Norway will spend almost $1 billion on new bike highways Norway announced a new tool in its fight against transit emissions: a new network of bike highways. As part of a plan, the country will spend a massive 8 billion Norwegian Kroner ($923 million) creating 10 broad, two-lane, cross-country bike tracks in and near Norway’s…
The Pineapple Leather, Environmentally Friendly Leather It is possible to continue to buy leather while respecting the environment. Yes, pineapple leather exists. The pineapple leather Launched by socially-conscious textile company Ananas Anam, pineapple leather (or “Piñatex”) is an “innovative, natural and sustainable non-woven textile” derived from pineapple leaves, a major by-product from the pineapple…
14-years old Daniel “Damn Daniel” Lara using his platform to make a difference There’s no way that 14-year old Daniel Lara could have imagined that wearing a pair of white Vans would make him a worldwide sensation. He and his buddy Josh Holz’s “Damn Daniel” meme took over social media last month, landing him a…
World Bank wants to release $2,5 billion for teenage girls’ education The World Bank pledged on April 13th, 2016, to allocate $2.5 billion to educate and empower adolescent girls in low-income countries as a way to improve their well-being and fight poverty. Speaking at the spring meetings of the World Bank Group and the International…
Elisabeth Murdoch creates a new prize to encourage female artists Philanthropist Elisabeth Murdoch aims to boost mid-career women artists with a big new cash prize. The Tate trustee, philanthropist, and daughter of media mogul Rupert Murdoch have created the Freelands Artist Award, an annual £100,000 (approximately $150,000) prize. The award will also provide its winner…
Montreal is a city of artists, and unlike most places, we don’t like to keep our art exclusively in museums. Instead, we take it to the streets and plaster it all over the city. The best part of Montreal street art is that it is constantly evolving. Every year, MuralFest adds a few more pieces…
German soccer team combats racism by turning everyone black in team photo A soccer team in Germany turned all its players into black on the official photo of the club and posted it on its own Facebook account. Leinster SV had good intentions; the gesture was meant to show support for two of their players,…
A teacher gives life skills classes to disadvantaged young people. A teacher in Charleston, South Carolina is teaching some little men, some big life lessons. Every Wednesday nearly 60 elementary school students dress in their Sunday’s best for the Gentleman’s Club. Raymond Nelson works with at-risk children at Memminger Elementary and thought of the idea over…
A girl wants to help kids discover books they can relate you Eleven-year-old Marley Dias told her mom she was “sick of reading books about white boys and dogs.” The sixth-grader from New Jersey loves to read, but she has a hard time relating to the characters in the required books she reads in school…
A former drug addict to become a street librarian Meet Philani Dladla, a.k.a. the Pavement Bookworm. He’s 24 and lives in Johannesburg, South Africa, and his story is quite incredible. As a child growing up in KwaZulu Natal he had always loved books. But after moving to Johannesburg to find work, he started taking drugs.…