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The 'Civic Hour' in France

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Jul 01, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Jul 01, 2026 "Generosity is a renewable energy." — Atanase PĂ©rifan The 'Civic Hour' in France When a French civil servant read that an elderly woman in Paris had been deceased in her apartment for four months before anyone noticed, he didn't just shrug and move on with his day -- he asked what kind of society allows that to happen, and then quietly set about changing it. The result is l'Heure Civique ("Civic Hour"), a growing movement across France that asks nothing more of its volunteers than an hour a mont...

How I Practiced Forgiveness When It Hurt the Most

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Jun 30, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Jun 30, 2026 "When a deep injury is done to us, we never heal until we forgive." — Nelson Mandela How I Practiced Forgiveness When It Hurt the Most After Maria Breaux's brother David -- known as "the Compassion Guy" in Davis, California, after 14 years of collecting definitions of compassion from strangers -- was stabbed to death as he slept on a park bench, she discovered a message he had left her: "If I'm ever harmed or unable to speak for myself, forgive the perpetrator and help others forgive that person....

Colorado Mayor Sleeps at Homeless Shelter Every Week

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Jun 29, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Jun 29, 2026 "Life is not a backdrop to our politics or technologies. Life is the central reality we are called to serve." — Nancy Roof Colorado Mayor Sleeps at Homeless Shelter Every Week Mike Coffman, a U.S. military veteran who held many government offices, and is the current mayor of Aurora, Colorado, spent a week in homeless encampments to learn from the inhabitants. As mayor, he didn’t talk about it, or hire consultants to study it; he went to see and listen to people first hand. As “Homeless Mike,” he slept “covered with a tar...

This Month's Stories ...

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Jun 28, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Jun 28, 2026 "The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, for it requires standing ready and unshaken against sudden turns of fortune." — Marcus Aurelius This Month's DailyGood Digest This month, DailyGood explored subtle yet profound shifts that guide our unfolding narratives. Nic Askew invites us to the origin point of stories , encouraging a deeper understanding of storytelling’s evolutionary role. Leena Wilde Ryan offers solace to  writers of a new story , urging them to find courage amid exist...

The Man Who Uncovers Remarkable Forgotten Lives

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Jun 28, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Jun 28, 2026 "To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die." — Thomas Campbell The Man Who Uncovers Remarkable Forgotten Lives Scrolling through videos on social media, one man was about to swipe past Simon Howard's video of researching the history of the names on a random grave from 1934, when he realized, "It hit me: that’s exactly who I’ll be in a century. Just some random guy with his own ego, desires and goals, completely forgotten." Simon Howard, whose work involves helping people trace their ancestral pasts, w...

Smashing Yesterday's Croissants for a Better Tomorrow

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Jun 27, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Jun 27, 2026 "Cutting food waste is a delicious way of saving money, helping to feed the world and protect the planet." — Tristram Stuart Smashing Yesterday's Croissants for a Better Tomorrow At a Paris bakery called Demain (the French word for "tomorrow"), yesterday's unsold croissants and sourdough loaves don't go to waste; they go on sale for half price, rescued from partner bakeries across the city and given a second chance to nourish someone. "All of this would have ended up in the trashcan," says...

The Town That Gave Trees Legal Rights

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Jun 26, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Jun 26, 2026 "Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth." — Hermann Hesse The Town That Gave Trees Legal Rights In a small Quebec town of 2,000 people, something quietly extraordinary happened on June 9th: city council voted unanimously to recognize trees as living beings with rights of their own -- the right to life, to natural growth, to integrity, and to regeneration. Terrasse-Vaudreuil, built in the woods west of Montreal, became the first municipality in C...