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Progress and positive news about the environment to help you combat climate anxiety

19 Ways To Live Without a Car in America

A typical passenger vehicle emits 4.6 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year...
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54 Best Consumable Gift Ideas: Ultimate List

A consumable gift is a gift that can be used up one way or another. They’re the perfect gift for minimalists, environmentalists, or the person who has everything.
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Lithium has a chokehold on green tech, but new sodium batteries could change that

Green energy is intrinsically linked to lithium batteries, but Natron Energy has introduced sodium-ion batteries as a safer, faster-charging alternative.
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14 Good News Stories About the Environment

Good news stories about the environment from Paris, Africa, outer space, and more...
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Environmentalism Must Care for People and the Planet

Activist Leah Thomas created a platform to address the ways environmentalism impacts not only the planet, but the people on it, too. She calls the platform Intersectional Environmentalism.
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Rob Greenfield — How to Be the Change in a Messed Up World

He wore his own trash for 30 days. He built tiny houses for the homeless. He dumpster dived for food. And now he’s committing to only eat food he’s grown and foraged himself for an entire year.
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Jane Goodall's grandson keeps her conservation work alive: 'Hope is rooted in action'

Goodall's grandson, Merlin Van Lawick, has been working in the field in Tanzania for years, now supporting science and communication efforts at his late grandmother's nonprofit.
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Why we're craving utopian fiction, from the hope of 'Project Hail Mary,' to the wholesomeness of 'Ted Lasso'

For a new crop of novelists, optimism is not just a character trait — it’s the whole point.
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64 Inspiring Quotes from David Attenborough — On Nature and Saving Our Planet

His messages remind us that we are not apart from nature, but a part of it, and that the stewardship of this planet is not just an environmental concern but a matter of our own survival.
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The Sustainability Edition

This special edition of the Goodnewspaper is one of our most popular of all time. (Every issue is printed on recycled paper using soy-based inks — and we're 100% certified Climate Neutral.)

While most of our Goodnewspaper stories are exclusively available in print for subscribers, here are two pieces in digital form:

These Two Young Entrepreneurs Are Combating Food Waste With Delicious Vegan Cookies

Reyanne Mustafa and Kristian Krugman were working as servers when they noticed how much food restaurants throw away at the end of the day.
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Your Questions About Sustainability, Answered Succinctly

For this issue, you asked us questions about sustainability on Instagram. The Good Answers on this page come from the Good Good Good team and community.
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Podcast Episodes About Climate Change

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Hawaiians were shocked to find sea turtles with 'graffiti' on their backs. It led to a 600-person effort to save the species

Etchings on turtle shells led to a massive citizen science project that has resulted in even more protections for the endangered sea creatures.
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NYC 'queer garden' is filled with non-binary and sex-changing plants

Many of the plants found at the Alice Austen House are non-binary or sex-changing species, such as ferns and flowers that self-pollinate or have both reproductive organs.
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Good News This Week: May 23, 2026 - Puffins, Teabags, & Jaguars

Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...
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'Koala-sniffing dogs' are saving the endangered marsupials from fires and floods: 'They smell what we can't see'

The most famous koala-sniffing canine, Bear, has just retired after a decade of service.
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Take Action for the Environment

At Good Good Good we don't merely want to feel good, we want to do good. Here are a few ways you can take action and do good this week.