Featured Events: Free Screening Of HEAL
Join the Marion Institute for our Winter Film Series, a curated line-up of health documentaries that will change the way you think about food, medicine, and disease…
Good News Headlines 1/28/20
Members of the Blackfeet Nation want tourists to understand how the story of Glacier National Park is really the story of their nation.
This Is Better Than an Apology
Why repair attempts are even more powerful than saying sorry.
Good News Headlines 1/21/20
Why would a vegan cheese company want to reach across the aisle to help the competition?
To Confront Effects Of Trauma, Start With Self-Care
Resilience practices and culturally rooted health traditions show promise for overcoming trauma in real-life settings.
Good News Headlines 1/14/20
The world's largest privately-owned giant sequoia grove — home to the fifth largest tree on Earth — is now safe from development.
What’s In A Family Name?
A family shapes us from the moment we are born. We learn stories, beliefs, and traditions to help shape our identity. Everyone wants to know, “Who am I?” “Where do I belong in this big world?” “Who will accept me?” “Who can I relate to?”
Good News Headlines 1/7/20
One tiny Pacific nation has begun the new year with a ban on sunscreens that contain chemicals which affect the health of coral reefs and fish…
Good News Headlines 12/31/19
Serapium Forest is the most prosperous of Egypt’s 36 tracts of land that make up an ambitious program to combat desertification by creating sustainably managed commercial forests fed entirely by wastewater…
Maine Needs Our Help In Defeating Big Pharma
If Mainers do not comply with the new vaccine law and choose to opt out of even one dose of a required vaccine, they face expulsion from all public, private, parochial and online schools (preschool through graduate school) as well as termination from employment.
Americans Bankrupted By Health Care Costs: 4 Questions Answered
Medical bankruptcy has been a talking point for many Democratic candidates as they make their individual cases for health care reform. This begs a few questions about how widespread these bankruptcies are and what causes them.
The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate
Hari Kirin Kaur, director of Yoga at the Ashram in Millis, MA, shared this beautiful story, which she first heard at the Unitarian Church in Worcester.
Working At The Casa del Refugiado
For most of November I worked as a short-term volunteer at the Casa del Refugiado, the House of the Refugee, located near the border in El Paso, Texas.
Good News Headlines 12/17/19
Greta Thunberg, 16, is the youngest individual to be recognized as Time Person Of The Year.
Good News Headlines 12/10/19
The story of the resurgence of the lobo mexicano (Canis lupis baileyi) begins in the late 1970s when former wolf trapper Roy T. McBride was commissioned by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct a survey of wolves in Mexico…
Taking The Shame Out Of Fat-Shaming
In time for the holidays, a perfect response for put-downs and power plays at the dinner table.
Truth And Reconciliation For Native Peoples Begins In Maine
“Dawnland” is a must-see documentary on PBS’s Independent Lens.
Good News Headlines 12/3/19
After the Parkland shooting, the CEO of Dick’s Sporting Goods, Ed Stack, promised the kids to stop selling all assault rifles and high-capacity magazines.
Big Successes At The State House For Holistic Practitioners
Public hearings were held at the State House in Boston this fall for two crucial bills affecting everyone’s access to holistic health services in the state.
Good News Headlines 11/26/19
Want a free tree for your yard or neighborhood? L.A.’s Green New Deal to plant 90,000 trees in the city over the next two years is a bonus for residents…
Scientific American Warns: 5G Is Unsafe
While “blazingly fast” 5G might sound attractive to many who have grown up in the internet era, there are significant health and environmental concerns relating to 5G radiation that are not being properly addressed, which may have profound implications both in the short and long term.
Good News Headlines 11/19/2019
Each bundle of joy in the maternity ward at Magee-Womens Hospital was decked out in a hand-crocheted red sweaters in honor of Fred Rogers…
Good News Headlines 11/12/19
The city of Eureka, California, returned more than 200 acres of land to the Wiyot Tribe that both community and tribe members have worked to heal…
Good News Headlines 11/5/19
The Boston Museum Of Science adds sensory-friendly planetarium show…
The Unique Harm Of Sexual Abuse In The Black Community
As the founder of the #MeToo movement, why is Tarana Burke, a black woman, getting death threats from black men? The underlying core of these questions is: What really makes trauma traumatic?
Good News Headlines 10/29/19
If you think all hope is lost for wildlife, you’re wrong…
Racial Microaggressions Are Real. Here’s How To Navigate Them
Experts weigh in on ways to deal with microaggressions that don’t burden Black, Indigenous, and people of color who experience them daily.
Good News Headlines 10/22/19
The Delta “WING” flight—Women Inspiring our Next Generation—took girls between the ages of 12 to 18 from Salt Lake City to NASA headquarters in Houston to draw attention to the need to close the gender gap in aviation and promote STEM careers…
Fire Cider Wins In Court, Remains Generic
After a five-year David and Goliath court battle to free the words Fire Cider from trademark restrictions, Fire Cider and the brave and courageous Fire Cider Three have won their case in court!
Good News Headlines 10/15/19
A new Harriet Tubman statue sculpted by Emmy and Academy award-winner Wesley Wofford has been revealed, and its symbolism is moving to say the least.
