Good News for the Environment

Sustainable stories of progress for the planet

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.

An entrance to a cave under a grass hill

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

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.

A photo collage of Milan's Olympic Village, two men holding up a cheque in the form of a big signage, a portrait of MacKenzie Scott smiling, a man holds up a big signage that says 'Nobel Prize', and an aerial view of a building with solar panels on its rooftop

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Curved roofs filled with greenery

Floating gardens, clean energy, and community first: Why 'solarpunk' architecture gives us climate optimism

In the face of climate doom, more and more people are dreaming of a future full of “solarpunk” architecture.

Two photos. On the left, a washed up piece of kelp on the beach. On the right is a light purple button down shirt

60% of all fashion materials are made from plastic. This startup makes clothes from kelp instead

Keel Labs’ Kelsun material is made from kelp, one of the most regenerative materials on the planet.

A Nobel Prize medal

Activists offer $1M to create first-ever Climate Nobel Prize: 'The funds are ready if the Nobel Committee agrees'

Organizers are prepared to cover the prize endowment if the Nobel Committee recognizes the award.

Glasses sit in front of a screen filled with code

Experts think AI regulation is possible, even in the face of tech giants: 'The future set by them is not the future set by us'

Experts from the AI Now Institute and Center for Humane Technology explain how to mitigate threats of rapidly evolving artificial intelligence.

Red and silver baubles on a limb of a Christmas tree, with a pine cone in the background

Is a real or artificial Christmas tree more sustainable? Here's what the experts say

Three-quarters of U.S. households display a tree during the holidays. Here's the most sustainable way to celebrate.

A photo collage of a popemobile encased in glass, a whale shark swims in the ocean, Pattie Gonia poses for a photo, solar panels cover a parking lot, and two people sitting on a bench

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Drag Queen Pattie Gonia takes a selfie outdoors, next to a screenshot of Pattie Gonia backpacking

A drag queen named Pattie Gonia just raised $1M for charity by hiking 100 miles in full drag

The funds will support eight nonprofits focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the outdoors.

A pile of black trash bags sit on a street in New York

In New York, researchers are spending $4M to study your garbage

Experts are getting their hands dirty — all with a good cause in mind.