Inspiring news week 49

landmineRwanda – first landmine-free country

Roads to a better future in Haiti (video)

China opens official gay bar

We may be born with an urge to help

Happy year of living without cash

Record solar plan’s first hop

Yoga helps rape survivors grow stronger (video)

December 4, 2009

Inspiring news week 47

healthyHealthy worker programs survice economic crisis

Shoes for Africa (video)

Glowing bugs could find landmines

Meditation eases heart disease

Russia launches program to save tigers worldwide

Women see first female football game at West Bank

Woman of Peace Award 2009 for Annie Lennox

November 20, 2009

Inspiring news week 46

lockRecession’s good news: cities see burglaries fall

Fair trade for India’s tea producers (video)

New York City’s bike commuting climbs 26 percent

Indian elephants to go from zoos

One love at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate (video)

Yoga bootst heart health

The world’s poor preserve the past (video)

November 13, 2009

Inspiring news week 45

shake handsTwo men find peace after 48 years

Israelis show the light to Palestinian herders

Thailand lights up for full moon (video)

Indian PM reaches out to tribes

Dutch among the lowest cannabis users in Europe

Boost your concentration with meditation

Detroit sees green future (video)

November 6, 2009

Inspiring news week 44

Barack ObamaObama sets new step forward for US civil rights

Rich Germans demand higher taxes

Eldery women in Africa play soccer (video)

The facts on Halloween history

Iceland leads on gender equality

Facebook project gives world peace a chance

New York’s Guggenheim still turns heads (video)

October 30, 2009

Inspiring news week 43

natureGreen spaces improve health

Indian firms shift focus to the poor

Ugandan king worked in care home (video)

Healthy lunches urged for US schools

Kuwaiti women win passport rights

Laptop for every pupil in Uruguay

Eco friendly music (video)

October 23, 2009

Inspiring news week 42

bill gatesBill Gates pledges 120 million for sustainable farmers

Award for cancer patients’ garden (video)

Former refugee recycles US hotel soap for Uganda

Old tires get fashionable rebirth (video)

Children can ‘imagine away’ pain

Poor sugar producers hopeful of EU trade deal

India’s 16-year-old headmaster (video)

October 16, 2009

Inspiring news week 41

migrationThe overall positive benefits of migration

Lucky chickens escape life of misery (video)

Obama to address gay rights organization

German magazine bans models (video)

Freedom of expression legislation in West-Africa

Organic farm on New York rooftop (video)

Homeless men make their own tv-show (video)

October 9, 2009

Inspiring news week 40

deal1Fair trade takes off in Eastern Europe

International Day of Older Persons (video)

World’s largest meat exporter leaving the Amazone

Recycle your old medicines (video)

Richard Branson supports teen solo sailor

Meditation helps build stronger brains

Music unites Israelis and Palestinians (video)

October 2, 2009

Inspiring news week 39

college girlsNew university helps to blunt extremism

Huge crowds at Cuba’s peace concert (video)

Yoga helps cancer survivors breathe easier

Garden visitors hear inside trees (video)

Doctors create comics to help sick children

Crying is good for you

Facebook offers Muslims new opportunities (video)

September 25, 2009