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Hoping to Be the Greenest Skyscraper
"If you don't build green, you're building obsolete." Almost everything about the new Bank of America skyscraper in New York is environmentally...
Bank of America Launches $20 Billion Environmental Initiative
America's largest retail bank announced this week they will start to spend billions on projects that help sustain the earth, like offering commercial loans...
Amazing Snow Sculptures Compete in Contest
Winners have been crowned, and hot chocolate dispersed, in the 2007 Winterfest Snow Sculpting contest in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. First place was...
Homegrown Power a Fix for Energy Crunch and Global Warming
Homegrown electricity could be one ingredient used to combat the 21st century’s expected energy crunch, easing the load on electrical grids with a system...
States Take the Lead on Health Care Reform
Massachusetts has accomplished the improbable: It got Democrats and Republicans to agree on how to provide nearly every resident with health insurance. And it...
New 2007 Laws Protect Consumers from ID Theft and Citizens’ Rights
State Lawmakers have been busy and their new laws for 2007 are mostly good news for consumers, common citizens and people struggling to make...
Top Ten Stories of 2006: #3 – Species Recovery
Environmentalists Heartened by Stunning Finds of Species, Coral, and Recovery of Many Endangered • Numerous hopeful stories in 2006 showed that endangered...
Top Ten Good News of 2006!
With casualties in Iraq reaching record numbers, the war in Lebanon punctuating the continuing crises in the Middle East and the ongoing slaughter in...
Car Reaches 1 Million Miles Then Retires
If you were told that a car was driven 1 million miles before its retirement by the happy owner, which make of car would...
Amish Parents Forgive Gunman, Befriend his Family
After a man burst into a Pennsylvania schoolhouse Monday and shot five young girls to death, the Amish community that was left to deal...
Rescuers to Carry Oxygen Masks for Pets
In Appleton, Wisconsin, emergency responders have a new tool to save the lives of members of your family ... your pets. Oxygen masks intended...
First Whooping Cranes Hatch in Midwest in Over 100 Years
Last week wildlife officials in Wisconsin celebrated the birth of two whooping crane chicks marking the first time in over 100 years that a...
Twelve Amazing Teens Changing the World
After receiving nearly 1,500 nominations for its 2006 Build-A-Bear Workshop Huggable Heroes program, 12 inspiring kids have been recognized for their outstanding efforts to...
U.S. Farm Manure Begins to Power Homes
Turning manure into a source of electricity is a reality today. The manure from Lee Jensen's cows can power about 600 homes in Wisconsin....
Ride Your Bike to Work Week: More People Peddling to Jobs
2005 was one of the top years for bike sales in the U.S. with 20 million bikes sold. 2006 promises to be a record...
Innovation Wins Good Government Awards for Six States
Six state programs, ranging from Maine's comprehensive health care reform to Wisconsin's environmental program for businesses, are competing for $100,000 grants in one of...
Schools Take Action on Overweight Kids
In response to a steep rise in obesity among children, some public schools are taking action. It shocked me to learn that only 6...
Corporations Benefit with Charity Efforts
One of the good things about the new global economy is it gives large corporations more reasons to do good works overseas. This Associated...
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,...
Diet Linked to Hyper Kids
A revolution has turned around Central Alternative High School in Appleton, Wisconsin, and its ‘problem kids’, sent there from twelve area schools. Respect, achievement,...