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Shops Without Shopkeepers: the Civic Lessons Hidden in Northeast India

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Sep 23, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Sep 23, 2026 "When the social soil is healthy — when trust runs deep, when shared reality holds, when people can communicate and sense together and act from it — everything above ground flourishes. When the social soil is depleted, no amount of structural reengineering can compensate." — Otto Scharmer Shops Without Shopkeepers: the Civic Lessons Hidden in Northeast India Trust replaces policing and government dictates in various villages in northeast India. Cars queue for their turn at unmarked junctions without beeps, traffic lights...

Reforesting Ethiopia with 50 Billion Trees, One Step at a Time

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Sep 22, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Sep 22, 2026 "The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit." — Nelson Henderson Reforesting Ethiopia with 50 Billion Trees, One Step at a Time When Halima Kedir began planting trees in Ethiopia's drought-prone Oromia region, her neighbors laughed. But she kept walking an hour each way to fetch water for her seedlings, tending them, she says, the way her Oromo tradition tends to adopted children: "I see them like my own children." Her quiet persistence has since helped shift a co...

World’s First Solar Ambulance Completes Its First Real-World Test in Rural Kenya

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Sep 21, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Sep 21, 2026 "Innovation needs preparation, collaboration and the light of the soul." — Amit Ray World’s First Solar Ambulance Completes Its First Real-World Test in Rural Kenya In the Narok region of Kenya, where rough roads stretch for hours between communities and the power grid cannot be counted on, a different kind of ambulance recently made its first journey - not toward a hospital, but toward the people who could never easily reach one. Stella Juva, developed by Solar Team Eindhoven, is a solar-powered mobile clinic that gener...

This Month's Stories ...

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Sep 20, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Sep 20, 2026 "To really be with someone, no matter how briefly — to take the sting out of the interaction — transforms it." — Belinda Manning This Month's DailyGood Digest In the ebb and flow of September, we found stories that sing with enduring hope and profound change. Belinda Manning's poetic reflections in " We Die of Life " remind us of the power of spirit even as the body wanes. In a similar vein, Andreas Nussbaumer shares unexpected lessons from nature and the animals in his sanctuary i...

Meet the Young Nigerian Innovator Building a Climate-Resilient Food System

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Sep 20, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Sep 20, 2026 "You are never too young to lead, and never too old to learn." — Kofi Annan Meet the Young Nigerian Innovator Building a Climate-Resilient Food System Stephanie Meltus traces her calling to a childhood memory - standing proudly before five corn ridges alongside her puppy Beulah - and from that ordinary moment of wonder, she has built something extraordinary. The Nigerian innovator is simultaneously founding and leading agricultural technology ventures, serving as Country Director of a startup bringing hydroponics to arid...

We Die of Life

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DailyGood: News That Inspires - Sep 18, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Sep 18, 2026 "To really be with someone, no matter how briefly — to take the sting out of the interaction — transforms it." — Belinda Manning We Die of Life Days after entering hospice care, poet and activist Belinda Manning sat down in an intimate circle of friends who requested her story. Among the many gems that surfaced, one thread that has woven through her life is a distinction between "reality" and "truth". Reality, she suggests, is what the culture insists upon; truth is larger, older, and more stubborn. H...

Moving Windmills

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This week's inspiring video: Moving Windmills Having trouble reading this mail? View it in your browser . Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe   Video of the Week Sep 17, 2026   Moving Windmills   Experience the remarkable journey made by William Kamkwamba of Malawi. From having to drop-out of school due to poverty, William went on to invent his first windmi...