Art, Entertainment, Culture, and Creativity for Good

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24 ways to thoughtfully celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in 2025

Hispanic Heritage Month (or Latino Heritage Month) is a month-long celebration that kicks off on September 15th. We’ve put together great ideas to help you celebrate it...

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This government-funded Swedish shopping mall only sells secondhand items

It is the first in the world to sell only secondhand and repurposed items.

A young woman with black hair takes a selfie on her smartphone in a grassy area in a city

Can smartphones actually enable teens to get outside? How tech is empowering youth to 'touch grass'

Technology should be seen to have a role in supporting outdoor experiences.

A photo collage of a Pride Flag painted on a roadside, two kids holding 3D printed violins, the Florida State Capitol building, a kid giving his parent a kiss, and the Pride Flag hanging off of a building

Good News This Week: August 30, 2025 - Mangroves, Violins, & Corals

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...

A flat-lay of a book secured by two silver rings. Inside is a monochrome purple collage of words and images relfecting dementia

To shine a light on dementia, this woman wrote a book in disappearing ink: 'Each copy fades in a different way'

The book was created alongside Maggie Watson, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and Vascular Dementia in 2021.

A photo collage of a Yucatan temple with the ocean in the background, a man wearing AI glasses, a wooden ball placed on a narrow ramp, two people with their backs facing the camera, and a man setting up solar panels in his backyard

Good News This Week: August 23, 2025 - Wind Phones, Ramps, & AI Glasses

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...

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Monterey Bay Aquarium offers 'otter date' to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce ahead of Sea Otter Awareness Week

After his otter obsession went viral on the latest New Heights' episode, the Kansas City Chiefs football player earned an exclusive invite to the Monterey Bay Aquarium with partner Taylor Swift.

A close-up of a child playing a blue 3D printed violin

This superintendent 3D prints violins in her office so every student can play in the orchestra. They cost just $50 each

In a low-income, rural school district, one superintendent decided to get creative to keep music education alive and accessible for her students.

Books about Hope: “The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times” by Douglas Abrams and Jane Goodall, “Ladder to the Light: An Indigenous Elder’s Meditations on Hope and Courage” by Steven Charleston, and “Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities” by Rebecca Solnit

23 Must-Read Books About Hope That Inspire Change & Action

Hope has fueled movements, allowed us to seek solutions, and inspires us to keep moving forward. We’ve rounded up the best books to help you feel hopeful.

Kimberly Williams-Paisley, two veterinarians, and Brad Paisley, smile while petting a gray pit bull

Brad Paisley & Kimberly Williams-Paisley launch free vet clinic to help Nashville pets (and their parents)

A follow-up to a prior successful event, the couple teamed up with The Companion Project to provide free veterinary care.

The upper half of The White House with the bright, blue sky in the background

4 ways states are putting guardrails around artificial intelligence, despite a lack of federal regulation

All 50 states have introduced various AI-related legislation in 2025.

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Colorful affordable housing complex looks like it came straight from a Wes Anderson movie

Volante, a new social housing scheme in the Netherlands, flips the script on affordable homes.