Good News Headlines 7/31/18
India, Which Has Long Focused On Student Success, Now Offers ‘Happiness’ Classes
by Vidhi Doshi, The Washington Post
After the summer break, Delhi’s children returned to school this month and found a new class added to their schedules: happiness… Read More
Scientists Created Mutant Bacteria That Collect Solar Power On Cloudy Days
by Ilana Strauss, Treehugger
In a lab somewhere in British Columbia, a scientist examined the bacteria he’d been genetically engineering under a microscope. This wasn’t just any bacteria. It could hold the answers to humanity’s most pressing problems… Read More
This Genderless Barbershop Builds Community One Haircut At A Time
by Eva Recinos, Good Magazine
When Kim Goulbourne learned her barber would be leaving soon, she realized she needed to do something. And she needed to do it quickly… Read More
‘Giant Wind-And-Wave-Powered Pac Man’ To Gobble Up Great Pacific Garbage Patch
by Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
The Ocean Cleanup is preparing to launch its highly anticipated cleanup system in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. But the contraption’s final design looks slightly different from the original vision… Read More
6-Year-Old Boy Helps Save More Than 1,000 Dogs From Kill Shelters
by Caitlin O’Kane, CBS News
He’s only 6 years old, but Roman McConn has already helped save more than 1,000 dogs from kill shelters. He and his mom, Jennifer McConn, started the project in Texas when they lived there in 2016… Read More
City Installs Plaques That Allow Blind People To ‘See’ The Art Murals Decorating The Streets
from Good News Network
As a means of making art more inclusive and available to everyone, this city has just installed tactile plaques that allow blind people to “see” the many murals decorating the streets… Read More
New Zealand Grants Domestic Violence Victims Paid Leave
by Charlotte Graham-McLay, The New York Times
New Zealand will grant victims of domestic violence paid leave from work, in a move that activists say will give people the time to move out and seek shelter for themselves and their children without losing their jobs… Read More
Floating Park Built From Recycled Plastic Waste Debuts In The Netherlands
by Matt Hickman, Mother Nature Network
In a futuristic European port city that’s already unleashed trash-eating aquatic drones to clean up its harbor, you might wonder what could possibly come next in terms of innovative methods of clearing plastic waste from polluted waterways… Read More
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