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🪧 Following a massive online campaign that culminated in a nationwide protest, South Africa officially declared gender violence a national disaster. For the protest, women were urged to “withdraw from the economy for one day” and lie down for 15 minutes at noon in honor of the 15 women who are killed in the country every day.
🚙 For the first time, U.S. car companies will be required to test vehicle safety using female crash test dummies, which could help close the gap between higher injury rates for women than for men in certain crash scenarios.
Businesses doing good
Courtesy of Compare Foods
A Latino-owned grocery chain in Charlotte offers free delivery to people afraid of leaving home due to ICE raids
Compare Foods has nine stores in the Charlotte, North Carolina area — growth that blossomed due to changing demographics in the area, with 45% growth in the state’s Latino population between 2010 and 2022.
It prides itself on offering international and Latin American products, often acting as the premier option for immigrant families in the U.S. South.
That consideration led to its latest initiative to support its customers: Providing free grocery delivery across Charlotte amid a new string of Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the area. The agency has made 250 arrests, and thousands of students have been reported absent from school.
Why is this good news? People deserve to have enough food to eat, and to go to the store without fear that they’ll be taken from their families. With that safety threatened in Charlotte, Compare Foods is stepping up to help people meet their basic needs.
When gift-giving holidays roll around, those of us who care about social and environmental justice are always trying to balance our desire to give meaningful gifts with the knowledge that so many of our purchasing decisions are fueled by consumerism.
Beyond thrifting or DIYing, there are plenty of products out there that make it easier to shop with your values in mind.
We collected our favorite recommendations for gifts that do good this holiday season, like:
*All of these recommendations were independently and honestly reviewed by the Good Good Good team. Some of these recommendations include affiliate links, which means if you buy anything from this email, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. (Thanks for your support!)
People doing good
A guerrilla gardener installed a temporary wetland in the LA River
Less a river and more a concrete expanse collecting tires and trash thrown from car windows, the Los Angeles River isn’t exactly a thriving ecosystem.
Until Doug Rosenberg stepped in. After seeing plants blooming around an overturned shopping cart, with “a great blue heron perched on the cart, hunting in this little spot,” he dreamt up his next project: a pop-up wetland in the middle of the LA River.
He pushed large rocks to trap sediment and water to support plants and animals. And over the course of 10 weeks, it created a 10-by-20-foot green island in the middle of the 100-foot-wide channel. It illustrates just how much good can be done in a low-tech, small-scale way.
*Some of these recommendations may include affiliate links, which means if you buy anything from this email, we may get something in return at no extra cost to you. (Thanks for your support!)
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