Real, messy hope delivered to your inbox daily, from Good Good Good.
In the headlines...
🌎 Earth Month starts today! This is our annual, month-long opportunity to raise awareness and advocate for change around the issues most impacting the planet.
🚀 Today, NASA is scheduled to travel around the moon for the first time since 1972. If it proceeds on schedule, it will be the first time that a woman, a person of color, and a non-American will venture out around the moon.
Environment
Benji Backer/Instagram
Activists are selling symbolic ‘stock’ in national parks to remind Americans to ‘protect what’s yours’
A new stock market-inspired campaign called Going Public aims to celebrate Americans’ shared pride for the country’s iconic public lands and inspire people — regardless of identity or political affiliation — to help protect these natural spaces.
From now until May 30, people can support their public lands by claiming a free, symbolic “share” of their favorite public lands, like major national parks, local trails, protected forests, and other natural spaces visited every day.
Each share represents a vote for a favorite public land location, which then ends up on a leaderboard where advocates can watch their stock “climb.”
Even better:Nature Is Nonpartisan, one of the groups behind the Going Public, also plans to use the results to compile a report about how many people in each state and congressional district joined the campaign to “send a message to leaders.”
By upcharging people for bags, a city in Canada dramatically reduced its use of plastic
In 2023, Edmonton — the capital city of Alberta — implemented a new law that banned Styrofoam plates, cups, and containers, as well as plastic shopping bags. Since then, customers who need a bag have had to pay 25 cents for a paper bag, or $2 for a reusable one.
New data shows the policy significantly changed behavior, with single-use bag use dropping by about 80%. City officials attribute this largely to the added cost, which pushed consumers toward reusable options and reduced overall waste entering landfills.
The policy also targeted smaller disposable items by making accessories like straws, utensils, and napkins available only upon request. This led to a noticeable decline — around 26% — highlighting how much waste comes from default distribution rather than real need.
“It is one world. And it’s in our care. For the first time in the history of humanity, for the first time in 500 million years, one species has the future in the palm of its hands.”
We’re proud to announce: The 2026 Environment Edition
Every year, we create a newspaper focused entirely on climate good news — because, believe it or not, there’s actually progress being made for our planet.
The Environment Edition of The Goodnewspaper holds two truths at the same time: There are very real threats facing our planet — and there are also countless solutions being implemented to protect and improve our world every single day.
*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!)
Need help? Contact us for assistance. We’ve got your back.
You received this email because you signed up for the Goodnewsletter from Good Good Good — or because you followed a recommendation from another newsletter or ordered a Goodnewspaper.
To stop receiving The Goodnewsletter, unsubscribe. To opt in or out of other emails from Good Good Good, manage your email settings. To stop receiving all emails from Good Good Good — which may potentially include paid subscriber-exclusive content — you can opt out entirely.
