Hundreds of California youngsters got the chance to experience a live NBA basketball game for the first time after Golden State Warriors athletes themselves reached out to community groups with stacks of free tickets.
While most of the headlines have depicted scenes of unrest and riots, many positive things have been going on in Ferguson. Missouri — stories the national headlines missed. Painting for Peace is one of them.
Looking at a warehouse full of discontinued door knobs, the folks at Union Hardware in Maryland wondered what they could possibly do to put all those products to better use. So, in 2011 the third-generation, family-owned business began a project to bring to life Vincent Van Gogh's masterpiece Starry Night using the tools of the hardware trade -- door knobs, levers and plates.
1,500 tons of food that would have gone to waste will now go to UK charities every year thanks to an innovative plan by the British grocery chain, Asda. Teaming up with hunger charity FareShare, Asda will divert surplus refrigerated food that arrives from suppliers, ensuring it won't end up in the trash bin.
Racist protesters were shown the door in Melbourne, Australia, after 4000 residents showed up to support diversity.
Pothole gardens have been springing up around East London, thanks to the antics of one man. This video looks at people's reactions as they peer and ponder over the delightful creations designed to brighten up the concrete jungle of London's streets and sidewalls.
To help combat the mild depression commuters may experience when the sun only rises for five hours per day in one northern Swedish town, a local energy company has installed ultra-violet lamps at about 30 bus stops.
It's capitalism with a conscience. Nordstrom recently opened a test store where all profits go to charity. Starbucks has three coffee shops where a big chunk of the money made helps the needy. In the past few years, dozens of America's biggest brands have embraced social generosity.
Combatants for Peace tries to end the cycle of violence in Israel and Palestine by bringing together individuals who previously fought against each other. 450 Palestinians and Israelis are members of the group.
In some Palestinian communities yoga is being introduced for the first time as a way to reduce stress and create a sense of connectedness. The Foundation, located in Beit Jala, just outside of Bethlehem, tries to overcome logistical challenges and restricted travel to gather as many as possible from this conflict zone, both men and women, to become certified teachers.
April is National Donate Life Month, a time to bring awareness to the astounding fact that with a simple choice today, you can save a life. Really. You can give someone their life.
A few years ago, a mom in a small Mississippi town was chastised by neighbors and the press for teaching her 10-year-old son to walk to soccer practice by himself. A cop picked him up, scolded him about safety, and warned the mother that she could be prosecuted for "child endangerment." It was the turning point that led to the transformation of attitudes and laws in their town.
Half Moon Reef was once a massive underwater oyster colony in the most productive fishery in Texas, rich with shellfish, blue crabs and shrimp. Today there is barely an oyster left in the 450-acre site. But conservationists are now rebuilding the reef in the heart of Matagorda Bay using huge boulders of Missouri limestone carried down the Mississippi River on 36 barges, building the foundation for revitalizing an entire ecosystem.
A year ago, the ABC program What Would You Do set up scenarios where people were stuck with a flat tire and compared reactions by pedestrians. AT one point they used a Muslim actor to play the stranded motorist. Hours went by and no one helped the man who was clad in the traditional scullcap. But at last, an extraordinary young gentleman came along to help.
Large wooden tables and long benches are located strategically under shady trees on either side of a bubbling brook. Clusters of friends and family relax and enjoy each other's company in the natural surroundings. What sets Ein Prat – or Wadi Kelt, as it is known in Arabic – apart from other parks is that it is one of the few Israeli-run sites that Israelis and Palestinians can access equally, which has made it an oasis for peace.
Thronged by news photographers and well-wishers, Kabang the hero dog arrived back home in the Philippines yesterday after 8 months in the U.S. enduring intensive surgeries and treatment for cancer and heartworm. Kabang became a national hero in 2011 after she lost her snout and upper jaw running in front of a motorcycle in what her owner said was a deliberate act to save two girls who were crossing the street.
Bethel, Alaska is a town so remote that it has a total of zero fast food restaurants. No Burger King. No McDonalds. No KFC chicken. That's why residents were thrilled when flyers circulated around town about a new Taco Bell arriving. The joy, however, turned into disappointment. The flyers were a hoax — the result, police say, of a feud between two residents. But all was not lost.
One of the most inspiring examples of neighbors helping neighbors around the New York City area in the wake of Hurricane Sandy is the emergence of ad hoc charging stations for people without power who need to charge their cell phones.
Whole Foods Market has partnered with Gotham Greens to build the nation's first commercial-scale rooftop greenhouse for growing year-round local produce atop the store in Brooklyn beginning this fall.
A new bank in a seacoast town on the mouth of the Columbia River in Washington State is Dubbed the country's first environmental bank by its parent, SouthShore Corp. of Chicago, because it is currently reviewing loan applications from businesses eager to use new technology to benefit both their ecological community and their own cash flow.
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