Good News Notes: “Asda is serving beer on tap to customers in a trial that marks a first for a UK supermarket chain. Eco-conscious drinkers will be able to take home reusable containers of beer poured fresh from the tap instead of picking up cans and bottles from shelves under the pilot scheme. Visitors to…
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Olympian Maria Andrejczyk auctions medal for infant’s surgery
Good News Notes: “Not even two weeks since winning a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, Polish javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk put it up for auction to help save an infant’s life. On Monday, she announced that she exceeded her fundraising goal. And she’s keeping her silver medal thanks to the donor who put her…
Here’s what happened when Miracle Messages gave cash transfers to unhoused people
Good News Notes: “For the last six months, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that works with people experiencing homelessness tried a simple experiment: If it gave some people a small basic income of $500 a month, how much could it help? The nonprofit, called Miracle Messages, pairs unhoused people with volunteer “buddies” who make weekly calls and…
Bozeman community helps fire evacuees, animals
Good News Notes: “When the Bridger Foothills Fire started Friday, evacuation orders forced many residents out of their homes, with some people having nowhere to turn for themselves or their animals. The Bozeman community was ready to step up and help anyone who needed it. Chelsea Gable, owner of Park Your Paws in Livingston, knew…
Amazon to launch $2B venture capital fund to invest in clean energy
Good News Notes: “Amazon.com Inc. is launching a $2 billion internal venture-capital fund focused on technology investments to reduce the impact of climate change, the latest sustainability initiative from the technology giant after criticism of its environmental record. The new fund, which will be called The Climate Pledge Fund, will invest in companies across a number…
Going green: Teens take aim at cross-country bike trip
Good News Notes: “A half-dozen teenagers and one slightly-older teacher will bicycle out of San Francisco this summer, on their way across the Central Valley, over the Sierra Nevada mountains and then all the way to New York City. The lucky seven cyclists from San Francisco’s Ruth Asawa School of the Arts call their upcoming…