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One Man Tries to Spur an Urban Revival with Tulips
"Durwin Rice leads a drive to change the image of Troost Avenue, a racial and economic dividing line in Kansas City, by planting millions...
Green Roofs Start to Sprout on Urban Homes
"Low-maintenance sedum cuts energy costs as well as greenhouse gases. Flowers and baby sedum on the flat roof will retain about half the...
Transport Canada Approves 100% Electric Car
Transport Canada confirmed Friday it has authorized a Toronto-based electric carmaker to produce a ZENN (zero emissions, no noise) vehicle for the Canadian market.
Latte Art in Coffee Cups Served in NYC Cafe (Video)
A coffee shop in New York city is creating latte art on the surface of espressos with steamed milk. Complex flowers, hearts and even...
My Moods in Spring (Photo Poem)
Ah, the perennial bliss of perennials: planted once, but yearly bejeweled... With the progress of my years -- and without much work --...
Being Nice Makes You More Successful
One hugely successful New York advertising agency was built on kindness, said the founders Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval in their new book,...
Barbaro Showing Encouraging Signs
The unbeaten horse that won the Kentucky Derby then shocked the crowd at Pimlico last weekend by fractured its leg in three places is...
Chicago, the Eco-Windy City
In Time magazine this week, Mayor Daley describes his efforts to turn Chicago into America's Eco-city. Since Dale took office in 1989, a half...
Good Neighbors Come in All Income Brackets
It is not common to hear good news about Espanola, New Mexico, so I thought I would share this story about neighborly generosity.
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G is for Gardening
EDITOR'S BLOG
Instead of revitalizing my readers today with more good news -- and I have a pile of stories waiting to be written-up and...
Earth Day Activities Launched in Biloxi to Clean up Hurricane Mess
Earth Day Special — The 21st annual Great American Cleanup is in full swing, mobilizing millions of volunteers to clean, beautify and improve their communities...
Clicks Against Breast Cancer, and Hunger, and Deforestation, and…
My friend Katharine sent me a message that the Breast Cancer Site was having trouble getting enough people to click on their site for...
20 Muslim Inventions that Shaped Our World
1001 Inventions: Discover the Muslim Heritage in Our World is an exhibition which began a tour of the UK this week at the Science...
Web Users Fight World Hunger with a Click
Every day you can make a contribution to easing world hunger just by clicking on the "donate free food" button on the internet home...
Golf Courses Drop Manicured Look to Reduce Environmental Harm
50% drop in Herbicide Use; 90% Decline in Insecticides Concerned about the environmental hazards of landscaping chemicals used to achieve a typical golf...
El Nino Transforms Desert into Floral Show
Wildflowers in the desert southwest have burst forth in a profusion of bloom so rare that some species have regenerated after decades of dormancy....