Inspirational

Claire Pepper

A crowd of good samaritans band together to save cyclist

A cyclist who was severely injured on the roads in the UK has praised the strangers who helped to save her life. Fashion photographer Claire Pepper was involved in a collision with a car in London, and ended up trapped underneath it. Around ten passers-by helped to lift the car off of her and release her from underneath it. She[Read More…]

Vicky Thomas

Cop reaches out to penniless mum who was caught shoplifting

A penniless Miami mother who was caught stealing food from a shop by a policewoman was spared jail, after the officer agreed to pick up the tab for her. Instead of arresting her, officer Vicki Thomas took pity on Jessica Robles and even paid the grocery bill for her. After news of the story spread, scores of people have offered[Read More…]

Cob houses are proving particularly popular among innovative homebuilders

Mortgage-free homes soar in popularity among creative home buyers

  An increasing number of people are ditching traditional mortgages in favour of building their own debt-free homes in the UK. Creativity is making headway in the UK as an increasing number of people are making homes from wood, cob, a mix of clay, sand and straw, and even recycled shipping containers. In West Cork in Ireland for example, cob[Read More…]

19 year old spearheads a project to clean up the world’s oceans

19 year old spearheads a project to clean up the world’s oceans

A young prodigy has kickstarted a campaign to clean up the world’s oceans, which have become polluted by rubbish and debris over the year. Incensed by the unsustainable dumping of rubbish in the oceans, Boyan Slat, 19, came up with an idea to build a device to pull rubbish from the oceans. Every year, millions of tons of garbage gets[Read More…]

Wilfred-Sam King

Sierra Leone entrepreneur escapes jaws of death to rebuild his country

Business can be tough at times, but one pioneering entrepreneur has literally escaped the jaws of death and still came out shining the other end. Meet Wilfred Sam-King. Sam-King is a famous businessman from Sierra Leone and by the tender age of 33, he had earned and lost a fortune three times over. During times of turbulence and civil war[Read More…]