Pete Seeger died this week. That’s obviously not good news although, at the age of 94, seems natural enough. So who was Pete Seeger? According to The New York Times obituary, he was a “singer, folk-song collector and songwriter who spearheaded an American folk revival and spent a long career championing folk music as both […]
Here’s an important idea that aims to encourage equality, justice, and dignity globally. “Creative for Good” is an initiative that uses media campaigns to promote social causes, for instance to stop violence against women in India. That campaign, just one example, is called Ring the Bell (“Bell Bajao”). It proposes one simple action: ringing a doorbell. What […]
Here’s a story by Uri Berliner on good news in 2013. It’s called “Tired of Doom and Gloom? Here’s the Best Good News of 2013.” “Being a news consumer means you’re constantly on the receiving end of bad news. War, unemployment, crime, political dysfunction — it can be enough to make you think we humans […]
Here’s news of a project that has the potential to reach millions of women and men and to open new perspectives for women’s empowerment in Arab-speaking communities. It’s the exclusive Arabic radio fiction series entitled “Worth 100 Men” (Be 100 Ragl), which aims to spark a new debate on the role of women in society […]
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Denis Mukwege is quite a figure. He’s a gynecologist in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In addition to performing surgery and repairing victims of rape used as weapons of war in Congo, Dr. Mukwege is an outspoken proponent of human rights and dignity. He is helping and empowering thousands of survivors of sexual violence, while […]
This is a story of persistence and fortune. And the extra good news is that it comes from Zimbabwe. There, Strive and Tsitsi Masiyiwa, now Zimbabwe’s richest individuals, founded Capernaum Trust, to help orphans and children in need. The charity pays school fees for over 40,000 students and gives money for school uniforms and supplies. […]
Today, October 1st, is World Vegetarian Day. Not that The Good Times necessarily endorses vegetarianism. But according to the North American Vegetarian Society, the day was first observed in 1977 to “promote the joy, compassion and life enhancing possibilities” of not consuming meat. The practice also includes abstaining from eating poultry, seafood and the flesh of […]
“Believe it or not, the electric storage battery — a technology that has been around since the eighteenth century — could change the economic course of the twenty-first century. Thanks to breakthroughs on the horizon, batteries qualify as one of 12 disruptive technologies that the McKinsey Global Institute has identified.” That paragraph is how a […]
