Good News Headlines 6/19/18
U.S. Church Teams Up With Blacksmiths To Turn Guns Into Gardening Tools
by Jardine Malado, Christian Today
A Mennonite church in Englewood, Colorado has partnered with blacksmiths in the community to help deal with the problem of gun violence by turning weapons into garden tools… Read More
Tokyo To Build Eco-Friendly ‘Solar Roads’ Ahead Of 2020 Olympics
from The Independent
The new technologies are expected to be introduced on a trial basis at facilities owned by the Tokyo government and other locations as early as the next fiscal year… Read More
McDonald’s Says It’s Ditching Plastic Straws In U.K. And Ireland
by Laurel Wamsley, WBUR
And it plans to test sustainable alternatives to plastic straws in some restaurants in the U.S. and elsewhere around the globe later this year… Read More
In New Hampshire, An Unlikely Team Tries To Reduce Gun Suicides
by Lauren Chooljian, New Hampshire Public Radio
The Gun Shop Project educates gun sellers about the signs of suicide and encourages them not to make a sale if they think someone is struggling… Read More
Denver Schools Are Ensuring That No Kids Go Hungry By Offering Free Meals Over the Summer
from Good News Network
The city of Denver just announced that over 60 of their public schools would be serving free breakfast and lunch to kids aged 18 years or younger… Read More
‘This Ruling Gives Us Hope’: Supreme Court Sides With Tribe In Salmon Case
by John Eligon, The New York Times
The Supreme Court, in a 4-to-4 deadlock, let stand a lower court’s order that the state make billions of dollars worth of repairs to roads that had damaged the state’s salmon habitats and contributed to population loss… Read More
High Schoolers Bring Their Love Of Culinary Arts To Feed Local Homeless
by Deonna Anderson, YES! Magazine
It wasn’t enough for a group of students to provide free meals. They’re looking to tackle systemic problems… Read More
Send us your good news headlines at editor@spiritofchange.org. Thank you!
