Good News Network
The Good News Network (GNN) is a website dedicated to sharing positive and uplifting news stories from around the world. Founded in 1997, it aims to counterbalance the often negative focus of mainstream media by highlighting acts of kindness, scientific breakthroughs, inspiring individuals, and other heartwarming developments. The site covers a wide range of topics, including health, environment, culture, and technology, with the goal of promoting optimism and hope. GNN also features a daily newsletter and encourages readers to contribute their own good news stories.
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The Sunniest, Windiest Country Announces Renewables Project to Power 6 Million Homes
The Land of the Nile has quickly joined the number of countries responding to the current oil shock by announcing new wind and solar projects. For a country that’s over 90% sand desert, where the Sun was deified in ancient times as a scarab beetle and its dung ball, and where the Sahara wind is […]
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Once Dried up and Full of Plastic, Canal in India Is Now Clear and Lined with Mangrove Trees
A canal in India has been transformed from a plastic-choked fetid mess into a growing mangrove forest. The clean-up has restored the waterflow, and the 20,000 mangrove seedlings will help clean the water and reestablish fish stocks. Along a 1.8-mile stretch of Buckingham Canal in India’s Tamil Nadu state, manual clean-up efforts began in Cuddalore […]
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New Views of Saturn Produced by Space Telescopes Help Researchers Understand the Planet’s Clouds
Storms, ribbons, and its iconic rings in screaming electric blue, Saturn appears like you’ve never seen it before in a new set of images released by our flagship space telescopes James Webb and Hubble. Whether you want to call it peeling an onion or cutting through a 7 layer cake, the combination of these two […]
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Vancouver’s ‘Teddy Bear Doctor’ Stitches Together More Than Just Plushies, but Memories Too
Ruth Hasman has repaired hundreds of stuffed animals over the years since she retired. Whether it was an overzealous child, a close encounter with a dog, or just too much loving, there’s no damage she can’t fix. From a mass-produced Spongebob Squarepants to a 115-year-old, hand-sewn bear cuddled through 5 generations, Hasman says her favorite […]
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Roofers Repair 78-year-old Widower’s Roof for Free After Scammers Left Him with a Big Hole
Roofers repaired a 78-year-old widower’s roof for free after he was scammed out of thousands by another tradesman. Mike Watkinson needed a few of his roof tiles replaced just weeks after his wife of 57 years died following a long battle with liver cancer. When the first set of roofers arrived, they aggressively quoted him […]
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UN Summit Sees Giant Otter and 39 Other Migratory Species Gain Cross-Border Protections
132 representatives from world governments recently adopted a sweeping set of conservation measures aimed at protecting migratory species and their habitats worldwide. The 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS) took place in Brazil this March, where 40 animals were granted special protections under one of the […]
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Aging Delivery Driver Gets Huge Tip After Conscientious Effort Goes Viral via Ring Video
GNN recently reported on a crowdfunding campaign gone viral on behalf of an elderly DoorDash driver working far beyond his retirement to afford his wife’s expensive medication. Now along a similar vein, an Idaho man was left “blown away” when he learned that a nearly 70-year-old Dominoes driver had gone to the grocery store to […]
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Small S. Korea Town Welcomes First Newborn in 17 Years as Nation’s Fertility Rate Continues to Rise
A small, rural town in South Korea is celebrating the first child birth in 17 years as the country continues to enjoy a rise in its fertility rate. In addition, 4 students enrolled at the town’s only the school, taking its attendance to 17, another demographic milestone the residents had reason to celebrate. Earlier, GNN […]
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Hero Black Lab Was Trained as a Seeing-Eye Dog, but Detected Owner’s Blood Clot Too
Luis Perez is no stranger to pain. At 45-years-old, he has been battling MS most of his life, lost his vision at age 23 due to complications with his condition, and now receives regular plasma infusions to combat symptoms of his autoimmune disease. All of this has been extremely difficult and has led to him […]
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Spectacular New Species Found in Cambodia’s Limestone Caves–Asia’s ‘Little Laboratories’
A breathtaking expedition high among limestone escarpments and deep in the cave systems they contain has revealed several new reptile species, including a dazzling pit viper you have to see to believe. Exploring over 60 caves across 10 hills in the Battambang province, western Cambodia, the survey uncovered a treasure trove of extraordinary creatures besides, […]
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Endangered Cahow, One of the Rarest Seabirds in the World, Hatched on Nonsuch Island in Bermuda
Though an event neither singular nor inaugural, the hatching of an endangered seabird and national icon of Bermuda is still being celebrated wildly by a special group of conservationists who’ve created a “living museum” on Nonsuch Island. Measuring just 14 acres and found in the northeast corner of the Bermuda island chain, Nonsuch Island is […]
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Mining in Oklahoma Left Toxic Wasteland Until Indigenous Tribe Brought it Back to Life
The Quapaw Nation of Oklahoma has brought one of the most contaminated areas in America back into agricultural production, and is now ranching cattle and growing wheat and corn. Taking over the remediation efforts in 2013 which began 20 years earlier, the Quapaw have done most of the work to clean up the old mining […]
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How Beijing Restored its Aquifer and Reversed its Groundwater Depletion
Aquifers are like bank accounts for groundwater, and they’re replenished with each deposit of rain, snowmelt, or surface infiltration. Currently, many aquifers around the world have low balances, but there have been some success stories. “Groundwater depletion is not inevitable,” said Environmental Science Professor Scott Jasechko at the University of California-Santa Barbara. “Humans
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5 Friends Take Same Photo for Over 4 Decades: ‘We Vowed to Keep it Going No Matter What’ (LOOK)
Five friends from California have been taking the same photo while on vacation together since 1982. The 62-year-old pals—John Wardlaw, Mark Rumer-Cleary, Dallas Burney, John Molony and JD Dickson—all attended Santa Barbara High School when they were teens. After graduation, they vacationed together at Wardlaw’s grandfather’s cabin on Copco Lake near the Oregon border. There,
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Spectacular Coastline Saved by Dying Donation From Reverand Who Used to Walk There
A stretch of English coastline overlooking the sea has been saved for future generations, thanks to a dying gift from a local vicar who treasured his walks amid the spectacular landscape. The National Trust acquired the 34 acres (14-hectare) near the historic port town of Fowey in Cornwall, using a bequest from Reverend Anthony Mapplebeck. […]
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