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Neccessity is the mother of invention and there's an app for those who want to find handicap accessible businesses around the world ..read more

For more delicious news, go to www.GoodNewsGoodPlanet.com, and scroll to bottom for more ways to find the feel good stuff!* COMPOST CITY 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. In the early 2000’s Kate had been volunteering at a community garden in Brooklyn. She discovered that the garden they had been tending was plagued with toxic soil. Kate’s focus then became replacing the top layer of soil so her group could safely grow ..read more

For more delicious news, go to www.GoodNewsGoodPlanet.com, and scroll to bottom for more ways to find the feel good stuff!* TREES INSTEAD OF TOMBSTONES 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. So how can we make our last foot print on Earth an environmentally-friendly one? A San Francisco startup has a unique answer that also protects an endangered Redwood Forest. ‘Better Place ..read more

For more delicious news, go to www.GoodNewsGoodPlanet.com, and scroll to bottom for more ways to find the feel good stuff!* DOG FORESTING 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. In 2017 forest fires devastated the El Maule region, with over 100 fires scorching over a million acres and taking animal and human lives. Though fire is often part of the natural life cycle of a forest, the recovery process can take years across such a vast area. Two local sisters came up with an ingenious solution to speed up the for ..read more

For more delicious news, go to www.GoodNewsGoodPlanet.com, and scroll to bottom for more ways to find the feel good stuff!* "WHERE THE RUBBER IS THE ROAD" We’ve all hit and cursed a pot-hole somewhere along our travels. Pot-holes 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 then, compounded by constant traffic, creates cracks, potholes, and other issues. But what if roads could repair themselves before becoming a hazard for vehicles? And what if they were economical and environmentally friend ..read more

For more delicious news, go to www.GoodNewsGoodPlanet.com, and scroll to bottom for more ways to find the feel good stuff!* Meditation Education You've heard the term "mind over matter," but how about mind over detention? In America, schools nationwide are replacing detention and discipline with mindfulness programs and meditation, garnering some amazing results: suspensions have been cut in half, attendance is up and so are grade point averages. How? By teaching children to recognize and deal with stress before it becomes a disciplinary issue in the first place. In Baltimore, Maryland sevente ..read more

For more delicious news, go to www.GoodNewsGoodPlanet.com, and scroll to bottom for more ways to find the feel good stuff!* INVISIBLE ALGAE PLASTIC When it comes to food packaging, single use plastics have become so normal they’re almost invisible. Lettuce in plastic boxes, cookies in plastic trays, and bread in plastic bags are just some of the everyday items that rely on plastic packaging to make it from production to your kitchen table. What if there was a way these one-time plastics could literally disappear? Margarita Talep, a Chilean based designer, made that her mission when she began e ..read more

For more delicious news, go to www.GoodNewsGoodPlanet.com, and scroll to bottom for more ways to find the feel good stuff!* COLLEGE BEHIND BARS The likelihood of actually being rehabilitated in prison without education is minimal. Studies prove that education is the best insurance against repeat offenders enduring another term of incarceration. Bard College, a small Private University in New York State, offers the Bard Prison Initiative, or BPI, to interested inmates who have committed serious crimes and are serving lengthy terms. The over 300 enrolled students, are currently serving sentences ..read more

For more delicious news, go to www.GoodNewsGoodPlanet.com, and scroll to bottom for more ways to find the feel good stuff!* A Worm Food Win-Win 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. Studies at Stanford University have shown that meal worms are able to eat Styrofoam and the enzymes in their guts break it down into something compostable. Inspired by this research, four students at Ellisburg High School in Washington state decided ..read more