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Good News This Week: August 30, 2025 - Mangroves, Violins, & Corals

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Celebrate the true meaning of Labor Day by understanding the holiday's origin

The first Labor Day was hardly a national holiday. Workers had to strike to celebrate it.
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In the event a disaster strikes your community, here's how you can protect your health

Your guide to the biggest health consequences of extreme weather — from mosquito-and tick-borne illnesses to mental health issues — and how to best prepare for them.
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Hope has fueled movements, allowed us to seek solutions, and inspires us to keep moving forward. We’ve rounded up the best books to help you feel hopeful.
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The world is watching this year's 'water lily weigh-off' as 40+ global botanic gardens compete for glory

A competition initiated by the Denver Botanic Gardens, plant lovers across the world are now donning their waders and getting in the pond.
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16-year-old upcycles toxic rubber waste into emergency sleeping mats for homeless people

Priyanshi Poddar has recently received global recognition for her work at Project Saathi.
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Another national park is rolling out all-terrain wheelchairs, so everyone can take a hike

This makes the park one of 28 national park sites to offer free mobility devices to visitors.
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The World Has More Trees Than It Did 35 Years Ago

This might come as a surprise: Worldwide tree cover has grown — not shrunk! — by 2.24 million square kilometers — the size of Texas and Alaska combined — in the last 35 years, according to a paper in the science journal “Nature.”
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8 Famous Animal Conservationists You Might Not Know Yet

There are dozens and dozens of people you should know about who are protecting wild species and their habitats, and our hope is that today you’ll learn about someone new who inspires you to find your own way of helping animals in your corner of the world.
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Good News This Week: August 30, 2025 - Mangroves, Violins, & Corals

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New tech makes it easier to cool communities sweltering in urban heat islands

Inside an urban heat island, one street can be much hotter than its neighbor. New tech makes it easier to target cooling projects.
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A scientist's last adventure before he passed: discovering a new species in the valleys of Ethiopia

A decade after the tiny shrew was discovered by scientist Bill Stanley, another group of researchers revisited the specimen and realized something remarkable.
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To shine a light on dementia, this woman wrote a book in disappearing ink: 'Each copy fades in a different way'

The book was created alongside Maggie Watson, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and Vascular Dementia in 2021.
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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.
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These new social housing programs envision a world where homes are 'permanently affordable' for all

Across the U.S., social housing is being used to describe a range of programs, from limited equity cooperatives and community land trusts to public housing.
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