In the first three months of 2015, wind farms in Scotland produced a record amount of electricity, enough to power 960,000 Scottish households for a year, according to government data released Thursday.
A United Nations report says there are nearly 100 million fewer hungry people worldwide since 2012, and Bangladesh is one country leading by example.
An American who made his fortune in gambling and real estate has devoted his riches to restoring Florida's longleaf pine forests and teaching kids to love the land.
A rebel group in the Philippines has retired 145 of their fighters and surrendered a cache of firearms to demonstrate its commitment toward peace.
Four cities are taking different approaches to eliminate waste from landfills.
Capannori, a rural town in the Italian province of Lucca, in Tuscany, boasts a proud history. Six years ago, it became a trendsetter and leader, not just in Italy but throughout all of Europe, as the continent's first Zero Waste town. Today, about 3.5 million Italian citizens carefully separate their waste into colored bags before leaving them on their doorsteps for collection. The movement has spread further, too, to other European countries.
With the highly successful recycling habits of Swedish households - they sent just 4% of their waste to landfills in 2011 - comes the enviable problem of running out of trash to burn in their national waste-to-energy program.
When an eagle-eyed truck driver spotted a bald eagle in distress, he swooped in to rescue it.
Why did the wildlife cross the interstate? Because it had a lush, landscaped bridge to finally do so.
British grocer Tesco launched a program to donate all its unsold fresh food to those in need.
A 44-year-old stranger from Dubai traveled all the way to Gujarat, India to donate his stem cells to a seven-year-old, becoming her knight in shining armor.
IKEA will spend $1Bil in the next five years to run all its buildings on 100% renewable energy, and help poor countries hardest hit by climate change.
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