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Bicycle Transports Mini Library to Brazil’s Homeless
A bicycle that carries a small library through the city of São Paulo, Brazil encourages reading among people who live on the streets and...
Free Bicycles Help Keep Indian Girls in School
The daily trip to high school was expensive, long and eventually, too much for Indian teenager Nahid Farzana, who decided she was going to...
The Bicycle Man Fixes Up 1,100 Bikes to Give Away for Christmas in Hometown
A retired Navy mechanic has been refurbishing bicycles for needy children in Fayettesville, NC. for nearly 20 years.
His workshop has been especially busy preparing...
MIT Students Create Bicycle-Powered Washing Machine (w/ Video)
Thanks to some MIT students, many people living without electricity in developing countries may benefit from a new human-powered washing machine that could save...
Bicycle Recyclers Empower NYC Youth, Lighten Landfills
Recycle-a-Bike was founded in 1999 with a straightforward mandate: Repair abused, remaindered, broken, or worn bikes and funnel them back to consumers. But...
Pastors for Peace Defy US Ban, Bring Bicycles, Friendship to Cuba
For 18 years, Pastors for Peace has led a caravan to Cuba bringing tons of humanitarian aid and friendship despite the US blockade on...
South Korea Promoting Bicycle Use
"South Korea will promote bicycle use as a way to cope with heavy traffic, air pollution and soaring global oil prices with more bicycle-only...
Paris to Roll Out Free Bicycles
Paris has contracted with a French firm to offer a free bicycle service to commuters, locals and tourists. Following a similar program in Amsterdam,...
This Bicycle Can Charge a Cellphone
Motorola Inc. will release a new, bicycle-powered cellphone charger aimed at Third World residents who lack regular household power supplies. (Canada.com)
Author Samantha Harvey Wins 2024 Booker Award (with Help From 6 Astronauts) –A First for Space Fiction
British novelist Samantha Harvey has been awarded the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Orbital. Described as a "space pastoral," it was written through the...
Thousands of Circular Homes Are Surviving Hurricanes Across the US Thanks to North Carolina Company
When Hurricane Milton recently smashed into Florida's Crystal River, a peculiar house stood firm even while a neighbor's was heavily damaged by the powerful...
Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will’ Astrology From Rob Brezsny
Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to...
Good News in History, October 6
113 years ago today, Beatrix de Rijk became the first female licensed Dutch aircraft pilot. This pioneering aviator was born in Surabaya, modern-day Indonesia...
Vertical Greening Brings Nature to Urban ‘Heat Islands’ Quickly and Easily (LOOK)
Now at the London Design Festival, a nifty piece of "street furniture" allows for rapid urban greening with little effort and maximum impact.
"Vert" is...
Good News in History September 24
70 years ago today, the London street scene was made all the more iconic with the introduction of the Routemaster 8 (RM8) from AEC—becoming...
After Police Didn’t Take it Seriously He Exposed an International Bike Theft Ring on His Own
An avid cyclist used his community bike theft prevention tool, Facebook, a VPN, and a bottomless reservoir of determination to dismantle one of the...
Chef Returns to Kitchen Thanks to Floating Seat Invented After a Motorcycle Injury Made Him Immobile (WATCH)
An Austrian chef who lost almost all control of his legs is back on the line again thanks to a brilliant invention from a...
Female Entrepreneur Set to Revolutionize Transportation for All of Africa, After Transforming her Native Ghana
Early this year, GNN reported on the woman behind the wheels of Wahu!, an electric bicycle company and the only native electric vehicle manufacturer...
Community Comes Together to Rebuild Brick Wall of Mosque Damaged by Rioters
England was rocked recently by a spate of riots, vandalism, and violence partly targeting Muslims, but one man went viral on social media for...
Paralyzed Man Sets Off to Cycle Entire Length of Britain on a Motorized Bike Controlled by His Chin
A 47-year-old paralyzed man hopes to become the first person to cycle the entire 1,000-mile length of Britain using a motorized bike controlled by...