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Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News

Today’s story comes from the Times of India and was sent to me by Reporter-at-large Noelle Granger. Thanks Noelle Meet Roy Kim, the 13-year-old Oregon student who designed a chamber that turns moisture in the air into water for drought-hit farms. “Do what you can do tomorrow, today,” says Roy Kim, a 13-year-old Oregon student […]

Friday JohnKu – AKA – Fri-Yay/Good News

  An uninhabited tropical island and its surrounding coral reef reflect the conservation project that has protected the area for decades. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons. Today’s good news story comes from the Times of India. Thank you to Noelle Granger for sending it to me. In 1991, German development worker Sibylle Riedmiller invested her savings […]

Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News

Today’s good news story comes from AS USA Online Sports Newspaper and was sent in by special reporter. Thousands of Christmas trees have been dropped from helicopters in the US since 1990. 36 years later, the coastal restoration effort is a success What started as an unusual recycling experiment has become a key part of […]

Friday JohnKu – AKA- TGIF – Fri-Yay/ Good News

Today’s good news story comes from the Times of India and was sent in by field reporter Noelle Granger. Thanks to Noelle. Florida returned half a million oyster shells to the Gulf of Mexico. The discarded shells became new reef habitat for marine life. TOI World Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Oyster reefs also protect coastlines […]

Friday John Ku – AKA – TGIF – Fri Yay/Good News

Today’s Good News story comes from the India Times and was sent to me by Noelle Granger  . Thank you, Noelle Japan does not cut down centuries-old trees for development. Instead, experts spend months preparing their roots and relocating them When roads, railways, or new buildings are planned, centuries-old trees are often among the first […]

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Today’s good news story comes from YouTube and was sent to me by Maria Olimpieva. Thanks Maria. Beloved teacher says goodbye after 50 years at St. Margaret School in Narbirth Pennsylvania For fifty years, Dolores Lopresti  greeted generations of second graders at St. Margaret’s School with a smile, a lesson, and a heart full of […]

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Today’s good news comes from @Massimo on X. Thanks to Noelle Granger for sending it to me. U.S. farmers are intentionally flooding their fields to revive ancient “prairie potholes,” creating temporary “pop-up” wetlands that deliver a huge boost to migratory birds while improving soil health. In regions like California’s Central Valley and the Mississippi Delta, […]

Friday John Ku – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News

Today’s Good News story comes from the Good NewsJul 2ork 3-Year-old Rescued After 6 Days Beneath Rubble in Venezuela as Rescuers Arrive in Droves to Help the Country By Andy Corbley – Jul 2, 2026 A week after two magnitude 7 earthquakes struck Venezuela’s capital of Caracas, search and rescue teams from around the world […]

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Today’s good news story comes from Mongabay.com and was sent to me by my correspondent Noelle Granger. Thank you, Noelle. Former poachers guard Cabo Verde’s endangered sea turtles by Sonam Lama Hyolmo Former sea turtle hunters in Cabo Verde, off the coast of West Africa, have shifted to loggerhead turtle conservation work along the archipelago […]

Friday JohnKu- AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News

Today’s good news story comes from Econews and was sent to me by Noelle Granger. Thank you, Noelle. A solar farm in southern England put 40 native sheep under 20,000 panels across about 30 acres to graze in winter, and the twist is that the flock didn’t just “mow the grass”, it helped protect wildflowers […]