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Progress and positive news about the environment to help you combat climate anxiety

Tilling North St. Louis, Planting for a Healthier Future

Large swaths of St. Louis are without easy access to fresh food and nutritious produce. These “food deserts,” are most often in low-income communities. Organizers, farmers, and nonprofits are using a variety of creative methods to ensure people have access to the food they need
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Ship It Zero Makes Waves Calling for Decarbonization in Maritime Shipping

The coalition is dedicated to ensuring the world’s top retail corporations commit to zero-emission maritime shipping by 2030.
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This Nonprofit Is Helping the East Coast Recycle Clothing Waste

Brooklyn-based Fabscrap hopes to sign up 20 to 25 brands to recycle textile waste in the Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, DC, and southern New Jersey areas over the next year.
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92 Best Quotes About Animal Rights — To Help Fight Cruelty

These animal rights quotes provide insights into the fundamental rights of animals, urging us to be kinder, more compassionate stewards of the planet.
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Environmentalism Must Care for People and the Planet

Activist Leah Thomas created a platform to address the ways environmentalism impacts not only the planet, but the people on it, too. She calls the platform Intersectional Environmentalism.
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Rob Greenfield — How to Be the Change in a Messed Up World

He wore his own trash for 30 days. He built tiny houses for the homeless. He dumpster dived for food. And now he’s committing to only eat food he’s grown and foraged himself for an entire year.
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Climate Activists Doing Good

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Students win Dyson award for wildfire-detecting 'pinecone' device

The groundbreaking device was designed by four students at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London.
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Benedictine monks partner with US Forest Service to prevent wildfires: 'They're some of the best people to share this message'

The Benedictine monks tend to the Gila National Forest with divine care and support from local and federal agencies.
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Barbara Kingsolver wrote the new 'pledge' for the American Climate Corps: 'Words are what I have to offer'

Read the pledge for the all-new American Climate Corps. The novelist explains why she wrote it.
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The Sustainability Edition

This special edition of the Goodnewspaper is one of our most popular of all time. (Every issue is printed on recycled paper using soy-based inks — and we're 100% certified Climate Neutral.)

While most of our Goodnewspaper stories are exclusively available in print for subscribers, here are two pieces in digital form:

These Two Young Entrepreneurs Are Combating Food Waste With Delicious Vegan Cookies

Reyanne Mustafa and Kristian Krugman were working as servers when they noticed how much food restaurants throw away at the end of the day.
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Your Questions About Sustainability, Answered Succinctly

For this issue, you asked us questions about sustainability on Instagram. The Good Answers on this page come from the Good Good Good team and community.
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Podcast Episodes About Climate Change

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Recent Good News About the Environment

How trauma-sensitive climate change education builds 'truthful hope'

For educators, Summer is an opportunity to reflect and regroup, often including planning for supporting students in the next school year. It is becoming increasingly important that this support involves helping students navigate the impacts of the climate crisis.
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100 Days of Good News: All of the good news we've shared so far

We launched the '100 Days of Good News' project as a bit of a palate cleanser to give our brains a break from the heaviness of bad news.
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2,500 olive trees planted in the West Bank for International Day of Peace

These “Freedom Farms” empower families through financial security and gender equality.
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Scientists are saving endangered sea snails… by setting them up on 'speed dates'

Due to hot coastal waters, queen conch sea snails have been habitually single. That’s when scientists stepped in to help.
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At Good Good Good we don't merely want to feel good, we want to do good. Here are a few ways you can take action and do good this week.