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Mexico Pledges 50 Percent Cut in Greenhouse Gases
Mexico announced a plan on 11 December to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 using solar power, wind, and other clean technologies -- making...
Healthiest Cities in US: Lincoln, Nebraska is #1
The top four healthiest cities for 2007 according to the US Centers for Disease Control are: Lincoln, Nebraska; Fargo, North Dakota; Boulder, Colorado; and...
Green Prisons Farm, Recycle to Save Energy, Money
Inmates of the minimum-security facility, 25 miles from Olympia, the state capital, raise bees, grow organic tomatoes and lettuce, compost 100 percent of food...
Buyers of Low-Fuel Cars Get a Sales Tax Exemption
A new sales tax exemption that encourages Washington car shoppers to choose hybrids and alternative-fuel vehicles will save them an estimated $18.6 million over...
1-on-1 Tutoring After School Behind a Pirate Supply Shop Changes Kids
What if you wanted to help kids transform their reading and writing experience? Dave Eggers did this by moving his magazine staff of editors...
Top 10 New Species of 2007
Every year scientists at Arizona State University lead an international team in naming the top 10 newly discovered species: the most weird, reclusive and...
Brazil Gives 3.8M Acres in Amazon Rain Forest to Indigenous People
"Brazil decreed a new 3.8 million acre (1.5M hectare) Indian reservation Friday in the heart of the Amazon rainforest's logging frontier. The land had...
Iran Couple Bikes for Peace and Changing Country’s Image
For 395 days, an Iranian couple has been bicycling around the world to promote peace, heal it's country's image, and heal the environment by...
EARTH ALERT ’08: Top Ten Good News for the Earth
Happy Earth Day! Here are the top ten good news stories for the environment... Since the first Earth Day in 1970, air quality has...
Say No to Cookie Dough! Raise Money for Youth Groups and Schools With Inspiration
Do you have way too much cookie dough in your freezer? Do you have magazine subscriptions that go unread month after month? A Seattle...
Neighbors Bestow RV on Homeless Man Evicted From Treehouse
A man down on his luck had been living in an amazing treehouse he constructed on city property in Seattle for the past several...
Message in a Bottle is a Real Blast From the Past
"A Seattle student's school project to learn about oceans comes full circle 21 years, 1,735 miles later in Alaska along a quite beach along...
Delaware Brakes For Frogs
For the sixth year in a row the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area will close its roads from dusk til dawn to protect...
Pastoral Minister Has Led Prayer Services for Inmates for 20 Years
"She's the Mother Teresa of the King County Jail, holding prayer services three times a week for 20 years, taking a bus from her...
College Grads Travel in RV Interviewing People Who Love Their Jobs (Video by GNN-i)
College Grads traveled across the country interviewing people who love their jobs. Their tour just ended and Brett says they are tired but looking...
MS Patient Finds Therapy and Purpose Carving Canes
Mike Hunter, 56, was diagnosed with MS and had to quit working due to weakened legs. He's found a new purpose, however, after carving...
Singing Our Way To Truth: Peace Chorus Travels To Venezuela
"The Seattle Peace Chorus accepted the invitation to sing at Venezuela’s 5th Annual International Choral Festival. They were the sole U.S. representatives and...
Geothermal Plants Would Tap ‘Ring of Fire’
A follow-up to our recent Science report on clean geothermal power: "The Pacific Northwest, which sits on the volcano-laden "Ring of Fire" bordering the...
Encouraging Signs That Elder Care is On the Mend
Finally, for the first time, I have hope. I started my career in the aging field in the "mean old days" of the 1970s,...
Eco-Friendly Bamboo Bikes: a New Way to Pedal
Bamboo has captured the imagination of American manufacturers -- providing the material for everything from plush tee shirts to baseball bats to flooring. Count...