Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox, from Good Good Good.
Retraction: In March, we included a story about Travis Kelce purchasing a $3.3 million mansion to transform into transitional housing for homeless foster youth.
Good Good Good prioritizes accuracy and integrity in our reporting and transparency with our readers. When we do make a mistake, we will always correct it and clearly let you know.
The best good news stories from April
April was filled with so much good news, it's easy to overlook some of it!
Today, we're highlighting stories from the past month of Goodnewsletters — to help make sure you catch all the good news you might have missed.
Photo: via Dominic Sherony (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Thanks to AI sound analysis, a rare, endangered bird was located for the first time in 30 years
Across tens of thousands of hours of recordings, an AI-powered tool pinpointed the plains-wanderer by identifying its soft, low "ooming" call at two sites in western Melbourne.
After a months-long recovery, 31 critically endangered, 'cold-stunned' sea turtles returned to the Atlantic Ocean
The Kemp's ridley sea turtle — the most endangered sea turtle species in the world — is ending up "cold-stunned" in Cape Cod Bay with increasing frequency due to changing ocean temperatures and extreme wind patterns that force sea turtles up north.
Community members, donors, and companies came together to give homeless foster youth customized tiny houses in an 'adopt-a-cabin' campaign
The Grove is a tiny-cabin community that offers housing, as well as a comprehensive program to empower young adults to transition into adulthood with support and direction.
An autistic artist teamed up with city council to create and install 'happy to talk' benches to combat loneliness
While Oliver Chan's experience with autism might amplify feelings of loneliness, he knows it's something everyone experiences. — and that became abundantly clear in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
After 900,000 meals were canceled due to USDA cuts, volunteers flooded a Delaware food bank with donations
In March, the Trump administration announced that the U.S. Agriculture Department would be required to cut $1 billion in federal funding from schools and food banks.
Realtors, organizations, and government officials collaborated to create a 'homelessness dashboard' to make it easy to help those in need
On the dashboard, users can find volunteer opportunities like serving dinner at a local shelter, or "Warehouse Wednesday" shifts to help sort donated furniture for an area nonprofit.
After living 'life in a trash bag' himself, a man has donated 250K backpacks to restore dignity for foster youth
Since its founding in 2013, Rob Scheer's Comfort Cases organization has donated more than 250,000 cases — filled with essentials like new pajamas, personal care items, a book, and more.
Shelters across the U.S. celebrated 'kitten season' with foster workshops, rescue tips, and 'kitten baby showers'
Across the United States, kitten season largely stretches from March to October. To prepare for the annual uptick in litters, shelters and rescues are finding unique ways to gather resources — and raise awareness in their collective communities.
Twenty-one animals, including some critically endangered, were rescued from an attempted smuggling at the Thailand airport
Officials wereparticularly concerned with the illegal transportation of six juvenile freshwater crocodiles, which are critically endangered in Thailand due to wetland degradation and overhunting.
An animal charity gave free vet checkups to unhoused neighbors, whose pets are 'arguably better cared for than some housed animals'
Pet care can put a strain on anyone's finances, but it can be a particularly heavy burden for those below the poverty line — especially for those experiencing homelessness.
A man went viral after nobody showed up to his community beach cleanup — a week later, over 30 neighbors came to help
Videos of his solo endeavor went viral on social media, with many praising his efforts to make a difference. Michael Harvey organized another pickup one week later, and this time, more than 30 neighbors showed up in the pouring rain to join him.
The world's first 'Pangolarium' is covertly rehabilitating the most trafficked animal in the world
The exact location of the center is highly classified, since the pangolin's global decline has been hurried along by overhunting with poachers targeting the "walking pinecones" for their meat and scales.
Reaffirming her commitment to the rights of children, Ms. Rachel donated 2 million meals to the World Food Program
Earlier this month, the Trump administration ended millions of dollars in funding to the United Nations World Food Program, specifically targeting programs that keep millions of people fed — and alive — around the world.
The Ocean Cleanup said it can clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in five years
Also focused on preventing new plastic from reaching the ocean in the first place, the organization's new-and-improved ocean cleanup technology now measures about 1.5 miles in length, and it cleans up an area of the ocean the size of a football field every five seconds.
Tiny cottages modeled after a children's storybook are bringing neighbors together in a small New York town
The development is home to 140 charming, colorful tiny home cottages on a 40-acre lot. Its design, while quaint and adorable, has one specific purpose: to help neighbors get to know each other.
In a TED Talk, a chemist debuted a 'natural peel' that extends the life of produce — from bananas to avocados — without 'refrigeration, pesticides, waxes, or plastics'
It's prevented 166 million pieces of produce from going to waste, preventing more than 29,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions — equivalent to planting 485,000 trees.
You can buy a pebble from the 'tariffed' Heard Island penguins to support wildlife conservation
On April 2, President Donald Trump imposed a 10% tariff on goods exported from a handful of uninhabited volcanic islands near Antarctica — well, uninhabited by humans.
Colorado passed one of the most restrictive gun safety laws in the country
Colorado made it illegal to buy, sell, and manufacture most semi-automatic firearms without background checks and training, and puts limits on who qualifies for that training.
Boston purchased 347 market-rate apartment units to convert them into affordable housing
The acquisition is part of a larger "anti-displacement" plan to undo widespread gentrification, preserve affordable housing, and assist residential homes and small businesses at risk of direct or economic displacement.
A simple tweak to tax law is helping bring solar power to the communities that need it most
The Inflation Reduction Act made it easier for project developers without major tax liabilities, like the Boston Community Solar Cooperative, to sell their clean energy credits at a discount before breaking ground on a solar or wind project.
In 'an unlikely comeback,' one of the rarest parrot species in Brazil doubled in population
Thanks to a project to install artificial nests on an island on the Paraná coast, the number of parrots almost doubled in 20 years, taking the bird from "endangered" to "near threatened" status, the only case of its kind in Brazil.
A man with terminal cancer is on a 'Dying to Serve' tour — traveling to all 50 states to volunteer
Doug Ruch said his "dying wish is to help as many people going through tough times as I can before I go," and launched his "Dying To Serve" tour across North America, with a goal of visiting and volunteering in all 50 states.
Firefighters successfully managed a 60-acre fire that could protect an area of Rocky Mountain National Park for the next decade
This particular prescribed fire is part of a larger 1,800-acre area in the park that the NPS hopes to burn within the next five years in order to protect the park and the nearby town of Estes Park from future wildfires.
A teen invented an app that slashes DMV wait times and increases access to 'essential services' — it saved people 10 years of wait time in just 3 months
Using her STEM skills, Sowmya Nandyala created DriveIt, an app that matches prospective clients with cancelled DMV appointments based on their zip code, distance, and preferred date.
Two first-year teachers are biking across Vermont to raise money for classroom necessities and support immigrant students
Their mission is to bike 300 miles across Miller's home state of Vermont while raising funds to buy essential supplies for their classrooms and support and advocate for migrant students.
Need help? Contact us for assistance. We've got your back.
You received this email because you signed up for the Goodnewsletter from Good Good Good — or because you followed a recommendation from another newsletter or ordered a Goodnewspaper.
To stop receiving the monthly edition of The Goodnewsletter, unsubscribe or manage your email settings. To stop receiving all emails from Good Good Good — which may potentially include subscriber-exclusive content — you can opt out entirely.
Nema komentara:
Objavi komentar