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Good News This Week: June 20, 2026 – Sharks, Groceries, & Girl Dads
Your weekly roundup of the best good news worth celebrating…
Heat pumps offer energy-efficient heating and cooling. Window-mounted units are making them even more affordable
Heating and cooling buildings consumes 35% of all the energy used in the United States each year. Electric-powered heat pumps could be revolutionary.
Podcast Transcript June 19th, 2026— (Guest Interview) Hope can rise: two sisters in Gaza turning rubble into building blocks | Earth Prize 2026
Episode Description: Tala and Farah Mousa received thousands of messages after they won the Earth Prize. “You gave us hope we had completely lost,” people wrote. “You showed us we…
172-pound loggerhead turtle with four fishing hooks in his body given second chance by volunteers
Bowser, a 172-pound loggerhead sea turtle, was rescued from the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier recently. The operation was one of a growing number of rescues in areas where sea turtles…
Black Women Farmers Are Reclaiming the Land
This story originally appeared on The 19th and GBH News Rooted in Boston. On a sunny morning in June, about two dozen people walk the land of Soul Fire Farm in…
A surprising look at how Father’s Day came to be
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Unlike Mother’s Day, which was swiftly embraced and made official in 1914, Father’s Day spent decades in limbo. Though it finally became a national…
A new law in Zambia makes free education much harder for future governments to take away
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM There’s a particular kind of law that changes nothing overnight. The classrooms look the same the morning after it passes. The teachers haven’t changed….
Watch an orangutan swing over a busy road via canopy bridge: 'We have watched and waited for this moment'
A camera captured a critically endangered Sumatran orangutan using a specially built canopy bridge to cross a road in Sumatra.
Why people eat smoked meats, potato salad, and watermelon to celebrate Juneteenth
It's all about celebrating the way food was wielded as a tool of resistance and a symbol of freedom during and after slavery.
Arizona is building its 27th wildlife crossing. Altogether, they've reduced collisions by 90%
The new project, over I-17, just south of Flagstaff, is projected to be completed by fall 2026.
Conservationists 'ecstatic:' Trail cameras spot one of the world's rarest mammals — with a baby in its pouch
Conservationists in Queensland, Australia “turned to mush upon seeing the images.”
A 'walking shark' was seen crawling along the bottom of the seafloor. It's a new species
Researchers were diving in Papua New Guinea when they discovered a strange new species in shallow waters.
The ‘Civic Hour’ Is Reinventing Volunteering
“Agh, I am only getting consonants,” sighs Nicole Riberolles, the 104-year-old doyenne of Les Artistes nursing home in the Batignolles neighborhood of northwestern Paris. There’s a Q, R, Y, W,…
This ultrasonic espresso method uses 75 percent less energy and tastes just as good
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM So many of us participate in the same morning coffee ritual: the machine warming up, the pressure building, the crema settling into the cup….
Europe removed a record 602 river barriers last year
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A dam fell in Iceland last December, the first the country has ever deliberately dismantled. The structure on the River Melsá had long since…
At this mennonite house in Manhattan, rent is less than $900 a month. It's surprisingly LGBTQ+ inclusive
Amid surging rent prices, some are opting for a unique alternative.
Experts delighted: Olive ridley sea turtle seen nesting in Florida for the first time ever
A nesting sea turtle shocked conservationists when it was spotted on a Florida beach during Sea Turtle Week.
Juneteenth celebrates freedom from slavery. It also recognizes the Black struggle for education
In the 15 years following the Civil War, a total of 59 HBCUs had opened their doors to Black students.
Conservationists celebrate birth of baby pancake tortoise, hope for one of the world's most endangered reptiles
The new hatchling, which will be named by the public, is the child of mother and father pancake tortoises Waffle and Maple.
Brooklyn, Minneapolis named best US cities for biking in 2026 — see where yours ranks
To qualify, a city must be connected by safe, low-stress routes like bike lanes, park loops, and protected paths. The better the safety and access, the higher the score.
What We’re Reading: Mapping the World of Fungi Beneath Our Feet
Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at info@reasonstobecheerful.world and we just might feature it here. Networking Sixty-eight…
California’s first eight-hour grid battery just came online
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The California grid has a timing problem. Solar runs from mid-morning through early evening. Demand peaks later. Batteries have bridged part of that gap…
4 fruits that may help reduce your breast cancer risk
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM High fruit intake is associated with many wonderful health benefits, like protecting our lungs from air pollution and lowering diabetes risk. But did you…
This national park site is training volunteers to become 'sea turtle nest sitters'
As turtle nesting season comes to a head, volunteers are needed to keep the endangered eggs safe.
27 Ways To Thoughtfully Celebrate Juneteenth
Your guide on celebrating and honoring Juneteenth — on June 19th, and all year long.
Young women move in with NYC nuns to save money. Rent is $200 a week, and no boys are allowed after curfew
Young women, with or without a religious affiliation, have found an affordable, welcoming home in Centro Maria.
'Girl dads' are talking periods and hairstyles over beers at the pub: 'It's not a mom topic, it's a parenting topic'
An ugly remark from Andrew Tate about the pub events drew condemnation and emboldened podcast hosts Matt Carter and Lawrence Price to keep going.
This sea turtle was rescued with a missing flipper and a crushed shell. A special procedure saved his life
Kraken, a green sea turtle, is in recovery after a harrowing boat strike in Abu Dhabi.
Smashing Yesterday’s Croissants for a Better Tomorrow
From the outside, Demain looks like any other bakery in Paris. The bright blue storefront, featuring huge glass vitrines, frames a bready feast for the eyes. Behind it lie glorious…
How reflective roof paint is cooling homes across Africa
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The question seemed reasonable enough: what heat adaptation interventions were already working in Africa’s low-income communities? Lara Dugas, an epidemiologist, and climate scientist Mark…
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Helping you feel more hopeful and do more good. Covers community stories and acts of kindness.
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Founded by David Byrne. Solutions-based stories about what’s actually working in the world.
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Making solutions the news. Covers solutions-oriented journalism in health, science, and society.
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