Starting the week with good, because we need more of that.

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New Site Blends Social Media & Good News

I just came across this new site (their intro says they have actually been around since 1998 but just went through a big over haul) that is making an effort to do something a little different - and I likes it. According to their site, they’re all about,

[P]eople making a positive, constructive impact on society, no matter what the obstacles are. UP-BEAT, NOT BEAT-UP,  SOLUTIONS ORIENTATED MEDIA.

They’ve apparently been producing original Good News stories for years and are now introducing the ability to share “video, audio, text, join our blog, social network, SHOP and more on our site.” 

So, it’s like a little social networking site for Good News! I don’t know how it’ll pan out, but what a great idea!

There are hundreds of sites out there dumping negativity and hate into the world and spreading lots-of-not-love-or-community through their articles and forums (vis a vis The Superficial. Their motto? Because You’re Ugly. Oy vey.). It’s about time there was something for the rest of us (you know, those of us doing something different.)

So go have some “bright spots in the housing market” or community connection with your coffee this morning. 

Read the good.
Absorb the good.
Feel the good.
Carry forth.

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Starting the week with good, because we need more of that.

News!

Government Fighs Poverty and Climate Change in Ecudaor

Ok, how sweet is this? The government of Ecuador is now paying the indigenous people of the Ecuadorian Amazon for every acre of forest they protect. Fabulous demonstration of the fact that, even in a country as pressed for resources as Ecuador, it is completely possible for government to be simultaneously pro-human, eco-conscious and creative. 

It brings me little flutters of good to hear about a government thinking outside of the box, in a way that supports and honors its people and the planet. How about you?

Read the good.
Absorb the good.
Feel the good.
Carry forth.

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