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Positive, Encouraging News Stories
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items There's plenty of discouraging and bad news around the world at the moment. I made this list to focus on the positive, the good news, the things that make me smile and that I can be grateful for.
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Good News About The Environment
Animal Stories To Make You Smile
Stories of Generosity
Good News About The Environment
With green infrastructure and focus on regenerative projects, there are many things to be celebrating in the fight to protect our earth.
This story was so encouraging about smart, powerful design being used to help prepare for an uncertain climate future. These manmade breakwaters mimic natural oyster reefs (and help restore and regrow natural ones along the shoreline). They'll help t...
New York City’s ‘Living Breakwaters’ Brace for Stormier Seas
Builders are using bamboo to build strong, stable, green buildings and infrastructure. Bamboo grows super fast, and its uses are immense.
'The Green Steel of the 21st Century'
While coral reefs are still endangered around the globe, a recent study found that restored coral reefs are as healthy and grow as quickly and robustly as their natural counterparts within four years of planting.
Good news for coral reef restoration efforts: Study finds 'full recovery' of reef growth within four years
This story about food scraps feeding black soldier fly larvae to use as fishing bait in Kenya because I always seem to get these larvae in my vermicompost bin each summer. It can be startling when a fly comes shooting out of my bin, but they really a...
Maggots to the rescue: innovative food waste solution may help wild fish populations too
Brad Lancaster is my water hero. He lives in Tucson and has been a huge part of of the rainwater harvesting movement to help restore the groundwater in the desert. This documentary about him is so hopeful and encouraging and shows just how much one person can impa...
Water Harvester: An Invitation to Abundance
This is a doubly good news story because not only are wetlands being restored in a vital area, but the project is reconnecting indigenous youth in Australia to their land and history and language.
Saving the ‘Kidneys’ of the Great Barrier Reef
I'm an avid gardener, and these compostable bioplastic gardening pots break down in soil and actually nourish the plant roots while doing so. It also replaces single-use plastics. A win-win!
Easily Compostable Bioplastic Now Replaces Millions of Plant Pots Across New Zealand While Nourishing Soil
Animal Stories To Make You Smile
There's nothing like happy stories about animals to bring a huge grin to my face. Here are some of my favorites.
This goat got out of its yard and proceeded to complete a half marathon without breaking a sweat. I can't imagine how much fun the runners were having, keeping pace with this true GOAT. (Also…I love following Good News Girl on Youtube. She posts a lo...
Goat Crashes Half Marathon and Steals the Show!
I love this redemptive story about prison inmates who work to “earn” cats to care for. It's a win-win for both prisoners working toward rehabilitation and the rescue animals who get a companion to care for them.
Behind prison walls, cats and inmates rehabilitate each other through animal care program
This rare species of mole, the golden mole which lives in sand dunes in Africa, was thought to be extinct for over 80 years. Surprise! They've been rediscovered.
'Extinct' Golden Mole Is Spotted For The First Time In Over 80 Years - The Good News Hub
The Dodo is one of my go-to YouTube channels for inspiring, heartwarming animal stories, and this 30 minute compilation definitely doesn't disappoint.
30 Minutes Of Our Favorite Feel-Good Animal Stories | The Dodo
I'm not crying. You're crying.
Retired Military Dog Reunites with Army Handler After Years Apart–Just in Time for Thanksgiving
Great article on how wild horses can serve an ecological role in wildfire prevention.
Could Wild Horses Help Fight Wildfires?
Stories of Generosity
There's the old axiom, “it's better to give than to receive,” and there truly is evidence that generosity benefits everyone involved.
This story could have also gone into the positive news about the environment. LEGO started a brick recycling program five years ago, and it's been a huge success for both people donating their used LEGOs and the kids receiving them.
400,000 Kids Now Have LEGOs to Play with Thanks to Parents Donating 1.2 Mil Pounds of Used Bricks So Far
This story could have fallen into the animal or generosity pool, but after Jon Stewart shared his tearful farewell to his beloved dog, donations to the shelter where he'd adopted the dog started to pour in. People donated over $50,000. Hopefully, a l...
Death of Jon Stewart's dog prompts flood of donations to animal shelter
I can't imagine how much of a blessing this landlord's generosity of giving her tenants a month of free rent was to them, especially around the holidays.
New Orleans landlord gifts tenants 1 month of free rent for holidays: "Better than Santa Claus"
An anonymous person donated the funds to make admission free for all children at this Milwaukee art museum. I love this story because who knows what little Picasso or Basquiat or O'Keefe may end up being inspired by their visit!
Anonymous $3.5 Million Gift to Milwaukee Art Museum Provides Free Admission for Children
This is such an encouraging story about how communities are using art as a method to help people living with dementia navigate and stay more active in their daily life.
How Street Art in Singapore Is Helping People With Dementia Get Around