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Oliver Balch spent a weekend consuming only solutions-focused journalism for Positive News. He found the experiment harder than expected, learned the difference between good news and constructive reporting, and discovered a new question to ask about the world's problems.
A pay-per-picture initiative across nine villages in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province is giving residents a new income stream while protecting endangered birds and orangutans. The bottom-up conservation model rewards villagers for photographing or recording wildlife instead of hunting it.
Growers in southern France are cultivating bananas, papayas, and mangoes as rising temperatures make the region suitable for crops once shipped in from the tropics. One farmer in Ollioules tends roughly 20 tropical fruit varieties in her greenhouse, while an agronomist nearby trials 26 banana types.
After losing her job, Liz Tierney began baking roughly 100 cookies each weekend and leaving them in a Little Free Library near her home. The treats now disappear within minutes, drawing lines down the street and deepening her ties to the community.
Max Owobu, an 18-year-old high school senior from the Bronx, founded the Yenko Foundation to fund K-5 education for children in Ghana. The nonprofit has already sponsored 10 students, with plans to expand.
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have pinpointed chemical compounds capable of safely driving honey bees away from crops that have been treated with pesticides. The discovery, led by biologist Anandasankar Ray, could help address the pesticide-driven decline of honey bee populations.
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection announced a $131.5 million enforcement action against DoorDash for violating local Delivery Worker Laws, with more than $115 million going directly to delivery workers and $16 million in civil penalties and costs.
Rise Up Industries, a nonprofit in southeastern San Diego, has spent more than a decade helping men recently released from prison earn machinist certifications through a paid apprenticeship program that also includes therapy. The organization operates out of a converted machine shop, offering a path to stable employment for people with felony records.
After Hurricane Lowell knocked out power across Kaua'i, Damian and Donna Loo cooked 60 bentos for elderly neighbors whose refrigerators held nothing but spoiling food. Their act of laulima — many hands working together — grew into churches turned distribution centers, food trucks cooking extra meals, and more than 100 handwritten cards for kupuna.
Mark Hamill, the actor who brought Luke Skywalker to life in the Star Wars film series, celebrates his 75th birthday today, September 25, 2026. Beyond his iconic role, Hamill has built a prolific career as a voice actor across animated television, film, and video games.
Tour F, a 75-story supertall skyscraper in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, will become Africa's tallest building when its spire is installed by New Year's Eve, reaching 1,381 feet (421 meters).
Phil Knight and his wife Penny have pledged $1 billion to the University of Oregon, the largest single donation ever made to an American public university. The gift will fund a new engineering college as the school faces $65 million in planned budget cuts.
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