Good News Headlines 3/2/2026
Photo courtesy Rosemary Westwood, WWNO
New Orleans Brings Back the House Call, Sending Nurses To Visit Newborns and Moms
by Rosemary Westwood, WWNO
When Lisa Bonfield gave birth to daughter Adele in late November, she was thrust into the new world of parenting, and faced an onslaught of challenges and skills to learn: breastfeeding, diapering, sleep routines, colic, crying, and all the little warning signs that something could be wrong with the baby. But unlike parents in most of the U.S., she had extra help that was once much more common: house calls. Adele was only a few weeks old when a registered nurse showed up at Bonfield’s door on Dec. 10 to check on them and offer hands-on help and advice.
Sub-Zero Temperatures Didn’t Affect Madison’s Electric Bus Fleet This Year–A Major EV Milestone
by Andy Corbley, Good News Network
In January, GNN reported on how the brain-disabling cold of the Norwegian winter couldn’t affect the performance of an all-electric ferryboat plying the waters in the country’s far northern district of Finmark. Well closer to home, a fleet of all-electric buses in Wisconsin have made it to the Vernal Equinox with similar performance statistics: the buses ran morning to night in a city that averages 18 days a year with below-zero temperatures. That being said, Grist.com added that electrification of bus fleets across America has been a rocky road, with cold weather sitting squarely among the challenges transportation departments have faced.
Town Enthusiastically Switches To Restorative Justice And Reoffending Almost Vanishes
by Andy Corbley, Good News Network
In northern Alberta, a restorative justice program is making a huge difference in a closely-knit community. With just 68,000 residents, putting someone from Fort McMurray in prison or juvenile detention has a big impact. Instead, a restorative justice program established for the town’s youth in 2022 has been expanded to include adults, and the results are hugely positive. Out of 115 participant offenders, only 1 has gone on to re-offend, a demonstration that personal responsibility mixed with forgiveness works when punishment may not.
In Landmark Decision, SC Rules Menstrual Health Is A Fundamental Right, Directs Schools To Ensure Free Sanitary Pads For Girls
by The Statesman
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the right to menstrual health and hygiene is part of the Right to Life guaranteed by Article 21 and the Right to Free and Compulsory Education guaranteed by Article 21A of the Constitution. The court directed all schools in the country, both private and government, to implement the ‘Menstrual Hygiene Policy for School-going Girls’ in schools for girl children from Classes 6-12. The schools in both rural and urban areas will have to provide free of cost biodegradable sanitary napkins of the highest safety and hygiene standards to adolescent girls.
UK’s First Geothermal Power Plant Begins Using Underground Heat To Power 10K Homes
by Andy Corbley, Good News Network
The UK’s first geothermal power plant has just begun operations, using hot water from deep underground to create renewable electricity. The United Downs plant in Cornwall has been in development for nearly two decades, and will now begin providing enough electricity to power 10,000 homes. Geothermal power generation comes via energy stored in the form of heat beneath the surface of the Earth. The company behind the project, (GEL) Geothermal Engineering Ltd., had to drill the deepest on-shore well ever drilled on UK soil—over 3 miles deep—to source the geothermal fluid that is used for the power plant.
