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German Village Produces 321% More Energy Than It Needs
Not only are Germany solar power plants producing a world record amount of electricity – equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity...
Skyscrapers Designed To Make You Happy If You Work In Them
The definition of what it means to be sustainable in the 21st century needs to be broadened to include a skyscraper’s ability to sustain...
Amazing Street Art That Fools the Eye
Whether using chalk outside on the sidewalks, or paint indoors, as in the room pictured here with alligators, Nikolaj Arndt, a Russian-born artist knows...
The 13-year-old Who Has the World Planting Trees
Finding himself besieged by a gaggle of young female devotees, Felix Finkbeiner is an environmental superstar and author of the book Tree by Tree......
Putin Unveils Red Army WWII ‘Victory Monument’ in Israel
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin joined Israeli leader Shimon Peres to unveil a Victory Monument in Israel honoring the contributions of the Red Army to...
Renewable Energy Investment Powers to Record $257 Billion Worldwide
Total investment in renewable power and fuels last year surged by 17% to a record $257 billion, according to a report issued yesterday by...
New Zealanders Knit Colorful “Cosy” for Ugly Shipping Container
Strangers from around the world have sent hand-knit squares of wool to help Christchurch, New Zealand beautify their ominous earthquake protection barrier. Hundreds of giant...
Record Investment in Alternative Energy in 2011, US Back at Number One
A record amount of money was invested globally in alternative energy in 2011 -- more than a quarter trillion dollars, a 6.5 percent increase...
86-year-old Granny Stuns Crowd at Gymnastics Championship (WATCH)
An 86-year-old woman, recently stole the show from gymnasts young enough to be her grand-daughters at the 2012 Cottbus gymnastics World Cup in Germany.
Johanna...
Secret Hero Leaving Envelopes of $13,000 Around German Town
Someone has been leaving envelopes of $13,000 in various locations like a church, a hospice and soup kitchen in the town of Braunschweig, Germany....
Half of German Renewable Energy Owned By Citizens, Not Utility Companies
In Germany, where 20% of electricity comes from renewable sources, 51% of all wind and solar energy is owned by individual citizens or farms,...
US Delegation Remembers Holocaust Hero Wallenberg in Hungary
On a chilly day, a United States Congressional delegation and other officials laid a wreath at the Budapest monument to Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg,...
Lindsey Vonn Clinches 5th Consecutive World Cup Downhill Title and 3rd Straight Combined
American skier Lindsey Vonn clinched her fifth consecutive World Cup downhill title and her third straight super-combined trophy this weekend.
Vonn now has 14 career...
French Bulldog Adopts 3-day-old Piglets
A litter of wild boar piglets found shivering in the cold were brought to an animal sanctuary when they were just 3 days old....
Bismarck’s Voice Found on Edison Recording
The voice of Otto von Bismarck, one of the 19th century's most important figures has been identified as one recorded on a wax cylinder...
Are Your Children’s Books or Dictionaries Collecting Dust? Book Drives Help to Educate Children in Asia
A small team of 11 people and numerous volunteers around the world have made Bookbridge a successful social program that is measured not by...
Newsweek Ranks the World’s Greenest Companies
Even in this weak economy, many of the world’s largest companies are tackling green projects -- emissions, energy efficiency and recycling -- with increasing...
Trojan Horse T-shirts Trick Neo-Nazis
Festival goers at a nationalist, right-wing concert in Germany were taken by surprise when souvenir t-shirts they were given had a secret anti-far right...
People Who Look on the Bright Side Will Age Best: Research
Scientists, once again, pointed to those who have an optimistic outlook on life as being the people who age best.
Researchers at the University of...
Teens Use Social Networking To Reunite Pair of Holocaust Survivors
While most students learn about Nazi Germany through books and movies, Naperville, Ill. middle schoolers have done real detective work to reunite two Holocaust...