Art, Entertainment, Culture, and Creativity for Good

Stories about using art and creativity to make a positive difference

Ava DuVernay speaks at TED from a chair on stage

Ava DuVernay Wants Every American 16-Year-Old To See Her New Film for Free

The new film, which will be released in December 2023, is DuVernay’s adaption of a bestselling non-fiction book.
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Participants at a Reclypt Mending Club meet-up sew and repair clothes at a long table.

Reclypt's Mending Club is Combatting Fast Fashion One Stitch At a Time

NYC’s Reclypt’s Mending Club leads classes and pop-up events to teach community members how to repair and reuse clothing to prevent environmental waste.
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A person holding a large illustrated poster titled "Between The Lines Flash Day". The poster features various black and white drawings including a skull, books, an eagle, flowers, and other miscellaneous tattoo designs. Some text mentions "Denton" and an address "108 W Oak Street".

Good News: Get a Tattoo; Support Your Local Library

A tattoo shop in Denton, Texas raised funds for their local public library through a flash tattoo pop-up event. Community fundraising like this directly combats tax cuts and political restrictions that threaten library funding across the U.S. every day.
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Screenshots of Three Online Consignment Shops Websites: Neutral Ground, Mercari & Stillwhite

20 Online Consignment Shops — To Shop & Sell

It’s never been easier to shop and sell secondhand. Online consignment shops are a great, user-friendly way to do just that.
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A collage of black and white images of families experiencing infant loss

1,700 Volunteer Photographers Provide Free Family Portraits for Stillborn Infants

Volunteer photographers worldwide are giving free photo sessions to grieving families through Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep.
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Screenshots of 3 green living websites: Going Zero Waste, Melanin & Sustainable Style, and Treehugger

19 Green Living Websites You Need To Bookmark

Good Good Good’s round-up of the best websites to learn about eco-friendly and sustainable living.
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Cover of the book "Funeral Diva"

25 Best Books About the HIV/AIDS Experience

We have compiled a list of books — including nonfiction, memoir, fiction, anthologies, and poetry — that underscore the humanity of people diagnosed with HIV or AIDS.
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A photo collage of a woman posing next to a bird mascot, a flatlay image of necessities, lego bricks, a woman holding a big poster, and a page from a picture book

Good News This Week: September 2, 2023 - Yard Sales, Fundraisers, & Legos

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...
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Screenshots of Corook and Olivia Barton, and their book cover for "If I Were A Fish"

TikTok-Viral Tune ‘If I Were A Fish’ is Now a Picture Book

From the same TikTok creators of the viral video comes a picture book adaptation of the uplifting song reminding us that it’s always best to be yourself.
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Children run around beneath a colorful parachute

Peace Through Play: Ukrainian Children Find Joy in Moldova Playrooms

The United Nations recognizes the "right to play" as a universal right in its Convention on the Rights of the Child. An NGO in Moldova is working to ensure that refugee children from Ukraine are able to exercise that right.
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An iguana stares into the distance. Illustrated text: "What is my purpose?"

A New Comedy Series Advocates for Biodiversity By… Putting Animals in Therapy

The series is the second installment of the “Animals in Therapy” project, where you can see celebrities chat with endangered and misunderstood species in a therapy-style video chat setting.
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Cassandra Marketos, the cover of "Compost This Book," and a pile of compost

This Author Wrote A Book About Composting — That You Can Actually Compost

The book takes readers through a journey of composting that helps break down the mechanics of decomposition, and hopefully, encourages folks to opt for composting instead of any myriad of extractive and harmful methods of waste disposal.
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