Something special is taking place in Akrich, a typical rural village in Morocco backed by a breathtaking view of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains. Here is a compelling showcase of interfaith harmony, ...

From the top of Zürichberg hill, the panorama reveals a city wrapped by lake and forest but insulated in a basin where heat collects. On hot summer days, the center of Zürich, Switzerland’s largest ...

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Overhead chargers on key bus routes in Madison, Wisconsin are enabling the zero-emissions vehicles to run despite freezing conditions.

Peter Yeung is a Contributing Editor at Reasons to be Cheerful. A Paris-based journalist, he also writes for publications including the Guardian, the LA Times and the BBC. He’s filed stories from ...

In the March edition of our newsletter about creating positive change, we look at babysitting co-ops and wild (early) nights ...

Walking into Brightworks could be a shock for helicopter parents — there are no rows of desks, no hallway passes and no bells to jolt students from one class to the next. Instead, the K-12 school is ...

The 40-ton gray whale stretches her massive head out of the murky water next to our small boat so that we can bend over the railing and pet her chin. She opens her mouth so we can scratch her tongue, ...

The day at the “Pit Stop” warehouse in Bell, California, starts at 4 a.m. Forklifts move pallets of tomatoes, broccoli and bell peppers into trucks. Boxes of grapes and bananas wait to be loaded while ...

In the morning before class starts, one by one the students at the Würenloser Gesamtschule near Zürich in Switzerland turn off their smartphones and drop them into a simple wooden box at the front of ...

Surrounded by vast sugarcane farms, pristine rainforest, empty beaches and lush waterfalls, Cameron Bates’ new home of Ingham, a town in northern Australia, was a welcome breath of fresh air after the ...