Good Good Good

Good Good Good is a media platform founded by Branden Harvey that aims to spread positivity and optimism by focusing on good news and celebrating people and organizations making a positive impact. The platform includes a website, newsletter, podcast, and social media channels featuring news articles, interviews, essays, and videos centered around themes like kindness, hope, and progress.

In addition to original content, Good Good Good curates positive news stories from other sources, serving as a hub for readers to find inspiring and uplifting stories worldwide. Their goal is to create a community of passionate individuals committed to positive change, empowering them to take action in their own lives and communities.

1. Good News This Week: December 13, 2025 - Pies, Hats, & Sea Cows

   Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating...

2. Pre-Columbian artifacts dating back 500 years finally returned to Mexico

   The Parthenon Museum is making amends by repatriating a 250-piece collection.

3. Scientists discover 'pumpkin toadlet' in Brazil’s misty cloud forests. It's a new species

   Mini pumpkin toadlets are incredibly cute, highly poisonous, and very bad at jumping.

4. FedEx delivers 325K free Christmas trees to military families as part of annual 'Trees for Troops' program

   The “Trees for Troops” program was started in 2005 and has been growing with the support of Christmas tree farmers across the country.

5. Florida banned Pride crosswalks — so St. Pete installed rainbow bike racks instead

   The city is cleverly asserting its support of LGBTQ+ community members while still complying with new state regulations.

6. Floating gardens, clean energy, and community first: Why 'solarpunk' architecture gives us climate optimism

   In the face of climate doom, more and more people are dreaming of a future full of “solarpunk” architecture.

7. Study suggests an interest in art leads to a more meaningful life

   Researchers set out to explore “the value of art beyond aesthetic pleasure.” This is what they found.

8. 60% of all fashion materials are made from plastic. This startup makes clothes from kelp instead

   Keel Labs’ Kelsun material is made from kelp, one of the most regenerative materials on the planet.

9. The border wall between the US and Mexico was covered with murals and messages to loved ones. Where is that art now?

   When the U.S.-Mexico border wall partially came down in 2023, activists rushed to save the art and messages that were painted across the barrier.

10. 'Live Fast. Die Old:' How a nonprofit is reducing suicide rates in the Dallas music scene

    Amplified Minds has been helping musicians like Jonathan Taylor find mental health support in Dallas, Texas.

11. Absenteeism rates plummeted at this middle school after incentivizing students with a chance to 'pie a teacher'

    The rewards are part of a more robust accountability program, which has seen great success after one year in action.

12. Activists offer $1M to create first-ever Climate Nobel Prize: 'The funds are ready if the Nobel Committee agrees'

    Organizers are prepared to cover the prize endowment if the Nobel Committee recognizes the award.

13. Obituaries are the most-read parts of newspapers. Here's what 38 million tributes reveal about 'a life well-lived'

    A new study examined 38 million American obituaries. Here's what the findings revealed.

14. 'Inside Out' characters are the new 'go to' for therapists

    In under a decade, the two “Inside Out” movies have been embraced by the psychology community at large.

15. Sea cows have been protecting oceans for 'tens of millions of years' — and these newly uncovered fossils prove it

    New fossils reveal that these gentle giants of the sea have been helping our oceans for 21 million years.