Humans Are GoodThe Question That Makes Room for a Real Answer
“How was your day?” is not a bad question. But sometimes a more specific question gives someone a door into the part of the day they actually want to share.
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Humans Are GoodVolunteers beautify Santa Maria together
About 250 residents in Santa Maria came together to paint, landscape, clean, and improve shared spaces during the city’s annual Serve Santa Maria effort. The work […]
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Makers of GoodBilbies and wombats move toward safer futures
Queensland conservation teams have released 150 threatened bilbies and moved six northern hairy-nosed wombats as part of efforts to establish stronger populations. These animals are not […]
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The Good DailyEndangered frogs return to Southern California mountains
The Los Angeles Zoo released 653 endangered southern mountain yellow-legged frogs into streams in the San Gabriel Mountains. The release brings the number of zoo-bred frogs […]
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Good VibesTen years of photographs that make wildlife impossible to ignore
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are marking a decade of photographs that find humor, surprise, and personality in the natural world. A laughing dormouse, an awkward […]
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The Future Is GoodA Clear Look at Global Hunger, Progress, and How to Help
Extreme poverty has fallen dramatically over a generation, but hunger and food insecurity remain urgent. Here is what the data says, and a few practical ways to help.
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Good IdeasAnythink Nature Library opens as a first-of-its-kind outdoor-focused public library
Anythink’s Nature Library in Thornton, Colorado was designed around outdoor learning, hiking gear, discovery, and a library experience shaped by the landscape around it. It expands what a public library can be: not only books and desks, but trails, tools, curiosity, and a reason to step outside.
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The Good DailyA rescued stray cat climbs the ranks to stationmaster in Japan
Wakayama Electric Railway has a long tradition of cat stationmasters, and Kyodo reported that Yontama became the third feline stationmaster at Kishi Station. It is charming, low-stakes, and deeply reader-friendly: a rescued cat, a train station, and a community ritual that makes travel feel a little more human.
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Good VibesSheboygan’s “Malibu of the Midwest” surf culture turns lake waves into community
Sheboygan, Wisconsin has become known as the “Malibu of the Midwest” because Great Lakes surfers have built a culture around cold-water waves that many people would never expect. This is lighter, but it has a good Sunday feel: place, surprise, subculture, and people making joy out of the landscape they have. It gives the week a bit of breathable beauty.
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The Future Is GoodNew Yorkers’ oyster shells are helping rebuild harbor reefs
On Governors Island, Billion Oyster Project is turning restaurant oyster shells into habitat for new oyster reefs in New York Harbor. The project has raised hundreds of millions of oysters on cured shells and restored reef acreage in a harbor that once held enormous oyster populations. A meal’s leftovers become repair, education, and a living shoreline.
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