Canadians Like the Occupy Movement
Even the right-leaning Canadian press can’t disagree that the Occupy Movement is a positive thing in and of itself. A new poll reveals that almost 60% of Canadians view the…
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USA Can be 100% Powered by Geothermal Energy
Here at Things Are Good we like geothermal energy and countries that use it. The USA could be on the list in the future! Researchers from SMU that have received…
Have the Fat Gene? Move!
The developed world is getting fatter and there’s everything you can do about it as an individual: be more active. As obvious as it sounds, being more physically active dramatically…
PaperNuts Provides a More Sustainable Packaging Solution
Anybody who’s ordered something online and got it shipped to them might notice how wasteful all that styrofoam packaging is, well a new company is offering a better solution. PaperNuts…
Charge Your Phone with the Sun
We’ve seen DIY iPod solar chargers before and now an Ottawa-based company has produced a consumer one. The PowerTrip is a small battery with a USB jack and a solar…
UforChange: Culture for a Better World
UforChange is all about using art and culture to make the world a better place! They focus on St. Jamestown in Toronto and have had great success engaging their community…
Jon Bon Jovi Starts a PWYC Restaurant to Help People
Jon Bon Jovi has opened a restaurant that uses the pay what you can (PWYC) system to help Americans who are unable to purchase the most basic of necessitates: food.…
Toronto Bans Shark Fins
Toronto has joined other cities around the world in banning the consumption and commercialization of shark fins. The vote was almost unanimous with only three people in council (including the…
Guest Post: Review of an Artobiography
After reading Tina Collen’s book Storm of the I: An Artobiography (Art Review Press, 2009), I am left with a delightful and very real sense of the value of simplicity.…
It’s Possible to Increase Your IQ
Yes, we’ve seen that you can increase your IQ before but isn’t it always a nice reminder that it’s possible? I think so! Yet another study has been released that…
Malaria Vaccines Cuts Risk in Half
Malaria causes a lot of deaths every year and now researchers have made a giant leap forward by producing a vaccine that cuts the risk of the disease in half!…
What We Truly Need
Every person has a different take on what one truly needs as opposed to what they want. Over time as a culture we collectively define our needs and those needs…
Sponsored Post: Foxy Bingo’s Breast Cancer Campaign
Foxy Bingo has a campaign right now dedicated to the Breast Cancer Campaign to help treat people suffering from breast cancer. Here’s a little about UK-based Breast Cancer Campaign: What…
UN: Canada Prevented Torture
The Afghanistan war that has been going for 10 years(!) has caused a lot of horrible things to happen to all the belligerents. The American forces have been accused of…
G(irls)20 Summit 2011
The 2011 edition of the G(irls)20 Summit is happening this weekend! The G(irls)20 Summit brings together one delegate from each G20 country, plus a representative from the chair country of…
Changing a Mall from Useless to Useful
Dead malls are a problem in too many communities and these malls are occupying large tracts of land that can be used better. Suburbs in North America have to confront…
Ontario Votes
Hey people in Ontario, if you can vote you should vote! Things Are Good supports anybody you want to vote for except the Tea Conservative Party. Vote for the Ontario…
Busy London Rail Station to be Solar Powered
Blackfriars station has been under some major construction in the past few years and it’s about to reopen to operations next year. While that’s happening construction has begun on installing…
CUSO-VSO Looking for More Adult Volunteers
CUSO is a Canadian-based non-profit that sends people oversees as volunteers to help the developing world. Recently as a drive to get more adults to help them out (you know…
Insite Can Continue to Operate: Supreme Court
Insite is a safe injection site for drug users which has had proven health benefits for individuals and the community. Through their work Insite has been able to help many…