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Stories About Using Technology and Innovation To Make a Difference

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Good News This Week: July 22, 2023 - Wooden Cities, Trains, & Gardens

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Ultimate List: 1100+ Hobbies To Try

Find four hobbies you love: One to make you money, one to keep you in shape, one to be creative, and one to make the world a better place.
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These TikTok-Viral Glasses Provide Subtitles In Real Life

Two students from Standford and Yale have teamed up to create a clever way to bring more accessibility to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community.
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Teen Uses Hydroponic Gardens To Fight Food Insecurity in NYC & Tel Aviv

The teen's nonprofit feeds hundreds of community members every month and teaches students about sustainability and hydroponics.
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A woman with blonde hair sits on a couch and points a remote at a BlocPower electric heater.

BlocPower is Electrifying America One Building at a Time

Most of America's buildings are powered by fossil fuels, but one company is on a mission to electrify the country, coast to coast.
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A photo collage of a house's front door, two people holding up a 4ocean tarpaulin as they float on top of 4ocean bags in the ocean, an aerial view of a solar farm, an eye-level view of a different solar farm, and a screenshot of John Green with a Johnson & Johnson Facebook post in the background

Good News This Week: July 15, 2023 - Recycled Waste, Renewable Energy, & Rainforests

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New Report: Renewable Energy Sector On Track To Hit Net-Zero Goals By 2030

A new report from RMI suggests that we are on track to meet net-zero targets for renewable energy by the end of the decade.
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Uplifting Climate Change Good News — According To Al Gore

The climate crisis requires action, but Al Gore is helping us celebrate all the forward momentum we’ve made so far.
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Good News: U.S. Cities Turn Old Landfills Into Solar Farms

New federal funding aims to ramp up the use of former garbage dumps for renewable energy projects key to cutting cities' emissions
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Good News This Week: July 8, 2023 - Corals, Microwaves, & Cancer Awareness

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This African Startup Uses Plastic Waste To Build Affordable Housing

A company in Kenya and Ethiopia takes 45,000 kilograms of plastic waste from landfills every day and turns it into houses.
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Good News This Week: July 1, 2023 - Lakes, Bees, & Gender Equality

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