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Patagonia founder just donated the entire company, worth $3 billion, to fight climate change
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Scotland is barring landlords from raising rent amid a cost-of-living crisis sweeping Europe and the UK
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Bengaluru Doctor Ditches Car Stuck in Traffic to Run 45 Minutes and Perform Critical Surgery
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Woman Hailed as Hero For Using Drone to Locate Over 200 Lost Pups For Free
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Passengers Flying to Hawaii Surprised with Free Ukuleles and a Lesson Aboard World’s Happiest Flight

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MacKenzie Scott Gives $436 Million to Habitat for Humanity
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World Central Kitchen: JosΓ© AndrΓ©s’ organization has served 3.5 million meals to Ukrainians & distributed 2,000 tons of food
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Drought-prone African nations got some good news:

There is enough groundwater under the African continent for most countries there to survive at least five years of drought
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Amazon Joins the U.S. Department of Energy and MIT to Tackle Plastic Waste With New Science
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Denver’s Program to Dispatch Mental Health Teams Instead of Police is So Successful it is Expanding 5-Fold

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Kopia Marie Curie

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Professor Gets a Cardboard Box Filled With $100 Bills Mailed Anonymously to Help His Students
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Teen carries out random act of kindness EVERY day since the start of the pandemic
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Habitat for Humanity’s First 3D-Printed Home on East Coast Sold to Single Mom With Touching History
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Teens Build Bus Stop Shelter for 5-Year-old Wheelchair User, Protecting Him From Harsh Weather
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Experimental Treatment in Spain Puts 18 Cancer Patients in Complete Remission

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Kopia Marie Curie

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13-year-old qualified for ‘Make-A-Wish’ uses it to feed homeless every month for a year
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12-year-old Uses Boy Scout Know-How to Rescue Lost Couple and Injured Dog on a Hike
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School gatekeeper in Morocco fixed and painted every broken classroom furniture during quarantine
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Bride who had a life-saving organ transplant is walked down the aisle by the father of the donor who died in a crash days before her own wedding
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COP26: World leaders back deal to end deforestation by 2030

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Molnupiravir: First pill to treat Covid gets approval in UK
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Mass. Police Officers Surprise Boy, 6, with New Bike After His Last 2 Were Stolen Weeks Apart
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France’s First Public Official with Down Syndrome Helps Everyone See Disability Differently
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Refugees in Cameroon have turned a desert camp into a thriving forest
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Destroyed by Fire, Drought, and Dust Storms, These Australian Marshes Needed Only Two Years to Completely Recover

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Thousands Offer to Host Tiny Homes With Homeless Residents in Their Own Seattle Backyards
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Michael J. Fox on Raising $1 Billion to Help Find Parkinson’s Cure: β€˜I Won’t Stop Until It Happens’
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New Jersey Brothers Walk to California and Raise $70,000 for Restaurant Workers Like Them
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Retired Banker Devotes His Millionaire Fortune to Restoring Protective Sand Dunes on Island Beaches
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Promising New Cancer Drug, Derived From Himalayan Fungus, Clears Early Clinical Trials

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They Brought Scouting to 10,000 Afghan Youths – And They Were Just Given Permission to Continue By the Taliban
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Man Delivers Donated RVs to Wildfire Victims and Now 95 Families Have a Place to Stay
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Inventor of Hand-Cranked Washing Machine is Distributing the Low-Cost Device to Refugees
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Couple Gives $100 Million to Conservation of 57,000 Square Miles of African Protected Areas
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Daintree Forest in Australia Is Returned to Indigenous Owners

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Bezos Earth Fund pledges $1B to conserve land and sea in critical areas of the world opportunities
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She Invited a Homeless Man For Dinner – Now Her Crowdfunding Has Secured Her New Friend a Tiny Home
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A Significant Win for the Planet: Leaded Gasoline Finally Eliminated Worldwide
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Autism therapy aimed at infants may reduce likelihood of later diagnosis
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A teacher in India is painting chalkboards outside students’ homes so they don’t miss out on learning during lockdown

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Boy Raises $700,000 For Hospice By Camping Out For 500 Nights After Dying Man Gives Him a Tent.
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Remarkable 10-Year-old Inspires the World to Donate Half a Million Books For Kids: β€˜A Catalyst’ For Kindness.
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Deadly spider venom found to help treat heart attacks.
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New Zealand is Hearing the Kiwi Call Once Again After 5 Years of Silence: ’It’s Amazingβ€˜.
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See the Moment a Shark Appears to Pose for a Selfie With a Diver, and Crack the Same Huge Smile.

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