Climate Change Good News

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

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12 Good News Stories About Climate Change (2022)

The best positive news stories about the environment you may not have heard about.

Tucson Is Planting a Million Trees To Combat Climate Change

Reflecting on her childhood, Tucson, Arizona Mayor Regina Romero points to her father as the figure who lit an environmentalist fire within her.

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A New Housing Program is Providing Stability for Kids After Wildfires and Climate Disasters

Wildfires often hit low-income, minority families and children the hardest. Talent, Oregon, offers a home-grown housing solution to the displacement that follows.

Environment

8 Best Eco-Friendly Mattresses To Help You Rest Easy (2023)

We spend a good chunk of our time snoozing away in bed. We want it to be time — and money — well spent. Here's a round-up of the best eco-friendly, affordable mattresses that will help you get a good night's rest, knowing you've made a sustainable purchase.

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8 Best Eco-Friendly Bed Frames For Better Rest (2023)

If you're a conscious consumer, that means you want to find products that are good for you and the planet — right down to the bed you sleep on. This guide will help you find the perfect fit.

Environment

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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Mister Rogers said, "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'"

Good Good Good brings you stories and tools to help you feel less overwhelmed and more capable of being a helper in the world. Together we celebrate good news — and become good news.

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Sounds Good Podcast

Listen to hopeful conversations with optimists and world-changers about the headlines we can be hopeful about.

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31 Ideas To Meaningfully Celebrate Earth Day (2023)

Earth Day is celebrated every year on April 22nd. We’ve put together the best ideas and activities to help you meaningfully celebrate it...

Environment

Fighting Climate Doom with Garbage Queen, Alaina Wood

Alaina Wood — better known on TikTok as the Garbage Queen — helps us fight climate anxiety by celebrating real, science-backed climate good news.

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The Best Good News Stories From 2022

Feel more hopeful about 2022 with Good Good Good’s roundup of the best positive news of the year — updated every month.

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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:

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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.

Food

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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Podcast Episodes About Climate Change

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Environment

Saving the Bees with Bee Girl Sarah

Sarah Red-Laird is “the bee girl” who started the nonprofit The Bee Girl Organization to educate and inspire communities to conserve bees. In this episode, Sarah shares why bees are so important and simple action steps anyone can take to save bees.

People Doing Good

6 Good News Stories to Make Your Week Better

There’s always good news if you know where to look. In this episode, Branden sits with the managing editor of The Goodnewspaper, Kailey Thompson, to share our favorite good news stories from the first half of 2021. These stories will inspire you and challenge you to become good news.

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Take Action for the Environment

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.

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6 Ways To Celebrate World Humanitarian Day (2023)

Climate Change Good News

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

12 Good News Stories About Climate Change (2022)

Tucson Is Planting a Million Trees To Combat Climate Change

A New Housing Program is Providing Stability for Kids After Wildfires and Climate Disasters

8 Best Eco-Friendly Mattresses To Help You Rest Easy (2023)

8 Best Eco-Friendly Bed Frames For Better Rest (2023)

Environmentalism Must Care for People and the Planet