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Stories About Using Technology and Innovation To Make a Difference

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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Wildfires

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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Peru’s Indigenous Tribes Are Using Tech Tools to Track Amazon Deforestation

Members of nearly 40 Indigenous communities in northern Peru were given training to use smartphone mapping apps that receive early deforestation alerts.
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Could 3D Printed Schools Be a Solution to Africa's Classroom Shortage?

Faster, cheaper and greener than regular construction, 3D printing could help African countries close their education gaps.
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Boost to Clean Energy Investment Could Drive 10 Million New Green Jobs

From offshore wind farms in Britain to floating solar power plants in Vietnam, about 13,000 renewable energy projects in nearly 50 countries are waiting for finance - and could create up to 10 million green jobs, consultancy EY-Parthenon said on Wednesday.
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Marine Noise

Why Noise Reduction Could Save Marine Life

Sound is essential to the survival and prosperity of marine life, but human-made ocean noise threatens this fragile world. Sound travels much farther and faster underwater than in air and is vitally important to marine animals.
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