People Doing Good

Stories of people making a difference in the world

@Dexter345 on Twitter: My wife inherited an estimated $20,000 - $30,000 worth of guns. (This is only maybe a quarter of it.) We could have sold them but she decided to do something way more metal. She had them sawed into pieces so they can be melted down and fashioned into gardening tools.

Swords to Plows': This Nonprofit is Turning Guns into Garden Tools

While not a perfect solution on their own, gun buyback events can help reduce gun violence — especially when the guns are dismantled on the spot, and donated to be made into a tool for peace instead.
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Coral, EVs, & Cured Diseases - Good News This Week: August 13th 2022

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...
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Cynicism Quote Graphic: Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. — Thomas Friedman

28 Best Quotes About Cynicism (From Experts on Optimism)

We’ve already compiled the authoritative list of the best quotes on optimism and hope — and now we’re compiling... the opposite.
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Self Care Quote Graphic: Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. — Anne Lamott

101 Best Self-Care Quotes To Remind You What Matters

When we practice genuine self-care, we get the opportunity to understand ourselves better, recharge our batteries before they're empty, and maintain the ability to make a difference for our loved ones and communities.
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Can Arizona Citizens Use the Tools of Democracy To Preserve the State's Dwindling Water?

How a group of ‘scrappy’ locals are working to create Arizona’s first citizen-initiated groundwater management area.
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Love Island UK's New Sponsor is eBay — And That's Good News For Sustainable Fashion

With a cast clad in eBay hand-me-downs, Love Island UK is encouraging viewers to embrace sustainable glamor. Welcome to socially conscious trash TV.
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Person at protest holding a sign that says "#Enough"

Rage Giving': How Divisive News Drives Big Donations

People often donate to nonprofits following breaking news about events they consider to be tragic or unjust, which some like to call "rage giving".
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Light Quote Graphic: "There is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it, if only we're brave enough to be it." — Amanda Gorman

31 Best Quotes About Light To Brighten the World

There's no shortage of people creating light and making a positive difference. We all have the ability to seek the light and be the light.
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Darkness in Light Quote Graphic: "Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." — Desmond Tutu

69 Best Quotes on Finding Light in Darkness

May these quotes help you to always seek the light — and to be the light. (And we'll be here to help you along your journey.)
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Dark Quote Graphic: The shadow is the greatest teacher for how to come to the light. — Ram Dass

Discover the beauty in darkness with these thought-provoking quotes

We've collected the best quotes about darkness to point to the importance and power of darkness — and to help you appreciate the light more than ever.
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Veterans, Tigers, & Coffee - Good News This Week: August 6th 2022

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...
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Dan Nanamkin leads a prayer for the land inside a geodesic dome under construction during an opening ceremony at a micro-farm

Farms in Central Washington Boost Their Yield With Solar Energy

Two greenhouse domes on the Colville Reservation will house the state’s first 'agrivoltaics' project, where food and electricity can grow in tandem on small acreage.
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