The CITYPAK Project is distributing 2500 custom-designed backpacks to homeless people in NYC and surrounding areas this February, bringing the total number of PAKs given away to 15,000 across the U.S.
The Cottonwood Heights Police Department in Utah posted a picture to their Twitter feed showing an encouraging note that was left on the windshield of a CHPD patrol car, saying, "Thank you!"
A program by the Nature Conservancy seeks to restore grasslands in Illinois, which is known as the Prairie State even though 99 percent of that landscape has been lost to farming. A herd of 30 bison now roam the undulating hills as the centerpiece of the restoration project.
Canadian astronaut Col. Chris Hadfield, former commander of the International Space Station, made a New Year's resolution to help make our world a better place. His first step was to post an uplifting video about why we should be optimistic about the future.
San Francisco based photographer Beth Moon has spent fourteen years capturing haunting images of ancient trees around the world.
"Dubai, a city already known for its extravagance, upped the ante" on urban New Year's Eve displays with a spectacular LED light show on the face of the world's tallest tower.
Ben Chudley used his moving feet to spell out "Will You Marry Me," on a GPS jogging app that tracks how far you've run, a wedding proposal that was quickly accepted by his girlfriend after he posted the image on Facebook.
Elton John has over a thousand pairs, because nothing makes you quite as stylish as a pair of shades. Today is Sunglasses Day.
After hundreds of dollars worth of pet food was stolen, the Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire reports donations came flooding in ten-fold.
Photo of Indigenous women in Uummannaq, Greenland awaitingthe arrival of the Prime Ministers from Denmark and Greenland who were there to witness the effects of climate change, along with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.
Photo of the Santa Monica Pier with the new solar powered lights.
The Texas multimillionaire art prankster who paid people to plant 10 Cadillacs in the Texas dirt in the 1970s as "a monument to the American Dream" has passed away.