This 11-year-old crochet prodigy raised thousands of dollars for orphans
11-year-old Jonah Larson is a self-taught crocheting prodigy who began crocheting when he was just five years old. His first project was a simple dishcloth that he made using donated materials while learning through a YouTube tutorial. He loved the process so much that the young lad hasn’t stopped since. Today, he makes pretty much anything, including pumpkins, Afghans, fingerless gloves, ear...
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Rome allows people to pay their transit fares through digital credit earned by recycling plastic bottles
A great new initiative by the Roman authorities aims to tackle the plastic pollution menace through encouraging people to recycle their plastic bottles. The city now allows people to bring plastic bottles to a metro station, insert them in a machine that crushes and sorts them, and gain digital credits that go toward transit fares. Although it takes around 30 bottles to earn a standard €1.50 fare as the machine...
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This Indian architect just developed a beehive-inspired cooling system
As the planet continues to warm, the demand for cooling systems is on the rise across the globe. To beat the heat, people install air conditioners which have a massive impact on the environment. In the capital city Delhi, almost 50 per cent of the energy consumption can be attributed to cooling systems during peak summers. However, Delhi-based architect, Monish Siripurapu, and his architectural firm Ant Studio,...
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Despite a nasty fall, Jimmy Carter builds Habitat for Humanity homes in Tennessee
Former US President Jimmy Carter took a nasty fall at his home in Georgia on Sunday that left him with a black eye and about fourteen stitches above his brow. However, that did not deter him from attending the opening ceremony of a Habitat for Humanity event in Nashville, Tennessee, later that day. “I had a No. 1 priority and that was to come to Nashville and build houses,” Carter told a crowd at a charity...
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9 Latin American countries set an ambitious goal for renewable energy that is more than twice than EU’s
Nine Latin American countries including Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Colombia, have jointly agreed to an ambitious target of meeting 70% of their energy requirements through renewables by 2030 – which is more than double what has been pledged by the European Union. Panama and Brazil are reportedly still considering participation. With the EU only...
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These ‘Junior Detectives’ successfully track down missing 97-year-old with dementia
When 97-year-old Glenneta Belford, a non-verbal woman with dementia, went missing from her home in Roseville, California, the local Police Department made a social media post in the hope that community members may be able to find the missing senior. To their surprise, Belford was found by none other than five “junior detectives” who had spent their evening searching for the woman on their bicycles after they...
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1,200 schoolkids in Ostend, Belgium undertake beach cleanup
Under a project called “Oceans of tomorrow”, teachers from 26 catholic schools in the historic Belgian coastal city of Ostend inspired 1,200 students between the ages of 8 and 14 to undertake the biggest beach clean up ever seen in the area. To make it fun, they even brought along a support staff of blue Smurfs. A representative of the Flemish Minister of the Environment, Koen van den Heuvel, applauded the...
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This little girl with Down Syndrome gets adopted by a single dad after getting rejected by 20 families
Born with Down Syndrome, Alba was disowned by her mother at the time of her birth. Later, her biological father also left her and thereafter, she got rejected by 20 potential adoptive families. However, Alba’s fate changed forever when she found a loving father in Luca Trapanese. Luca had been a part of many social service programs in Italy since his teenage years. He came forward to adopt Alba after he...
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This Brazilian grandfather has vitiligo, and he crochets dolls for kids with the same condition
Vitiligo is a skin ailment which causes loss of skin color in blotches, and it tends to grow over time. Around 0.5 – 1% of the world’s population has this skin condition. João Stanganelli, a 64-year-old Brazilian granddad has vitiligo. He recently retired from working after facing some health issues and decided to take up crocheting as a hobby with this wife. After mastering rug and animal designs, Stanganelli...
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Dozens of McDonald’s billboards in Sweden are being turned into bee shelters
Bee populations are on the decline in Sweden, and once again, fast food giant McDonald’s Swedish branch has decided to provide a safe haven to the struggling pollinators. The company is putting their roadside billboards to good use by attaching “bee hotels” to their backs. This is not the first time that McDonalds has used tiny structures to help the dwindling bee populations. In addition to several of the...
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