Detroit Symphony Orchestra wants to gift 40 violins to local youth (www.metrotimes.com)
Houston officials going door-to-door for “Pets for Life” pilot program (www.houstonpublicmedia.org)
B.C., Ottawa, First Nations announce $1B in funding for conservation of at-risk ecosystems. (www.cbc.ca)
Indonesian activist Gita Syahrani wins $3m award for work on sustainable growth (news.mongabay.com)
[Brooklyn, NY] Early Childhood Literacy Programs Receive $5.5M Boost (www.bkreader.com)
Minnesota musicians share how disabilities elevate art and culture (www.postbulletin.com)
Reading Ripples Project Benefits from Book Collection. Books being donated for children and teens in need. To date, United Way has processed and distributed nearly 7,500 books. (gantnews.com)
Make a Difference: Local heroes honoured at awards in Leeds (www.bbc.com)
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Indiana Police Officers Rescue Suicidal Woman in Daring Overpass Save (yugmarg.in)
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Mauritius Supreme Court Decriminalizes Gay Sex in Landmark Decision (www.advocate.com)
The Supreme Court of the East African country of Mauritius decriminalized same-sex sexual relations Wednesday when it declared the country’s British colonial era anti-sodomy laws relations were unconstitutional....
Brazil's government starts expelling non-Indigenous people from two native territories in the Amazon (apnews.com)
Good news in history: On this day, 133 years ago, Congress established Sequoia National Park in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
Rising from the ashes: Lahaina’s beloved banyan tree sprouts new life (www.hawaiinewsnow.com)
‘Living Breakwater’ Makes Room for Oysters and Tidal Pools In Award Winning Design off Staten Island (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
Getting the Soil Right: How Carbon Farming Combats Climate Change (reasonstobecheerful.world)
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Biden administration restores the power of states and tribes to review projects to protect waterways (abcnews.go.com)
12-Year-Old Saves Man Who Passed Out Underwater, Credits CPR Learned from ‘Stranger Things’ (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
'Absolutely astonished': Victor's dad lost his life savings to scammers, but the bank paid it all back (www.abc.net.au)
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They logged on to watch the famous fat brown bears. They saved a hiker's life instead (www.npr.org)
An old friend is welcomed in a return to Alaska waters (www.adn.com)
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"World’s Loneliest Lion" Returns to Africa After Years Alone in Zoo (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
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Herd of 2,000 African rhinos get a last-minute purchase and rewilding ‘lifeline’ (www.dailymaverick.co.za)
Farms with natural landscape features provide sanctuary for some Costa Rica rainforest birds (apnews.com)
Small urban greening spaces have positive ecological impact (besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
Sizzling Clouds, Storms, and Spectres: Witness the Awesome Power of Nature Through UK Weather Photo Contest (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
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