Mushrooms Help Turn Toxic Brownfields into Blooming Meadows
nnAn environmental toxicologist in California is cleaning up areas contaminated with heavy metals or other pollutants using fungi and native plants in a win-win for nature.nnWhere once toxic soils in industrial lots sat bare or weed-ridden, there are now flowering meadows of plants and mushrooms, frequented by birds and pollinators: and it’s thanks to Danielle […]
Mushrooms growing at a brownfield site in Los Angeles – credit Danielle Stevenson
Mother_and_Baby_Beaver in water-by Mikes Birds on Flickr-CC By SA 2
First Beaver in 400 Years Born in English Countryside as Reintroduced Pair Gives Birth–and Spurs Return of Nature
nnEngland is celebrating the first pair of beaver kits born in the country since they were reintroduced back into the country’s north last year.nnLandscape managers in England are beside themselves with surprise over the changes brought about by a single year of beaver residency at the Wallington Estate in Northumberland—with dams, mudflats, and ponds just […]
Families in Tiny Texas Town Have Adopted 77 Hard-to-Adopt Kids Inspired By Their Baptist Church Leaders
nnOn the 4th of July, over 2,000 theaters across America ran the film adaptation of the incredible true story from a small town in Texas that adopted 77 of the most at-risk children from the regional foster system.nnSound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot, recounts how the voice of God led a pastor and his […]
‘PET Pirates’ Remove Seven Tons of Trash from Hungarian Lake in Plastic Picking Competition
nnIt looked to be a grand day out on Lake Tisza in southern Hungary, where another edition of the PET Cup was held to great success.nnThe competition, sponsored by local and large businesses alike, saw hearty ‘PET Pirates’ plundering the high seas of the country’s artificial lake in search of treasure: plastic waste.nnShort for polyethylene […]
The beaver kit eating grass – National Trust UK
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“If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.” – Thomas Fuller
Quote of the Day: “If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.” – Thomas FullernnPhoto by: Pascal van de VendelnnWith a new inspirational quote every day, atop the perfect photo—collected and archived on our Quote of the Day page—why not bookmark GNN.org for a daily uplift?nn
Good News in History, July 16
20 years ago today, Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois’s first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley. Featuring a variety of public art, outdoor spaces, and venues, the park is bounded by Michigan Avenue, Randolph Street, Columbus Drive, and East Monroe Drive, the three-day opening celebrations […]