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The Top Ten Green Buildings for 2006
This summer, the American Institute of Architects and its Committee on the Environment selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design...
Peace Camp Grows Friendship Between Middle Eastern Kids
Hempstead, NY - If you were invited to sit down with your enemy for a cup of tea and discuss your conflicting views, would...
MIT Students Invent Cars That Keep Going . . . and Going
50 college students from 21 Universities around the world have converged on MIT for an 8-week Vehicle Design Summit. The goal? To invent...
Overcoming the Matrix of War in the Middle East
It strains my heart when I see the escalation of the war in the Middle East. Again. For so long already. When will...
Chicago Unveils Most Ambitious Bike Plan in US
Chicago has unveiled its new Bike 2015 Plan, designed to achieve the mayor's goal to make the Windy City the most bicycle-friendly city in...
HERO Youth Ambassadors to Serve African Orphans, Schools Hit by AIDS
The HERO campaign is enhancing the lives of children who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Today it launched...
EPA Unveils Trucks Promising 60% Fuel Savings, Cleaner Air, Less Noise
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with UPS, will test a new hydraulic delivery truck on the city streets of Detroit this summer...
Man Finds Wife’s Ring at N.J. Garbage Dump
Sanitation workers helped a man find his wife's wedding ring inside a truckload of garbage. Such digging in the heat of summer was...
Ditch the Tie To Cut Air-Conditioning, Urges Japan
An innovative campaign by the Japanese government to encourage the nation to use less air-conditioning is called the "Cool Biz" casual clothing campaign. Politicians...
The Next Best Thing to Being There: Virtual Tours of Europe
If world travel to exotic destinations this summer is too expensive for you, check out this web site recommended by CS Monitor. Arounder offers...
Polar Robot to Roam South Pole doing Science Experiments
Look at the Cool Robot! That's the name for the new solar-powered mobile science station built by Dartmouth students and faculty to specifically withstand...
Bon Jovi to Sponsor Six Homes with Habitat for Humanity in Philly
A Philadelphia radio station announced the expansion of a partnership between Jon Bon Jovi and the city's Habitat for Humanity charity by highlighting the...
A Sure Sign of Spring: Wild Whooping Cranes Return to Wisconsin
Among the signs of springtime these days in central Wisconsin is the arrival of wild whooping cranes on Necedah National Wildlife Refuge and along...
Volvo Pledges Lifetime of New Cars for Heroes
Hope Bevilhymer from West Jordan, Utah, is "America's Greatest Hometown Hero" in the third annual Volvo for Life Awards. Her inspired work in developing...
Blue Butterfly Back From the Brink
The Smithsonian published a feature article in 2005 called Back From the Brink that asserted: "Not every endangered species is doomed. Thanks to tough laws,...
Honoring Youth Heroes
June 3, 2005 — Kids everywhere are helping out around communities. These children have done things such as volunteering, raising money for patients with cancer,...
Humanitarian Video Game Surprise Hit with One Million Players
Humanitarian Video Game Surprise Hit with One Million Players
Launched by the United Nations last summer, the first video game designed to teach children about...
2003 Salmon Run Bountiful at Last
For the first time in 38 years, American Indians on Oregon's Columbia River have harvested a surplus of summer chinook salmon. 120,000 salmon are...
Persistence Pays for PhD Student Once Labeled Retarded
Dave Dawson's future looked bleak in 1974. Based on tests, his ninth-grade teachers labeled him mentally retarded. “My vocational expectation was to be a...
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...