DATE: December 15, 2025 at 02:30PM
SOURCE: GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG

TITLE: CNN Hero of the Year Turns Vacant Lots on Chicago’s South Side into Flower Farms

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Hope and opportunity are blossoming on the South Side of Chicago where a man and his wife have used flowers to help poor communities turn over a new leaf. Running two nonprofits, Southside Blooms and Chicago Eco House, Quilen Blackwell and his wife Hannah Bonham are helping at-risk youth find opportunity while simultaneously cutting into […]

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Town on the Banks of the Nile Turns Flooding into Fortune

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30,000 Animals Rescued from Illegal Captivity in the Largest Wildlife Trafficking Raid in History

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Nach dem Anschlag auf das jüdische Lichterfest in Sydney gerät ein Mann in den Mittelpunkt, der einen der Angreifer entwaffnet hat. Dadurch konnte er wohl noch Schlimmeres verhindern. Über seine Identität ist nun mehr bekannt.
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Wireless Implant That ‘Speaks’ to the Brain with Light Paves Way To Potentially Restoring Lost Senses

<p>Around the size of a postage stamp and thinner than a credit card, a wireless implant that &#8220;speaks&#8221; to the brain could help restore los

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DATE:
December 15, 2025 at 12:41PM

CHANNEL: Sam Bentley

TITLE:
This Is A Time Machine!

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DESCRIPTION:
This is a time machine, but not in the way you’d expect!

It actually gives billions of people their time back!

So 60% of the world still hand-washes clothes, that's over 5 billion people, and that task falls mostly on women and girls who spend up to 20 hours a week on laundry alone.

But The Washing Machine Project are on a mission to change that.

They've created the world's first flat-packable manual washing machine that doesn't use electricity, needs half the water compared to hand washing, and can be put together using just two tools, an allen key and a spanner!

It cuts the time needed for washing by 75%, so people get 15 hours of their time back every week.

This has meant more women and girls can go to school, spend time with their family and even earn money through setting up community laundrettes.

It's simple to use: You scrub tough stains on the built-in wash board, turn the handle for two minutes while clothes spin inside, let it rest for ten minutes, then spin again. Six minutes of actual washing, and your clothes are clean!

They've brought their machine to remote, low-income and displaced communities around the world, helping over 46,000 people so far, and by 2030, their goal is to reach one million people!

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DATE: December 15, 2025 at 11:30AM
SOURCE: GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG

TITLE: Wireless Implant That ‘Speaks’ to the Brain with Light Paves Way To Potentially Restoring Lost Senses

URL: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wireless-implant-that-speaks-to-the-brain-with-light-paves-the-way-to-potentially-restoring-lost-senses/

Around the size of a postage stamp and thinner than a credit card, a wireless implant that “speaks” to the brain could help restore lost senses. The device uses light to send information directly to the brain, bypassing the body’s natural sensory pathways in what scientists are hailing as a “leap” for neurobiology and bioelectronics. […]

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He Carries Shelter Dogs Around the City in a Backpack to Help Get them Adopted

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Wow, Robin Wall Kimmerer on the Time Magazine list of the 100 Most Influential People in 2025! I see that this news is actually a bit old already, but I had missed it. This is such #goodnews ! Her book Braiding Sweetgrass was the main inspiration for my most performed musical work this year, I named my piece "Becoming Indigenous" after one of the chapters in her book. Her message should be spread everywhere #Robinwallkimmerer #environmental #nature #braidingsweetgrass
https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273748/robin-wall-kimmerer/

Town on the Banks of the Nile Turns Flooding into Fortune

<p>In South Sudan, on the banks of the Nile, a flood of rare destructive power swept an already water-stressed city into poverty before acting as the

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🧵 #GoodNews The news is some months old but I missed it: When the Times Magazine published its famous list of The 100 Most Influential People in 2025, #RobinWallKimmerer was among them! "During a time of tremendous #environmental fear and uncertainty, we have found, to our immeasurable relief, our master teacher." https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273748/robin-wall-kimmerer/
A relief for me that persons of such an #integrity and #decency influence our world. Despite being quiet they make an impact.

#hope #reciprocity #indigenous

Forbes: Financial Markets Are Already Pricing The Fossil Fuel Phase-Out www.forbes.com/sites/we-don... There is no General #ESG backlash. Clean energy is alive and kicking. #GoodNews

Forbes: Financial Markets Are Already Pricing The Fossil Fuel Phase-Out https://www.forbes.com/sites/we-dont-have-time/2025/12/14/financial-markets-are-already-pricing-the-fossil-fuel-phase-out/
There is no general #ESG backlash. At least clean energy is alive and kicking because e.g. „fossil storage is no longer the only way to store energy“.
#GoodNews

DATE: December 15, 2025 at 09:00AM
SOURCE: GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG

TITLE: Town on the Banks of the Nile Turns Flooding into Fortune

URL: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/town-on-the-banks-of-the-nile-turns-flooding-into-fortune/

In South Sudan, on the banks of the Nile, a flood of rare destructive power swept an already water-stressed city into poverty before acting as the catalyst for a transformative humanitarian success. Development funding from the Netherlands and South Korea has made a big difference in the city of Bor, where tens of thousands of […]

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DATE:
December 15, 2025 at 07:55AM

CHANNEL: Good News

TITLE:
Your Monthly Dose of Good News | December (Part 3)

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Ein animierter Weihnachtsclip von Intermarché zeigt einen Wolf, der Kochbücher studiert, Gemüse sammelt und am Ende eine Quiche für die Waldtiere backt. Die warm erzählte Fabel findet online große Aufmerksamkeit.
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Obwohl eine Krankenversicherung in Deutschland Pflicht ist, gibt es viele Menschen, die nicht abgesichert sind. Ihr Zugang zur Gesundheitsversorgung ist beschränkt. Doch es gibt Arztpraxen und Initiativen, die ihnen helfen und Menschen in Not Behandlungen ermöglichen. Eine Reportage.
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https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/medizinische-versorgung-hilfe-fuer-nichtversicherte-in-berlin-100.html

Europas Elektroschrott könnte zur Rohstoffquelle der Zukunft werden: Laut einem EU-Bericht könnten sich die darin enthaltenen Metalle und Seltenen Erden bis 2050 verdoppeln. In Freiberg arbeiten Forschende bereits an einem Recyclingverfahren mit Viren, mit dem sich wertvolle Materialien wie Neodym oder Yttrium zurückgewinnen lassen.
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Ein traditionelles Mittel aus dem Fingerhut zeigt neue Stärke: Digitoxin senkt in einer großen Studie das Risiko für Klinikeinweisungen und Todestalle bei Herzschwäche um 18 Prozent. In niedriger Dosierung gilt es als deutlich sicherer als früher angenommen und eröffnet neue Behandlungsmöglichkeiten.
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