Good News for the Environment

Sustainable stories of progress for the planet

Edward O. Wilson

Celebrating the Life of E.O. Wilson, Prominent Biologist and Author, Who Died at 92

Wilson began his career studying the biology and social structures of ants which led him to develop expansive theories on evolution and humanity’s relationship with the planet.
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Tucson City Skyline With Lots of Planted Trees

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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Elephant Herd

Reasons To Be Happy: Good Animal News

The last year may have been the first time we saw the inclinations that longtime wildlife conservation and protection efforts were really paying off: for turtles, rhinos, tigers, pandas, bald eagles, and more.
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The Best Good News in Sports from 2021

Ted Lasso may tell us to have the memory of a goldfish when it comes to the bad things that happen — but these moments of progress and hope in the sports world in 2021 we never want to forget!
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A teen girl smiling in a science lab

8 Kids Making a Difference & Changing the World

A roundup of the most inspiring youth who found creative ways to make a difference in 2021.
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A Kenyan woman smiles and holds her recycled plastic bricks

12 Good News Stories About Climate Change

The best positive news stories about the environment you may not have heard about.
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16 Positive Good News Stories from December 2021

As we rounded out the year 2021, we're looking back on the best good news stories from December. While this year or this month have been filled with heartbreak, pain, and injustice — there have still been so many stories worth celebrating.
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A sustainably produced pint of beer, being held up by a brew master in a micro brewery.

Good News: Brewery Is Capturing Carbon by Putting Emissions Back Into Beers

A Rhode Island brewery is capturing carbon and putting it right back into their beer — as an environmentally-friendly alternative to purchasing C02. This technology is now becoming a growing trend.
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Best Good News From 2021

The 162 Best Good News Stories From 2021

The ultimate list of the best good news stories from the year 2021.
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A woman works in a garment factory

How To Help Garment Workers & Ethical Fashion History

Exploring the problem that garment workers in the fashion industry face — and unpacking how we can make a difference (and the good already being done)
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Trees line a sidewalk in a Chicago neighborhood

This Tree Planting Initiative In Chicago Is Successfully Combatting Environmental Racism

A Chicago effort to plant 75,000 new trees aims to identify areas in greatest need of additional tree cover and prioritize restoring a green canopy in these under-resourced neighborhoods disproportionately affected by climate change.
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A lone sign of protest sits on cleared land with the San Salvador volcano looming in the distance.

Women Activists in El Salvador Are Organizing To Prevent Deforestation and Loss of Access To Water

A group of women in rural El Salvador is standing up against a major infrastructure project that threatens to clear hundreds of hectares of forest and cut off access to rivers that provide the community with clean drinking water.
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