Good News for the Environment

Good news stories about the environment from Paris, Africa, outer space, and more...

As we face the reality of the impact of shopping on the environment, companies are catching on to the fact that consumers are willing to make changes to their spending habits if it means helping the planet.

The pressure of having to live the “perfect” environmentalist lifestyle is overwhelming and, frankly, turns off a lot of people from even trying. But the inability to do everything shouldn’t stop you from doing something.

Corporations do make an enormous impact on the climate, and they bear a major responsibility, AND our personal habits impact the environment, too, so we should seek out ways to reduce our environmental impact by altering our lifestyles.

For this issue, you asked us questions about sustainability on Instagram. The Good Answers on this page come from the Good Good Good team and community.

The shift can’t come soon enough. At over 10 million tons per year, e-waste is the fastest growing waste stream in Europe. Repairing products and extending their useful life could play a key role in mitigating the environmental consequences.

"When he sees waste, he said, he begins thinking about ways to use it."

It’s fitting that ARK’s voluntary fishing closure includes Hope Bay because it represents new hope for Adélie penguins. Several of the world’s largest mega-colonies of these penguins live in this part of the Antarctic Peninsula, relying on krill as a prime source of forage food.

Recent news reports indicate that the Canadian government is mulling over introducing a budget that would focus on new indicators of progress like happiness and well-being.

For veterans of combat diving, life after the military can lack a sense of purpose. Now a nonprofit called Force Blue is giving veterans a new mission.

Good news stories from around the world — from ending student lunch debt in Seattle, to a neo-Nazi removing his swastika tattoos. There's so much good to celebrate.

For the socially conscious consumer, it can be difficult to determine the origins of the clothes we buy. In a slow shift that signals increasing changes in the industry, more companies recognize consumers expect their clothing-makers to take their social duty seriously.