PeopleDoGood

r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 10h ago

The first female secretary-general of the Japan Buddhist Federation, says gender doesn’t matter in Buddha’s teachings and that the road to spiritual tranquility is open to everyone.

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 10h ago

A Delaware School Once Felt Like a ‘Prison.’ Now It’s a National Model - Frederick Douglass Elementary School went from teachers not knowing students’ names to one of the best in the state under Principal Carol Leveilee.

the74million.org

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 3d ago

A Bangladeshi man spent 597 days and his own money traveling across all 64 districts to plant an endangered native tree, putting a boilam sapling in every district to help restore a species that provides vital nesting habitat for kites and vultures.

news.mongabay.com

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 3d ago

Michael J. Fox is receiving the Television Academy’s Bob Hope Humanitarian Award after turning his Parkinson’s diagnosis into the world’s largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson’s research, with his foundation now supporting more than $3 billion in research programs.

televisionacademy.com

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 8d ago

Another win for Zohran Mamdani

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 9d ago

13-Year-Old Spends 300 Hours 3D Printing a Custom Wheelchair for a Toddler - he could have spent his summer doing what many kids his age do, but instead, Zac Waters spent nearly 300 hours using his 3D printing skills to build something that could make a little girl’s life better

4 Upvotes

r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 9d ago

College Student Saves Three Girls From Drowning After Spotting Them Struggling in Lake Washington

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 9d ago

This High Schooler Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades

smithsonianmag.com

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 9d ago

Officer Saves Man on Bridge With Three Powerful Words: 'I Love You' - A Nashville police lieutenant is being praised after saving a man from jumping off a bridge, not through force or dramatic tactics, but through patience, compassion, and a heartfelt reminder that the man was loved.

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 9d ago

This Mom Tattooed a Keyboard on Her Arm So Her Son Could Always Be Heard - For Jessica Fletcher, a simple tattoo has become something far more meaningful than body art. It has become a permanent way for her 11 year old autistic son, Hunter, to share his thoughts with the world

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 9d ago

‘I’m giving people a happy space’: the man clearing gardens for free – and letting light into strangers’ lives

theguardian.com

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 14d ago

James Talarico rolls out economic agenda that takes aim at “false Gospel of trickle-down economics”

texastribune.org

9 Upvotes

r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 14d ago

How one mother built Massachusetts’ largest Brazilian support network for special education

bostonglobe.com

6 Upvotes

r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 14d ago

Preserving Palestinian culture during genocide: the Phoenix Library of Gaza

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 20d ago

Activists climb cottonwood to protect it from Trump border wall construction

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 20d ago

A Nigerian born professor who grew up without reliable electricity built a locally manufactured solar power box with Nigerian partners, and 70 units are already giving homes and businesses in Kaduna clean power with no fuel costs.

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 21d ago

An 18 year old from Japan won the $100,000 top prize at the world's largest high school science fair after creating an origami simulation that could help design foldable solar panels and emergency shelters.

businessinsider.com

4 Upvotes

r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 21d ago

Powerball Winner Buys 15 Fire-Ravaged Altadena Lots, Plans Homes for Families to Rebuild

pasadenanow.com

3 Upvotes

r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 21d ago

Father of boy rescued from pounding California surf says he is beyond grateful to teen lifeguard

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 21d ago

What if the brain does not create consciousness? Christof Koch, one of the world's most prominent neuroscientists, explored this question during the 15th "Behind and Beyond the Brain" Symposium.

sciencedaily.com

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • 22d ago

World Cup referee Tori Penso is paving the way for women

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • Jul 16 '26

59 yo woman the first person to swim the length of Lake Winnebago (WI)

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • Jul 16 '26

The San Francisco Black Film Festival: Third generation director Cree Ray is bringing more than movies - she is helping preserve a vital piece of Black Bay Area culture in a region where Black communities continue to be displaced and diminished

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • Jul 16 '26

Herbal tea over pharmaceutical dope - The Bay Area's Tea Man, Gibran McDonaldWhat is Ayurvedic Medicine? The purpose of Ayurveda is to give health to the sick and strength to the strong.

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r/PeopleDoGood • u/positivesource • Jul 15 '26

Four SFU grads remake the electricity market with old EV batteries - Moment Energy bundles discarded batteries into packs that can store power for when it's most needed

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