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Good News Headlines 9/15/2020

This device is one of a handful to take a different approach to wind energy…

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We All Have The Right To Food Grown Without Toxic Pesticides

Last year, I won a monumental lawsuit that shed light on the danger of pesticides to school groundskeepers like me, as well as farmworkers and even home users.

We’re At A Tipping Point—Toward Healing The Climate

If we focus on the best possible outcomes, journalist Judith D. Schwartz argues together we can restore ecosystems.

How Chemicals Like PFAS Can Increase Your Risk Of Severe COVID-19

Nearly a year before the novel coronavirus emerged, Dr. Leonardo Trasande published “Sicker, Fatter, Poorer,” a book about connections between environmental pollutants and many of the most common chronic illnesses.

A Look At Why Environmentalism Is So Homogeneous — And How Organizations Might Cultivate Genuine Diversity

As efforts grow around the U.S. to recognize and eradicate systemic racism, people of color share insights on how to create a more diverse environmental workforce.

Good News Headlines 9/8/2020

Now known as Freshkills, these trash hills are now hills without the trash…

How To Teach Your Kids To Be More Eco-Conscious

Getting your child to be eco-conscious may sound complicated, but it is quite simple.

What We Can Learn About Isolation From Prison Artists

Most prison artists don’t consider making art until they become incarcerated. For many, it is a choice of growth over deterioration.

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Community-Based Farms Rise To The Occasion As Big Food Supply Chains Stall

Organic CSA farms like Massaro in Connecticut have been able to nimbly reorient marketing and production to serve the urgent needs of their communities.

6 Great Hints For Having A Better Rest During The Night

Check out these top six hints to help you enjoy a deep sleep all night, every night. You’ll start feeling refreshed and ready for anything before you know it.

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What Indian Country Remembers About Survival

The community care at the heart of Indigenous response.

Good News Headlines 9/1/2020

This nonprofit is helping hundreds of NYC restaurants adjust during the pandemic.

Heads Up, America: Animal-borne Diseases Are Closer Than You Think.

Environmental disruptions don’t just cause zoonotic diseases to emerge in Africa or Asia. The same thing is happening in the USA.

Urge Chair Rodrigues To Protect Holistic Healthcare In Massachusetts: Senate Bill S.2634

We still have a window to get holistic medicine safe harbor legislation passed this session on Beacon Hill and you can help make this happen!

How To Find And Support Black-Owned Businesses

If you’re focused on fighting systemic racism and want to put your money where your mouth is, here are 7 ways to find Black businesses.

Is Telehealth As Good As In-person Care? A Telehealth Researcher Explains How To Get The Most Out Of Remote Health Care

COVID-19 has led to a boom in telehealth, with some health care facilities seeing an increase in its use by as much as 8,000%.

Community Gardens Are Cropping Up At Public Libraries Everywhere

Community gardens at public libraries used to be a hidden history that dates back to the victory gardens of World War I and II. Today, community and teaching gardens are out in the open, and flourishing in green spaces maintained by libraries around the nation.