Daily Good

DailyGood.org is a website dedicated to sharing positive and uplifting news stories from around the world. Its mission is to foster a sense of hope, inspiration, and connection by highlighting acts of kindness, human resilience, and progress in areas such as social justice, environmental sustainability, and personal growth. The platform curates stories that often go unnoticed in mainstream media, focusing on the "good" happening in communities globally.

In terms of its relationship to providing uplifting news, DailyGood serves as a counterbalance to the often negative and sensationalist narratives prevalent in traditional news outlets. By delivering content that emphasizes compassion, innovation, and collective well-being, it encourages readers to engage with the world in a more constructive and optimistic way. The site also offers newsletters and other resources to help people stay informed about positive developments and to inspire action toward creating a better world. Through this focus, DailyGood fosters a community of individuals committed to celebrating humanity's potential for good.

1. All You Need to Do Is 5 Percent

   Hang Mai left the corporate world around ten years ago to begin farming in Vietnam. She learned from permaculture pioneer Masanobu Fukuoka that their local practice of burning the land was killing the very critical humus, organisms, creatures, and roots vital to the regeneration of the richest soil – the biomass that determines what will grow and what will grow best. Over time, she also...

2. Telling the Bees

   Since ancient Egyptian times, bees were thought to “bring messages from ancestors.” Thus, the practice of telling the bees when there was a death in the family was important. Grieving her daughter, Emily Polk, writer and teacher, sought to learn from bees. She engages with scientists and beekeepers for answers to questions such as: Do bees have emotions? How do they respond to death?...

3. Will AI Strengthen or Weaken Human Connections?

   "In the face of overlapping mental health crises among young people and a mounting loneliness epidemic, technologists, investors and product developers are racing to build generative AI products to fill a void of human connection. We already have chatbot therapists, girlfriends and tutors, and the pace of new development is astounding. AI is becoming more human-like... and in many cases...

4. On Moral Imagination

   At age 25, Jacqueline Novogratz left a Wall Street career to co-found a microfinance bank in Rwanda. Read about a life-changing experience that was a turning point in which she said, “Every one of us has monsters and angels within us—light and dark. Our job is to feed the angels and suppress the monsters, both individually and systemically.” She went on to found a global...

5. Trading Cards of Unexpected Heroes Go Viral in Rural Japan Town

   In the rural Japan town of Kawara, young kids are collecting trading cards “where the stars aren’t fantasy creatures, anime heroes or even famous baseball players, but ojisan (middle-aged or older men).” There are 47 different cards featuring men like Mr. Honda (74), a former fire brigade chief, Soba Master Mr. Takeshita (81), who runs a local soba noodle-making...

6. Soaring: Birds and their Human Foster Parents

   For the northern bald ibis bird, hope takes flight not just metaphorically, but quite literally. Once extinct in central Europe, today, these birds are reclaiming their skies, thanks to the unwavering dedication of Austria's Waldrapp team. "It's a special time," remarks Barbara Steininger, one of the dedicated 'bird moms', who has hand-raised these captivating creatures. Picture this: a...

7. Lessons from a Physician About Hope

   Dr. Leif Hass shares what he has learned about hope as a foundational element to healing, “what stifles it, what helps it spring forth, what social settings and cognitive states nurture it, and what habits we should develop in order to live with a hopeful mindset.” Some of his learning: given that life and health are not static, hope needs to be dynamic; it is a process requiring...

8. As their car rolled downhill, a stranger rushed in to help

   In what was a life-changing and potentially life-saving experience, a young stranger saw a car rolling backwards, chased after it, and was able to stop it right before it would have rolled into a busy thoroughfare. Terry Hill was only four years old when her father left her and her two younger siblings in the car while he ran into a shop to pick up donuts. Her younger brother Mikey got behind...

9. In the Wake of LA Fire Destruction, 3 Faiths Worship Together

   The First United Methodist Church on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, CA is a landmark on the Rose Parade route to which people throng every New Year’s Day. Now, it is a safe space for two other religious groups: the Islamic Center of Southern California and the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center. It was already a satellite location where Islamic locals could stop in for hour-long...

10. Two Sides of the Orchard

    In 2011, Ezra Sullivan joined a harvest crew in an apple orchard at the base of the Andes Mountains in Argentina. Half of the orchard was well tended in neat rows. They worked it in a task focused, quick and effective way. The other half had been left unattended for years. “You could barely walk a straight line through it. One had to traverse fallen trees, ant hills, dense undergrowth and...