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Good News This Week: October 18, 2025 - Turtles, Reefs, & Skyscrapers

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

14 Ways to Celebrate & Take Action for Banned Books Week

When it feels like our reality has crumbled into a dystopian nightmare, what do we do? We use the power of books, form our own team of heroes, and fight against censorship and for stories that matter!

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Two years since Maui fires, 900 Hawaii residents move into historic tiny home village: 'Second largest in the nation'

The homes are specifically for wildfire survivors who were not eligible for FEMA assistance.

Two photos side-by-side. On the left is a young Jamaican man named Rayvon Stewart. On the right is a white, half-moon shaped device on top of a bronze doorknob

Student invents self-sanitizing door handle for hospitals, receives award from prime minister

Rayvon Stewart is revolutionizing disinfection technology across the Caribbean.

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12 popular podcasts unite for 'Be Hope' takeover, proving there's still good news in politics

In support of The Global Goals, these beloved podcasts are sharing conversations about finding solutions and hope in the face of the world’s biggest challenges.

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Micro-solutions to microplastics: 4 ways cities and states are legislating away the plastic crisis

While U.S. and global solutions seem far off, policies to limit harm from microplastics are gaining traction at the state and local levels.

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Boston is the first US city to plant green roofs on bus stops: 'Would amount to 17 acres of green space'

These “living roofs” are already inspiring other North American cities.

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New beekeeping program helps prison inmates heal through nature: 'Already producing honey'

“They need to be involved in nature, be interested in themself and others, and have empathy,” the program’s leader said.

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At a new 'Habitat for Humanity factory,' high school students earn credit building tiny homes for neighbors in need

The program, called Boulder MOD, is not your standard shop class.

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Boston is transforming abandoned office space into affordable homes for 1,000+ residents

Mayor Michelle Wu even hand-delivered the newest tenants a houseplant.

Two homes sit side-by-side next to each other. One is a dark green and the other is beige, and they are both 3D printed in Buena Vista, Colorado

These fire-resistant homes 3D-printed in 'fire country' promise to 'stand strong 100 years from now'

The homes reportedly “do not fuel combustion at any stage.”

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.