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Good News This Week: August 30, 2025 - Mangroves, Violins, & Corals

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...

An aerial view of a European city in the summer

New tech makes it easier to cool communities sweltering in urban heat islands

Inside an urban heat island, one street can be much hotter than its neighbor. New tech makes it easier to target cooling projects.

An aerial view of the Great Rift Valley in Ethiopia: a forested mountain shrouded by fog

A scientist's last adventure before he passed: discovering a new species in the valleys of Ethiopia

A decade after the tiny shrew was discovered by scientist Bill Stanley, another group of researchers revisited the specimen and realized something remarkable.

An orange tent sits on a grassy campsite next to a lake

Donor pays for homeless people to leave street encampments and actually go camping instead

“The only complaint I've heard so far was that... 'the fish aren't biting,’” the local police chief said.

A flat-lay of a book secured by two silver rings. Inside is a monochrome purple collage of words and images relfecting dementia

To shine a light on dementia, this woman wrote a book in disappearing ink: 'Each copy fades in a different way'

The book was created alongside Maggie Watson, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and Vascular Dementia in 2021.

Activists in Seattle gather signatures to put a social housing initiative on the ballot. In early 2025, voters passed the measure, which implements a payroll tax on high incomes to fund the program.

These new social housing programs envision a world where homes are 'permanently affordable' for all

Across the U.S., social housing is being used to describe a range of programs, from limited equity cooperatives and community land trusts to public housing.

They used to be wildlife poachers. Now, they make a living protecting critically endangered sea turtles

Conservation organizations are employing Cabo Verdeans, who formerly hunted endangered and threatened sea turtles, as rangers who now monitor and patrol beaches.

A woman with blond hair and clear glasses sits on a floral couch next to an elderly man in a red shirt

When this landlord died, he donated all of his rental properties to homeless people in need of housing

Richard L. Reetz was 97 years old when he passed away earlier this summer.

An elderly man and woman sit on a picnic blanket on the beach, next to a picnic basket and guitar

Living near the ocean might actually help you live longer, new study finds

We’ll take a hefty dose of ocean breeze, please.

Against a black and white photo of the white house, five political candidates are cut out: Lily Franklin, Kat Abughazaleh, Zohran Mamdani, Jayden Williams, and Kelsea Bond

After the loss of 2024, these progressive candidates are making politics fun again: 'We can win anywhere'

Run For Something founder Amanda Litman says progressives like Zohran Mamdani are building a new future of political leadership.

A colorful house made out of LEGO bricks, with a LEGO figurine standing out on a tiny porch

This LEGO contest tasked contestants with building their dream houses. The proceeds will go to real homes for low-income families

As contestants built their dream homes out of LEGO bricks, Lynchburg Covenant Fellowship’s Connie Snavely emphasized the importance of providing real ones to those in need.

A blue and red shipping container home on a lift

This semester, college students are moving into solar-powered shipping container dorms

Maroon Village is touted as “an innovative example of how to live greener without forgoing daily comforts.”