This year, the Amsterdam café marks its 10th anniversary—and has now inspired more than 1,500 other repair cafés around the world. A new feline species has been found in the forests of northern Corsica. She’s enjoying a French postal service initiative that’s helping elderly people living in isolation far from relatives. She persuaded him to sit with her and talk about his troubles. Van Watering, meanwhile, says: “I’ve now met two people that I can call friends. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? “People used to believe these vultures would carry off small children and sheep,” explains Théo Mazet, a French naturalist helping to re-establish the birds. The scent-tracking ability of dogs has helped archaeologists discover Iron Age tombs in Croatia dating back nearly 3,000 years. Islamophobia and anti-Semitism are continuing blights on French society, but two Parisian women—one Jewish, the other Muslim—have come together to fight the tensions between Muslims and Jews that they see around them in their day-to-day life. [Source: Dezeen]. “When I sat next to the musician who played the double bass, I started crying,” says Zsuzsanna Foldi, who has been deaf all her life. A pilot scheme in the Amsterdam suburb of Segbroek is offering residents the chance to turn their parking space into a bit of greenery—such as a sun terrace or play space for kids. A caseworker in Florida is a new mom to a 19-year-old who spent most of her life in foster care. Here’s what we can learn from the most eco-friendly countries on earth. I’ve got some great news for you…. Now an app called Too Good to Go is reducing this waste. Since moving to Italy’s Le Marche region, Vicky Bennison, a former international development worker, has filmed more than 200 nonnas (grandmothers) over the past four years making all sorts of pasta, from gnocchi in the Italian Alps to orecchiette in Puglia. “The goal is to make history tangible,” says the museum’s director Urte Evert. We are independent, non-profit, advertising-free and 100% reader supported. Supporters say the 38km-long tunnel could be used to transfer solar energy from the Sahara to Europe and would slash journey times for freight traffic between Madrid and Marrakesh. May 11, 2021 / 565 views. The bias against produce that doesn’t conform to an ideal shape stems partly from past EU legislation restricting the sale of wonky fruit and veg, even though the law was relaxed ten years ago. “That was the fate of Jews then, but it might be Muslims tomorrow.”. Massimo Bottura is no stranger to accolades. “I don’t think any of us expected a child we’d featured in a video to return home safely,” says Paul Rogers, A.S. Roma’s chief strategy officer. The Argyll’s Leading Seaman David Groves, went into action, battling the “worst conditions” he had ever faced. Mevan, today aged 29, decided to track down the man and posted an old photo of the two of them in the camp on Twitter. One of the murals, by Russian painter Dmitri Vrubel, depicts a kiss between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and East German leader Erich Honecker. The team from the University of Minho used a protein found in pigs’ noses that binds to scent molecules and added carbohydrate-binding molecules that latch on to cotton. The East Side Gallery is one of the city’s most visited landmarks. “It made me realize the importance of the basic skills we are taught in our freshman year,” Mangalam says. Máté Hámori, the orchestra’s conductor, says the aim is to bring music to people who otherwise have no chance to enjoy it, and to call attention to hearing difficulties that are often ignored. But he didn’t hesitate when an orphanage called to say they had a month-old baby called Alba with Down’s Syndrome that had been abandoned by its mother and rejected by 20 potential adoptive families. “Coal is now in terminal decline all across Europe,” says Kathrin Gutmann of the U.K.-based lobby group Europe Beyond Coal. Copenhagen is bolstering its ambition to become the world’s first carbon-neutral city by 2025 after opening a 41,000-square-metre waste-to-energy plant which also boasts a year-round artificial ski slope on top. When a car packed with explosives detonated in the busy Mansour district of Baghdad, Karim Wasfi, the conductor of Iraq’s National Symphony Orchestra, did something unusual. What she did was to open the first Repair Café in Amsterdam, a social space where people could learn to fix anything from vacuum cleaners and toys to jewellery and clothes—rather than dump them in the trash. Read about the strangers who saved two boys from a riptide in Florida. Fire fighters save six dogs from burning building. Read the inspiring story of how COVID-19 taught one man how to be a better friend. “We are trying to make guests actively listen and explore different points of view rather than attack each other.”. “It’s damp, slippery and dangerous; you have all sorts of rats,” says Hendrik Kolvenbach. “I wasn’t afraid, just a bit frightened,” said Irene later. “It is the most overwhelming feeling,” says Gillian. Neil Heritage lost both his legs in an attack by a suicide bomber in Iraq in 2004. The microbes create protein, which is dried to make a food powder. “He translates when there are language problems with parents and steps in when other teachers are ill.”. According to a Stockton University Facebook post, the turtles were hiding from the cold temperatures over the winter and surviving off yolk sacks in drains in Margate, Ventnor and Ocean City. Albatrosses have been used to detect illegal fishing in the Indian Ocean in a pioneering study by researchers at France’s National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). Every day huge amounts of food are thrown away as supermarkets offload produce that has passed its best-before date; restaurants, cafés and bakeries dispose of uneaten meals and foods for similar reasons. “People living in the village would otherwise be in a B&B, hostel or on the street—very isolated environments,” says Social Bite co-founder Josh Littlejohn. Nonetheless Claire Bass, of animal charity Humane Society International, says the decision will send “a powerful message that fur is firmly out of fashion”. If you were to read all of the hymns posted on this website, you would quickly notice a common theme from the writers. She convinced him to call his parents, waited until they arrived and then quietly slipped away. But a Berlin museum is showing a more thoughtful approach to the issue—by putting contentious statues and symbols on display with the aim of reconsidering history. It is part of an ongoing drive to enhance cycling infrastructure across the Netherlands. You know that slightly ridiculous high-pitched voice we use when we’re speaking to dogs? I hope to stand in Chesham and Amersham by-election for the Common Good party in order to spread a vision for how we should live and work as a nation. Could you use a refresher on being courteous? The success of that first Milan pop-up led him to found a non-profit organisation, Food For Soul, and to start permanent community kitchens, or refettorios, serving free meals to the poor and homeless. Two 12-year-old beluga whales that spent years in captivity entertaining humans at an aquarium in Shanghai, China, have found freedom at an open water sanctuary in Iceland. The 30-year-old Dutchman had lost his insulin pump at airport security and was developing dangerously high blood sugar levels: he had cartridges of fast-acting insulin with him but no way to inject them. Parents need to know that Good News Bad News is an artful, nearly wordless picture book (relying primarily on four words to tell all) that shows the ups and downs of a picnic adventure shared by two friends, the optimistic Rabbit and the often disppointed Mouse. “All institutions involved have to be willing to do it,” notes Rafael García-Monge Fernández, head of the Spanish government committee considering the tunnel’s viability. The food is heavily discounted at about a third of the regular price. Many fruits and vegetables go to waste because supermarkets reject them as too ugly to put on sale despite being perfectly edible and nutritious. A Hungarian orchestra is helping deaf people to “hear” and enjoy the music of Beethoven through touch. It turns out that they actually love it. [Source: BBC News]. “I could see he was in a really bad state,” says Gillian. The scheme would require eight specialist boring machines to be built and could cost up to 8 billion euros. For example, a user can steer it simply by shifting body weight, and cannot tip it over. I asked if he was hungry and he said he didn’t have any money. The five-year-old, who had recently learned to use FaceTime, rang in tears to raise the alarm that her mother had collapsed at home. “This is more than just a coffee shop. Avinor is set to buy its first electric plane this summer, and plans to launch a tender offer to test a commercial route with a 19-seat electric plane from 2025. Our Mission: To inform. Now he was panicking and in danger of drowning. 10-year-old refugee, once homeless, becomes National Chess Master People AdChoices. Altered’s nozzle can also be adjusted to create a steady stream, though still at a reduced flow rate of 85 per cent compared to standard taps. Altered’s Dual Flow gadget fits on to existing taps to atomise water into a mist of millions of droplets, reducing the flow of water by 98 per cent. HMS Argyll (above) was sailing towards Plymouth after nine months in the Asia-Pacific region when it picked up a mayday call. Allen was so shocked that he and his crew did the work for free, refitting doors and windows, and mending the central heating. All 20 employees at Universo Santi restaurant have some form of disability. The challenge spread virally from city to city, including Nice, Perpignan and 25 other towns. Hunted to extinction in Britain 400 years ago, the water-loving beaver is being reintroduced in “trial” enclosures across England. CGD will be replaced by a new program called Common Good Project Teams (CGPT). To inspire. She has no formal training, but was inspired to action by the suicide of a teenage friend she met while herself being treated for mental-health issues. As Europe continues to struggle with the impact of migration, research by the Nuremburg-based Institute for Employment Research (IAB) has found that 49 per cent of the refugees who have arrived in Germany since 2013 obtained employment within five years. It then awards the user points for showing restraint. Spain is often criticized for an appalling attitude towards animal welfare, particularly in Andalucia. Portuguese scientists may have found a way to make our clothes smell better when we perspire by treating cotton fabric so that it emits a lemony citronella scent when it comes into contact with sweat. “She turned the camera around and I could see my fiancée was very distressed. But the Berlin Wall Foundation, which runs other memorials and museums in the city, has now taken control of what’s known as “the world’s longest open-air gallery.”. In a move described as a “small revolution”, Switzerland has overturned a ban on women showing their shoulders in parliament. So far the idea seems to be working, with quarrel-free debates held on abortion, feminism and climate change. Homeless Chess Champion Is Now A Chess Master At Just 10 Years Old. Here’s why your brain needs you to read every single day. The massive response was spotted by a youth worker, Jolanda van Gerwe, who was inspired to start a hotline for lonely youngsters between the ages of 12 and 30. Find out how the least bike friendly city in Canada is reinventing itself as a cyclist’s dream. Just because you’re homeless doesn’t mean you’re a bad person.”. There is a lot of stuff to be done in the world. “I’ve honestly never seen anything like it,” he says. The elvers were found in water-filled bags inside a Malaysian woman’s suitcase. “Teenagers don’t always feel preoccupied by environmental issues but this time they wanted to get involved,” she says. The team strapped 169 wandering albatrosses with sensors that detect a boat’s radar. “I saw a man standing in the street. Sadly, these wild animals were added to the endangered list in 2019. Common Good News - The Fight Against Human Trafficking Laura Mulliken of Trafficking Justice, joins us to talk about the fight against human trafficking. Nineteen thousand feet up Ultar Sar mountain in Pakistan’s treacherous Karakoram range, three mountaineers found themselves trapped after the weather turned unexpectedly fierce. “We wanted to show what hate leads to,” says Nakache. “It’s not easy for young and old people to connect in everyday life,” says Lux. The government’s sovereign wealth fund—the world’s largest—has announced it is selling its stake in 134 oil and gas companies that don’t have renewable energy divisions. “The idea is just to talk freely for a while,” the 26-year-old writer and storyteller explains. A third of the participants are girls, including 15-year-old Baloot Ali from Pakistan. He says, “They turn landscapes that are largely dead into environments that wildlife can recolonize.” [Source: The Guardian]. Inspirational. It is an important habitat for many notable species such as golden eagles, brown bears (right), nocturnal flying squirrels and the endangered willow grouse. Explore our news, views and reflections. An anti-pollution initiative in the Italian city of Bologna is rewarding people who get out of their car and cycle or take public transport instead. Instead, we can show that there is anger, sadness, even violence.”, Evert says the aim is to contextualise the past. His approach has had some success. Vienna is set to reward those who get around the city on foot, by bicycle or by public transport instead of using their cars. The aim is to promote dialogue and tolerance, ease stress and nurture friendships. Want to green-up your own routine? At night, the energy stored in a parked car’s two-way battery feeds back into the grid via a cable to help provide power for people’s homes. Scientists meeting in Germany this summer have pointed to ways of making money from some of the carbon dioxide emissions that are fuelling climate change. And I’ve had so many sweet comments.”. They report that producing a kilogram of Solein takes just a fraction of the water needed to produce a conventional protein. Bullfighting in the famous 120 year old bullring has not, however, yet been tackled. Posted on August 21, 2020, 1:09 pm . For more on our feathered friends, check out these great Canadian bird stories. Twenty-one-year-old British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason first won attention aged 17 as the first black musician to win the prestigious BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. Its electricity comes only from renewable resources. “We want to reward users for not using their phone, rather than punish them,” says co-founder Maths Mathisen. In a night-time swell of around six metres, with wall-like waves, Groves used a small sea boat to “nudge” the lifeboat half a mile towards HMS Argyll. Sadly, problems with a deformed leg meant it wasn’t to be. The McKeen Center for the Common Good is discontinuing its annual Common Good Day (CGD), McKeen Center Director Sarah Seames announced in an email to the community Wednesday, May 5. Norwegians are way ahead of the rest of Europe in switching from petrol to electric vehicles (EV) with the country notching up the highest per capita EV ownership in the world. As a teacher in a primary school in rural Italy, Antonio La Cava (pictured above) was worried about his young pupils’ growing lack of interest in reading books. Researchers at York University in England say “dog-speak” not only helps improve attention from our canine friends but also strengthens the bond between owner and pet. In front of Barcelona’s Arc de Triomf, 26-year-old Adrià Ballester (above) sets up two foldaway chairs and a sign in large letters that reads: “Free conversations!”. Father of one Dean Moore turned Good Samaritan when he spotted a distressed couple by the roadside near Stockton in northeast England. “I work with many children who wouldn’t have had access,” he says. This non-profit is bringing smiles and flowers to lonely seniors. [Source: The Local, Germany]. [Source: The Local, Switzerland]. Hind Ayadi, founder of the arts charity Espoir et Création in Garges-lès-Gonesse, got 40 young people picking up litter and trash to raise awareness of environmental issues and encourage them to take pride in their neighbourhood. “Everybody will have the chance to get some discount for their good behaviour,” he says. Magnini (pictured right), a retired Olympic swimmer and 100m freestyle champion, dived into the sea and swam out to the struggling man, then held him above the surface of the water until a rescue boat arrived. As he got older, he kept working on his prosthetic design, and now, aged 19 and studying bioengineering at university in Barcelona, he has designed a robotic arm with an electric motor inside, again using Lego pieces. And low-cost airline easyJet has announced that it is working on plans for all-electric short-haul planes, to be launched within a decade. 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