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Nevada Man Plans Peace Bike Ride Across Iran
Six years ago Rick Gunn, 49, left his job as a photo journalist to cycle across the world. He eventually met up with Iranian-born...
How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses
The current educational system in the US was constructed almost two centuries ago to meet the needs of the industrial age. Now that our...
Police Officers Give Their Saturday to Fixing Kids’ Bikes
Officers in north Tulsa distributed 350 flyers in schools encouraging kids to come get their bikes repaired for free. The Oklahoma cops held the...
Indigenous Canadian Living on Street Donates Big Settlement Check to Youth Center
In Canada, the past sins were finally accounted for recently, when the government paid restitution to those aboriginal Canadians who were forced into Residential...
Entrepreneur Starts his Version of Harvard, Tuition-free
Minerva Schools of KGI doesn't yet have accreditation, a campus or even a full faculty roster, but it is offering something even Harvard can't...
Almost as Many Pets As People Rescued in Colorado Floods
After a week of relentless rains and historic flooding in the state of Colorado, at least 12,000 people have already been evacuated, many by...
Microsoft Gives Away the New Office Bundle to Nonprofits Worldwide
"To help nonprofits more easily harness the power of technology to do more good."
That's the goal of Microsoft's Technology for Good program, and starting...
Calif Legislature Votes YES on 11-year-old’s Anti-bullying Campaign
A 6th grade boy, Gerry Orz, persuaded the California state government to declare December 12 as a "Day of Silence" to officially honor the...
US Child Obesity Rate Begins Falling in Many States
After decades of rising rates, obesity among low-income preschoolers declined in 19 states and U.S. territories, according to the latest report from the Centers...
‘Peace Ark’ Naval Hospital Ship Arrives in Pakistan to Offer Medical Services
The "Peace Ark" hospital ship of the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army has begun its "Harmonious Mission -- 2013", arriving in Pakistan,...
Taliban Can’t Silence Malala who Celebrates 16th Birthday with Defiant UN Address
The Pakistani child education activist who was shot in the head nine months ago by Taliban militants celebrated her 16th birthday by delivering a...
Teen Starts Website to Help Fight Bullying Among Girls
After witnessing a close friend suffering through cyber bullying, 14 year old Azariah Brown decided to do something about it. She founded a website...
Young Immigrant in Wisconsin Changes Kids’ Fates in Nepal
Born in Nepal, but moved to Wisconsin in 2000 to attend the University in Whitewater, Ojash Shrestha found his true calling when he returned...
Italian Ingenuity: Europe’s First Zero Waste Town
Capannori, a rural town in the Italian province of Lucca, in Tuscany, boasts a proud history. Six years ago, it became a trendsetter and...
Veterans to the Rescue in Oklahoma, Doing the Heavy Lifting in Tornado Ravaged Towns
They volunteered for Iraq and Afghanistan. Now they are volunteering to help people in Oklahoma dig out from utter devastation.
These veterans have answered the...
Children’s Paintings Sold to Support School Arts Programs
In the hard-hit city of Philadelphia, a former art curator Barbara Chandler Allen was disgusted by cutbacks to arts funding for students, especially because...
First Graders’ Acts of Kindness Catch On
The group's name may not catch on, but the idea certainly has.
SPPRAK (Special People Performing Random Acts of Kindness) began in an Indiana school...
University of Southern California Receives $70mil Donation to Help Young Innovators
Music industry icons Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre (Andre Young), already known as forward-thinking entrepreneurs, are giving $70 million to USC to foster innovation...
Cincinnati is Largest US City to Use 100% Renewable Energy
Greater Cincinnati is on the leading edge of the green movement – maybe not in showy ways like curbside composting or light rail, but...
500 Colleges With ‘RecycleMania’ Divert 90 Million lbs From Landfills
Recycling rivalries added another level of “madness” to March this year, as 523 schools competed in the RecycleMania Tournament, harnessing the competitive spirit to...