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Good News This Week: March 22, 2025 - Penguins, Satellites, & Basketball

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On the left, a person hands food over to someone with a smile. In the middle: A screenshot of the ShelterBridge app, which shows options for various social services in the user's area with purple buttons. On the right: A young asian teenager with long black hair smiles in a photo taken on a streetcorner.

New award-winning app allows homeless people to review shelter service, meals

Before high schooler Claire Cao invented ShelterBridge, a local homeless shelter had been looking for an app that fit its description “for a number of years.”

A tiny home with wooden exteriors and a large deck sits on a lush green property in Australia

Man's 'hodgepodge' tiny house crafted out of only reclaimed materials: 'Built for the cost of two years' rent'

After facing unemployment in the wake of COVID-19, Julius was inspired to build a tiny home from scratch.

A foldable white tiny home called The Baby Box sits in BOXABL's warehouse

$20k foldable tiny home can be installed in just 60 minutes: 'Meeting the growing demand for housing'

BOXABL’s “Baby Box” and “Casita” models have potential to make waves in ADU construction.

A photo collage of the front of a building, three people conversing inside a library, a baby sea turtle swims in the water, fingers holding a small biosensor, and an aerial view of the River Ouse in England

Good News This Week: March 8, 2025 - Surfers, Rivers, & Solar Skins

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On the left: a young girl smiling next to a laptop, which has coding on it and a window of a close up of a tick. On the right: A screenshot of the DETICKIT app.

Teen wins Princess Diana Award for tick-detecting app, Prince William praises: 'My mother would be immensely proud'

After being diagnosed with two rare tick-borne illnesses, a high schooler took matters into her own hands.

Australian surfer Josh Kerr wears a wetsuit on the beach, overlooking the water. He holds a surfboard made from recycled wind turbines

Second wind: Retired wind turbine blades recycled into innovative surfboards

Pro surfer Josh Kerr has partnered with renewable energy company ACCIONA to create the prototype.

House W, a tiny home covered in solar panels and timber, sits on a snowy plateau in Japan

This net-zero tiny home generates almost double the energy it needs — here's how

House W utilizes a ‘solar skin’ of 56 panels to generate all the off-grid energy it needs — and more.

A woman stands in the entrance of a tiny home made from a decommissioned wind turbine nacelle at Dutch Design Week

Decommissioned wind turbine redesigned as eco-friendly tiny home, scalable to build '2,000 houses a year'

Designers estimate that thousands of wind turbines worldwide will be decommissioned in the coming years, offering a “gold mine” of new resources.

A photo collage of an aerial view of a solar farm, a woman walks up a hill with a stick, a Spotify playlist screenshot of the 'Is This What We Want?" album by 1,000 UK Artists, a mother and son posing for the camera, and a crowd looking at the SS United States -- a historic ocean liner

Good News This Week: March 1, 2025 - Hostels, Trees, & Albums

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A string of biodegradable Mardi Gras beads is made from 3D-printed bio-based plastics. The gold, purple, and green beads sit on a plain black backdrop.

Mardi Gras beads take up to 500 years to decompose, so these LSU students designed a biodegradable alternative

The PlantMe Beads have been nearly four years in the making.

A street corner in Los Angeles filled with homeless tent encampments

Los Angeles turns to predictive AI to help get homeless people off the streets

The new model is being rolled out by the county’s Homeless Services Authority to help identify people most in need of help.

Tech & Innovation Good News

Stories About Using Technology and Innovation To Make a Difference

Good News This Week: March 22, 2025 - Penguins, Satellites, & Basketball

New award-winning app allows homeless people to review shelter service, meals

Man's 'hodgepodge' tiny house crafted out of only reclaimed materials: 'Built for the cost of two years' rent'

$20k foldable tiny home can be installed in just 60 minutes: 'Meeting the growing demand for housing'

Good News This Week: March 8, 2025 - Surfers, Rivers, & Solar Skins

Teen wins Princess Diana Award for tick-detecting app, Prince William praises: 'My mother would be immensely proud'

Second wind: Retired wind turbine blades recycled into innovative surfboards

This net-zero tiny home generates almost double the energy it needs — here's how

Decommissioned wind turbine redesigned as eco-friendly tiny home, scalable to build '2,000 houses a year'

Good News This Week: March 1, 2025 - Hostels, Trees, & Albums

Mardi Gras beads take up to 500 years to decompose, so these LSU students designed a biodegradable alternative

Los Angeles turns to predictive AI to help get homeless people off the streets

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