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Success! 110 Research Chimps from Notorious Lab Retire to Sanctuary

It was a long and difficult road, but 110 former laboratory chimpanzees are now living the good life, far from the cages and experimentation that dominated their existence for decades. The last of these lucky primates, ranging in age from 1 to 50, have arrived at Chimp Haven, the organization… Continue reading

11 Simple Inventions That Could Change The World

We have a tendency to lionize mankind’s mind-bogglingly complex inventions. It’s why we teach our children about the Alexander Graham Bells and Thomas Edisons of the world, and scour the Internet for every little iPhone rumor we can find. But sometimes, it’s the simple technologies that truly change the world…. Continue reading

The $142 Trillion Resource No One’s Paying Attention To

The benefits human civilization enjoys from the world’s natural ecosystems — grasslands, marshes, coral reefs, forests, and the like — amounts to something in the vicinity of $142.7 trillion a year. That’s over eight times the value of the entire U.S. economy ($16.2 trillion a year), and almost twice the… Continue reading

Police Officer Dives Into Lake To Rescue Dog From Submerged Truck (PHOTO)

Officer David Harriman and his partner responded to a call after a 59-year-old woman accidentally submerged her truck in more than 8 feet of water in Carver, Massachusetts. The woman was able to escape from the vehicle and another dog swam out on its own, but one dog remained trapped… Continue reading

Water Conservation Done Creatively

The water revolution reaches beyond the filtering and storage capacity of wetlands, plants, and trees to the way we perceive, use, and pay for water. It involves seeing value in every kind of water—from irrigating with recycled water to finding energy in sewage. It sometimes eschews infrastructure altogether. It’s a… Continue reading

Transit investments drive positive change

The world’s leading cities also owe their success to government investments in transit systems that move residents safely and affordably using a range of solutions, from light rail and subways to bus rapid transit networks. The latter include state-of-the-art fast vehicles that run in lanes separated from traffic. David Suzuki… Continue reading