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The Mother of All Efficiency Retrofits: the Empire State Building Goes Green
The Empire State Building will get a green face lift. A planned $20 million retrofit of the skyscraper...
Amazon.com Posted Biggest Job Growth Since Dot Com Boom
The good news keeps coming from Amazon.com. After surprising Wall Street with a stellar fourth quarter, the Seattle-based Internet retailer disclosed in January...
Doing Chores for Families With Sick Children Began as Simple Kindness
Volunteers for Normal Moments, Inc. give parents of critically ill children relief from daily chores like housecleaning, lawn mowing, and meal preparation so they...
Tree Kangaroos Saved as Villagers Sign Rainforest Conservation Deal
Papua New Guinea has created its first conservation area to save a swath of pristine rainforest larger than Singapore and protect rare animals like...
3 Million Join Mass Prayer in Bangladesh
Some 3 million Muslims joined in a mass prayer ceremony Sunday in Bangladesh, seeking blessings for all Muslims as well as global peace and...
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...