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A photo collage of an aerial view of a solar farm, a woman walks up a hill with a stick, a Spotify playlist screenshot of the 'Is This What We Want?" album by 1,000 UK Artists, a mother and son posing for the camera, and a crowd looking at the SS United States -- a historic ocean liner

Good News This Week: March 1, 2025 - Hostels, Trees, & Albums

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A string of biodegradable Mardi Gras beads is made from 3D-printed bio-based plastics. The gold, purple, and green beads sit on a plain black backdrop.

Mardi Gras beads take up to 500 years to decompose, so these LSU students designed a biodegradable alternative

The PlantMe Beads have been nearly four years in the making.
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A street corner in Los Angeles filled with homeless tent encampments

Los Angeles turns to predictive AI to help get homeless people off the streets

The new model is being rolled out by the county’s Homeless Services Authority to help identify people most in need of help.
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A photo collage of a tiny home pallet, an offshore drill in the middle of the ocean, a pile of children's books spread out on a shelf, a river and trees, and a 3D-printed inflammable home

Good News This Week: February 22, 2025 - Homes, Ramps, & Rinks

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Two photos side by side. On the left, three bricks made from recycled rubble. On the right, a shipping container trailer houses a mill adorned with Australian and Ukrainian flags

Innovative machine recycles rubble into bricks to build homes for displaced Ukrainians

A single machine can make up to 8,000 bricks per day.
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A street-view mockup of a 3D-printed neighborhood in Austin, Texas

First-of-its-kind 3D-printed neighborhood gives 100 homes to 'chronically' homeless

The homes will be part of Austin, Texas’s Community First! Village. When completed, the neighborhood will be home to an estimated 1,800 people.
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A blue OnMed CareStation sits inside of a public space

High-tech 'healthcare phone booth' provides street-side care to homeless people in need

OnMed CareStations are a hybrid approach to healthcare for people in homeless and rural communities.
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A photo collage of the Home Kitchen storefront, two women smiling for the camera while holding a vase of flowers, a bee lingers above a flower bud, two men ride on a motorcycle in Gaza, and a woman sits in front of a women's sports facility soon to open in Portland

Good News This Week: February 15, 2025 - Flowers, Quilts, & Chefs

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A homeless man on the street holds up a cardboard sign that reads: 150,000 citygoers will walk right by us

New app aids homeless people, alerts passersby to their backstories and biggest needs

A growing app shows you the backstories and “lore” of your local neighbors who are unhoused and informs you of their biggest needs.
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A gray thermal and foam arch-like structure called the Iglou, which offers emergency shelter to unhoused people

Emergency 'igloo' shelters provide refuge for homeless folks in freezing temperatures

The interior of the Iglou emergency shelter is 18 degrees warmer than outside temperatures.
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A rendering of a shipping container neighborhood built by nonprofit Family Promise in Glendale, Arizona

Fully-furnished shipping container neighborhood provides homeless folks with safe shelter

The project is being built in an area with the highest eviction rate in Arizona.
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Two photos side-by-side. On the left, a man holds up a black EMPWR Coat on a winter day. On the right, a slew of red EMPWR Coats sit on a table at Empowerment Plan's manufacturing facilities

These water-resistant coats made with upcycled car insulation transform into sleeping bags for homeless folks

The coats are manufactured by a team of people who have histories of homelessness.
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