An organization that started in Copenhagen, Denmark has now spread to 40 countries and boasts more than 10,000 participants. The organization, Cycling without Age, is giving the elderly from all over the world a breath of fresh air. They literally do it by driving them on a rickshaw. The organization […]
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Solar Panels Built from Waste Crops Create Energy without Direct Light
In another effort to produce clean energy, one engineering student from the Philippines designed solar panels that don’t need direct sunlight to produce energy. He created a revolutionary material with luminescent particles from veggie and fruit waste. The 29-year-old Carvey Ehren Maigue won the James Dyson Foundation Sustainability Award back […]
Scotland Aims to Save Wild Salmon by Planting Millions of Trees along Rivers
Scotland’s remotest rivers and streams will have millions of trees planted nearby so that wild salmon is protected from the disastrous effects of climate change. Scientists have concluded that rivers and burns in the uplands and Highlands are too warm in the summertime for the wild Atlantic salmon as they […]
Denver’s Program Dispatches Mental Health Teams instead of the Police Is so Successful that It’s already Expanding
STAR is a partnership between the Mental Health Center of Denver, Denver Health, Denver Police Department, Denver Department of Public Health and Environment, and stakeholders like Caring4Denver. It launched on the 1st of June, 2020 and it’s noted huge success since. This program provides crisis response to community members with […]
80-Year-Old Man Walks through a Blizzard to Rescue People from Three Cars
This 80-year-old man from Canada helped guide several cars to safety during a strong snowstorm as an act of kindness which the drivers describe as an act of heroism. Shannon St. Onge was coming back from what he thought would be a quick trip to her office on January 31st […]
Street Musician Whose Drums Were Stolen Gets a New Kit from Metallica
Metallica stepped in to help out an LA street performer after his drum kit was stolen. The drummer, Sheriff Drumman, plays drums on the back of his truck and got firsthand help from one of the most popular rock bands on the planet. Last December, Drumman’s drum kit and truck […]
8-Year-Old Slid His Handwritten Book in a Library. Now It Has a Year-Long Waitlist
One book, a masterpiece of a second-grader, is a hot topic at this library in Idaho. The 8-year-old Dilon Helbig used his trip to the Ada Community Library’s Lake Hazel Branch in Boise with his grandma to leave his work there: The Adventures of Dillon Helbig’s Crismis by Dillon His […]
Heartwarming: Moms in Poland Leave a Bunch of Strollers for the Ukrainian Moms Crossing the Border
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, more than 1.5 million people have escaped Ukraine, according to data by the UN Refugee Agency. Many of these refugees are mothers with children. With this in mind, there are fellow mothers from Poland who’re trying to help. One viral photo shows fully-equipped […]
Nigerian Mom Designs Solar Powered Cribs to Put an End to Jaundice in Babies
Back in 2015, Virtue Oboro had the worst experience; at only 48 hours old, her newborn baby, a son, had to be rushed into the hospital for urgent treatment. The baby named Tombra was diagnosed with jaundice, a common health issue that happens more than 60 percent of newborns globally. […]
Canadian Millionaire Donates Life Savings to Plant 100,000 Daffodils (They’ve Started Blooming)
Stunning yellow blooms are brightening up this town in Devon thanks to one man’s legacy and dream of his; he left more than 2 million pounds to a community association which he wanted to be used for planting these flowers. Keith Owen was an investment banker from Canada who was […]