter and this week, she returned the favor and saved...
Koala Hit by Car is Rescued and Given Mouth-to-mouth and CPR
Firefighters and wildlife workers have revived an injured koala in Melbourne with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation after it was hit by a car.
It ran up a...
Blind Cyclists Put Their Faith in a Tandem Rider
I have been watching the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland and I am so inspired by the tandem riders, I had to share it!
Apparently...
Fewer Australians Reliant on Welfare Since 2001
A report shows working-age Australians are less reliant on welfare than they were a decade ago, with 5% fewer 18 to 64-year-olds receiving payments....
Instead of Sad Ads for Animal Rescue, Happy Dogs Walking Humans See 100% Adoption
Most pet adoption campaigns make us feel pity for the animals but in this one, it was the sad humans working all day in...
Honest Toilet Cleaner Gets to Keep $80,000
Chamindu Amarsinghe was speechless this week to hear he will get $81,597 of the cash he found while cleaning the toilets at a Melbourne...
Australia, Canada Dominate Top Ten ‘Most Livable Cities’ List
Melbourne, with its beautiful parks, enviable healthcare, and Australian coastline, has been ranked the world's most livable city for the third year running.
In fact,...
Houston Bar Gives 100% of Profits to Charity. Period.
The Original OKRA Charity Saloon in downtown Houston operates a lot like any other tavern -- booze is purchased and poured, bartenders get paid...
Teenage Sweethearts Separated During the Holocaust Reunited
When he was 15, Thomas Beck escaped from a Nazi prison camp in Budapest - but he left behind his teenage sweetheart, Edith Greiman,...
Australia’s Best Boss: Bus Company CEO Gives Staff $15 Million
A Melbourne boss has stunned his staff by giving them a staggering $15 million gift -- the ultimate pay-off for their hard work and...
Dyson Award-winner Makes Water Out of Thin Air for Farmers
An Australian designer from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne is the winner of the 2011 James Dyson Award for his "Airdrop" – a...