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Concise two-minute 'shots' of actual good news from around the world. What you focus on determines your life experience! Good News Good Planet was created in 2015 in response to the already growing barrage of discouraging news in the mainstream media. The world is actually full of amazing people doing incredibly good things every day. Find us at goodnewsgoodplanet.com and on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Patreon, and Apple Podcasts.

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Plarn

2022/05/19

Plastic bags have a huge impact on our planet. Over a hundred billion are used every year worldwide. Each bag takes five hundred years to degrade, releasing chemicals that contaminate our environment as they break down and cause harm to marine animals, who often mistake them food.

Invisible Algae Plastic

2022/05/19

When it comes to food packaging, single use plastics have become so normal they’re almost invisible.

A Worm Food Win-Win

2022/05/19

As plastics and other non-biodegradable materials pile up in landfills and in our oceans, scientists are looking for new solutions. And solutions that often are already in our mists, are the most promising.

Roman the Rescuer

2022/05/19

Roman McConn of Augusta, Georgia is not your typical seven-year-old.

Compost City

2022/05/19

Often, real change takes place only when we take matters into our own hands. That’s exactly what New Yorker Kate Zidar decided on, instead of waiting for her local government to step up for her city neighborhood.

Dog Foresting

2022/05/19

Watch out Johnny Appleseed, there's a new kid - or rather, dogs, in town, and they're part of an effort to reseed central Chile.

Where the Rubber Is the Road

2022/05/19

We’ve all hit and cursed a pot-hole somewhere along our travels. Potholes are everywhere, and repairing them is costly and time-consuming. The majority of road damage is caused by bad weather, which weakens the surface, and is then compounded by constant traffic, creating cracks, potholes, and other issues.

Hedonistic Sustainability

2022/05/19

Skiing is big in Denmark, even though the country’s landscape happens to be flatter than a pancake. Most enthusiasts travel elsewhere to enjoy their sport, but now, Copenhagen offers a ‘powerful’ and unique alternative.

Tutus in the Hood

2022/05/19

Ballerina Aesha Ash is on a mission, to help change the often demoralizing, objectified images of African-American women, and she’s doing it, in a tutu.

Tea Party Disco

2022/05/19

Loneliness and isolation are common among the elderly, who don’t often get out much. This can lead to depression and even health problems later on down the road.

From Wasteland to Wonderland

2022/05/19

In 1969, fried-chicken tycoon J. David Bamberger, had a novel idea: to buy the worst piece of land he could find in the hill country of Texas and restore it back to being one of the best.

Trees Instead of Tombstones

2022/05/19

Worldwide, death services is a 20 billion dollar industry. Most people don't like to think about death, let alone its environmental impact on the Earth. Embalming fluids, caskets, and other aspects of traditional burials take a toll on nature on a large scale.