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Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
After being declared the dirtiest city in the world in 2015, Paris takes action by launching a monthly “No Car Day."

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:32
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
When Egypt comes to mind, most think about the desert. Thanks to German and Egyptian scientists the country could soon be covered in trees.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:32
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Trees are the lungs of our planet. Norway takes a stand for mother earth by banning deforestation.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Leftover coffee grounds are saving lives as the main ingredient for an essential slow-burning fire source In sub-Saharan Africa.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Ireland has finally shared the pot-o-gold at the end of their rainbow by pledging to fully divest from fossil fuels.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A local energy crisis inspired one Rwandan youth to begin developing sustainable technologies for his village and his country.

  • Added: May 14, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Social enterprising helps impoverished small share farmers in Africa and Asia save money through cellular technology.

  • Added: May 14, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Child marriage is a major issue that plagues many third-world countries. In West Africa, these girls are finally being given a voice.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Why throw away your spoon if you can eat it? A new solution to disposable plastic utensils.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
One step for hate, two steps for peace. A village in Germany took action against local Nazis by tricking them into raising money against their cause.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A clever re-using of plastic brings cool comfort to millions.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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Storks in Europe are forgoing migration to Africa because of the ready availability of human food from landfills.

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Sea turtle, Credit: Copyright Caroline Rogers
A global perspective is needed to cut down on the unintentional casualties of commercial fishing.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Elephants respond to Maasai male playback., Credit: courtesy of Graeme Shannon
Elephants can discriminate between human voices that pose a threat to their safety and those that do not.

  • Added: Mar 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:01
Caption: Which robot do you prefer? One that looks like a machine, or one with lifelike features? , Credit: (Left: Phasmatisnox/CC BY-SA 3.0 ; Right Gnsin/CC BY3.0, on Wikipedia)
Different cultures have different expectations and preferences when it comes to robot design.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:00
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An immigrant adjusting to new life in a new country has many challenges including how the community accepts them. Immigrants may feel they are on t...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:58
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In a country with a high divorce rate, immigrants have a different view of marriage.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
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When he finally went home to Viet Nam, he began using a name from an I.D. card he had purchased: Ho Chi Minh ... which means "bringer of light." An...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Excavating sites like this one in China link China's ancient seafarers with people throughout the Pacific, Credit: Bishop Museum
The origin of people living on islands throughout the Pacific has been a mystery for years. Now some archaeologists in Hawaii believe they have th...

  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 05:10