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Richard Casper of CreatiVets

Good News: How One Veteran Is Using Art To Save Lives

Coming home from war, Richard Casper struggled with depression and suicidal ideation, but he found the healing power of art and music.
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he Gwich’in First Nation cultural gathering of all the Gwich’in peoples from Yukon, Alaska, and Northwest Territories in in 2014. Here, people discuss important issues, such as threats from oil and gas development projects.

Second Oil Company Exits Arctic Thanks To Fierce Indigenous Opposition

Drilling and subsequent infrastructure development in the Arctic would have significant impacts on the tundra and would be disruptive to wildlife like caribou and polar bears.
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A farmer looks over the camera while surrounded by crops

Good News: Indigenous Farmers Reclaim Time-honored Techniques

In myriad tribal communities, food sovereignty has blossomed from a concept into a full-blown movement.
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A photo collage of solar lanterns, an altar, a person smelling a tree, a lake, and electrically charged coral reefs

Electric Reefs, Lanterns, & Fruit Trees - Good News This Week: November 5th 2022

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Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park

From Grassroots to Governments, LANDBACK Returns Stolen Land

Different tribes have varied histories of land dispossession, leading tribes to work with individuals, organizations, and governments to return Native land
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Two workers eat fruits from a tree in front of them

Cities Are Planting Trees. Why Not Make Them Fruit Trees?

From backyards to sidewalks, communities in Philadelphia and beyond see food-bearing trees as a path to food justice and climate adaptation.
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Firuzeh Mahmoudi

Meet the Woman Using Apps & Tech To Unite Iran for Change

Mahmoudi’s success with organizing for Iran and her heart for her home country led her to transition away from environmental activism to create United for Iran, an independent nonprofit focused civil liberties in Iran.
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Women protesting in Iran

The Protests in Iran are Part of a Long History of Women's Resistance

While the protests started with anger over the enforcement of the hijab, they represent a much wider movement that now poses the greatest threat the theocratic regime has faced since the 1979 revolution.
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Photo collage of two women standing in front of supplies, a seal, a woman and a man posing next to each other, a coin, and a field of flowers

Shower Buses, Seals, & Notable Women - Good News This Week: October 22nd 2022

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A person holding a cage of oysters close to New York's harbor

Oysters and Students May Revive New York's Famed Harbor

With the help of city school kids, an organization is restoring long-depleted oyster beds that once flourished in the waters that surround New York City. The bivalves are cleaning the water and protecting shorelines.
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Photo collage of a ship, lamppost with a shade, clumped microplastics, a kangaroo, and a rundown building

Smart Sails, Renewable Energy, & Whirlpools - Good News This Week: October 15th 2022

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