
From beer byproduct to superfood: The upcycled food movement explained
When food ends up in landfills, it releases methane, a greenhouse gas that is at least 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Because of a lack of available oxygen, food doesn’t break down in landfills in the same way that it would in nature.
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Asking the Hard Questions Doesn’t Have To Be Scary — And It Could Save A Life
Over the last six years, Crisis Text Line has collected and analyzed the anonymized data which allows them to identify how to best help people in crisis. Here's what they've found...
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Hair Stylists Are Using Hair Clippings to Clean Up Oil Spills
In 1989, Phil McCrory, a hair stylist in Huntsville, Alabama, was watching CNN coverage of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska while washing a client’s hair in his salon. He wondered... what if human hair could be used to clean up oil spills?
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From Apps to Air Miles: 7 Ways Tech Can Help Afghans
Desperate scenes in Kabul are met with high-tech help as offers of rides, meals, and beds go online.
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Cleaning Up Rivers Is Saving the Oceans
When an architecture student’s dazzling ocean cleanup concept fizzled, she started thinking smaller — and tackled the problem at the source.
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Nepal's First Locally Made Electric Motorbike Is Wooing Petrol Purists
An early entrant in the petrol-to-electric race, Nepal has tens of thousands of electrified cars, buses, and rickshaws on its roads but few motorcycles — the most popular form of transport in the Himalayan nation.
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For a Clean Ocean, Just Add Oysters
Scientists have discovered that a byproduct of the oyster growth process is that harmful pollutants such as phosphorus, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and nitrogen from fertilizers, which are difficult to remove from water...
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Scientists Have Figured Out How to Solve a Desert Water Crisis
"Things that work in New York or New Delhi do not work in the mountains. We have to find our own solutions for our problems.”
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15 Best Apps You Can Download to Make a Difference
Here at Good Good Good, we know that sometimes the littlest efforts add up to effect big change. These apps offer simple, quick, and convenient ways to take action in your everyday life.
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Good News: This Youth Radio Shows Tackles Taboos Teen Pregnancy and HIV
Radio programs made for and by young people are helping to address sensitive social issues like teen pregnancy, abuse, and child marriage in Malawi
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Charleston Will Pay People to Build Backyard Homes to Help Provide Affordable Housing
Cities and states have struggled to find ways to increase their inventory of low-cost housing over the last decade, and many have pursued policies that they hope will add density to areas zoned for single-family dwelling.
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Good Wildfire News? Evidence From the Bootleg Fire Supports Thinning Forests
"We have overwhelming evidence that when we treat forests by removing fuels, it generally — not always, you can never say always, but generally — moderates fire behavior."
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