Good News for the Environment

Sustainable stories of progress for the planet

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Good News This Week: September 19, 2026 - Salmon, Potholes, & Waterways

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A tree-lined pedestrian street with multiple people walking, sitting, and gathering. A person pushes a stroller down the paved pathway while others sit on benches and the ground among landscaping and tall buildings on either side.

A new neighborhood will be home to Canada's longest car-free stretch: 'A linear park'

The neighborhood will support an estimated 21,000 people upon completion.

Row of orange shipping containers converted into residential units with solar panel canopies overhead, metal fencing, concrete walkway, and desert landscaping under clear blue sky.

First-of-its-kind shipping container housing village opens for homeless seniors

The community is powered by solar panels by day and lithium batteries at night.

A modern curved wooden structure with white horizontal siding and wood columns features a covered porch with black-framed windows and doors. Two dark green Adirondack chairs and a small table sit on the concrete patio in front. Bare trees are visible in the background.

These 3D-printed homes are built using 'ink' made of residual wood from local sawmills

The new project in Maine is part of an initiative to build more homes faster and more efficiently.

A herd of goats grazes in a grassy pasture with evergreen trees shrouded in fog in the background.

More goats, sheep, and cattle are being used as wildfire prevention heroes: 'A tried-and-true strategy'

Can livestock grazing on grass and plants actually reduce wildfire risk?

Three turtles rest on a log, with an orange and red butterfly perched on the central turtle's head. Blurred insects fly in the background.

Indigenous 'turtle women' help save endangered freshwater turtles in the Amazon

To help the turtles recover, a group of seven Siekopai women, who call themselves Tari Nomiowa’i, or “turtle women,” patrol the riverbanks looking for turtle tracks and nests.

Corrugated cardboard boxes and crumpled cardboard sheets piled in blue recycling bins against a metal wall, with a blue "RECYCLING ONLY" sign displaying a green recycling symbol above.

Researchers find collecting garbage less often could actually help people recycle more

Optimizing curbside waste collection could improve the public's recycling habits

Massive glacier with jagged ice cliffs rises behind a bay filled with floating white and blue-green icebergs and ice chunks. Snow-covered mountains visible in the background under a cloudy sky.

Scientists figured out a way to map the planet's melting permafrost in real time

Disappearing lakes and artificial intelligence are helping researchers gather data to map the thawing of permafrost across the globe.

A shark lies on wet sand near the shore with several people standing nearby observing it.

Indigenous community trades shark-fishing for conservation in Colombia: 'From hunter to protector'

While Indigenous communities still see shark as a valuable source of protein, their fishing methods have changed drastically.

A photo collage of a man pushing a load of cargo, people releasing sea turtles into the ocean, a building made with volcanic rock exoskeleton, and two men digging a hole with shovels

Good News This Week: September 12, 2026 - Turtles, Trees, & Exoskeletons