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Sushma Devi (in green), a local woman trained in air quality mapping, demonstrates the use of an air quality monitor to women in Mahuda village, Dhanbad

A grassroots group of women mapped air pollution in their Indian village. It forced coal companies to act

Within three to four months of publishing their findings, the researchers said coal companies immediately took action to reduce air pollution.

A grandma sits at a purple lemonade stand talking to a stranger. It's called "The Grandma Stand"

People Doing Good

Strangers seeking life advice find it at the Grandma Stand, a rotating pop-up staffed by 15 NYC grandmas

Need a little good, old-fashioned advice? Or even just a listening ear? These grandmas are going pro bono.

A person stirs a pot while another puts ingredients in

Health

Buying a gift for a loved one with cancer? Skip the care package and help with meals and laundry instead

Sociologists found acts of service to be much more memorable and helpful than a care package.

An entrance to a cave under a grass hill

Environment

Site with 12,000 year Indigenous history may soon be the next national park

The 3,000-acre park protects land and features important to the Mississippian culture, which built the mounds there starting roughly 3,000 years ago.

A larger photo of people snorkeling at night with head lamps on in a pond. A smaller insert photo of a lined seahorse.

Animals

At the world's first 'seahorse national park,' visitors can take night swims in a bioluminescent lagoon

The national park marks the Bahamas’ 33rd national park and second on the picturesque island.

A screen capture from the phone game Hay Day, where a burly farmer is petting cartoon dogs.

Animals

When you 'pet' dogs in this mobile game, you provide food and vet care to real-life shelter animals this holiday season

The farming simulation game is giving players an easy way to do good this holiday season.

A photo of a man disarming an attacker in Bondi Beach, Australia, as well as that same man in a hospital bed

People Doing Good

Thousands of GoFundMe donors raise $1.5M for hero who disarmed Bondi Beach attacker

Over 27,000 people have contributed to a fundraiser for Ahmed al Ahmed, a bystander who disarmed an active shooter in Bondi Beach, Australia over the weekend.

A herd of giant cardboard animal puppets scale a glacier in Jostedalsbreen National Park, Norway

Environment

Giant animal puppets journey from the Congo Basin to a melting glacier in the Arctic with an important message (PHOTOS)

The Herds is a large-scale and participatory public art experience that brings to life the impact of climate change on a global scale.

Children (photographed from the knees down) paint a sidewalk yellow

Governments Doing Good

Florida removed colorful sidewalks in the name of 'safety.' This city in Greece proves that painted roads can save lives

This intersection in Athens was causing near-constant car crashes. Then Asphalt Arts stepped in.

Mental Health

This woman conquered 100 fears in 100 days. Now she's helping others do the same

Michelle Poler’s “100 Days Without Fear” project has since turned into an entire career.