Good News Headlines 7/23/19
How Five Elder Women Are Creating An Intentional Community In An Expensive Housing Market
by Saki Bailey, Shareable
San Francisco Bay Area residents Mary McDonald, Barbara Reusch, Alisa Foster, Harriet Tubman Wright, and Ina Clausen were all concerned about where they would be living in 10 or 20 years, who would be helping to care for them as they aged, and how they could achieve their desire to age in an intentional community… Read More
Small Town Welcomes Displaced Family, Then Helps Them Rebuild A Chocolate Empire
by Yasmin Amer, WBUR
The Hadhad family was granted residency in Antigonish, in Nova Scotia where they found a welcoming and compassionate community that helped them settle and restart their chocolate empire… Read More
Michigan Parks Making Beaches, Trails Wheelchair Accessible
from WTHR
Volunteers and park rangers are working together to make beaches and trails more accessible to people with disabilities… Read More
Canada Just Made Landmark Legislation To Ban The Shark Fin Trade
by Marisa Spyker, Coastal Living
According to scientists, humans are responsible for the deaths of roughly 100 million sharks every year… Read More
Muslim Cleric Who Hid Christians During Attacks Honored In The US
by Bukola Adebayo, CNN
The US government is honoring an 83-year-old Muslim cleric who hid 262 Christians in his home and mosque during an attack in central Nigeria… Read More
California Goes Electric On School Buses
by Fermin Koop, ZME Science
The state of California is seen by many as the model to follow when it comes to climate action and clean energy. Now, it’s taken this a step even further by announcing it will replace more than 200 diesel school buses with new, all-electric school buses… Read More
Population Doubles For One Of New Zealand’s Rarest Birds, As 150 Chicks Hatch This Season
by Jennifer Zolper, Good News Network
The adorable orange-fronted parakeet is making an impressive comeback as New Zealand’s most endangered forest bird species—doubling its population with an epic hatch in 2019… Read More
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