Episode 16: Dancing for Mental Health in Mali, Indigenous Youth Gardens, Dogs Restoring Nature, and more!

Episode 19: Rock Climbing as Therapy, Cozy Cafes, Disability Access, and more!

This week, we travel to Kenya, China, and the U.S. for this week's good news! Send me good news: wholesomenewscast@gmail.com Links to sources below: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/combating-parkinsons-disease-with-rock-climbing/ [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/combating-parkinsons-disease-with-rock-climbing/] https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/a-moving-company-helps-seniors-make-a-smooth-transition-42445558 [https://www.sevendaysvt.com/news/a-moving-company-helps-seniors-make-a-smooth-transition-42445558] https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202412/07/WS6753b732a310f1265a1d1abf.html [https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202412/07/WS6753b732a310f1265a1d1abf.html] https://www.inlander.com/culture/northside-late-night-cafe-lunarium-is-a-tea-lover-and-artists-dream-29067423 [https://www.inlander.com/culture/northside-late-night-cafe-lunarium-is-a-tea-lover-and-artists-dream-29067423]  https://www.africanews.com/2024/02/23/a-kenyan-start-up-turns-plastic-waste-into-solar-powered-freezers/ [https://www.africanews.com/2024/02/23/a-kenyan-start-up-turns-plastic-waste-into-solar-powered-freezers/] https://www.wilderness.org/articles/blog/championing-disability-advocacy-albuquerque# [https://www.wilderness.org/articles/blog/championing-disability-advocacy-albuquerque#] Intro music:Music by ⁠⁠⁠Oleg Fedak⁠⁠⁠ [https://pixabay.com/users/soulprodmusic-30064790/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=174104] from ⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠⁠ [https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=174104] Transition music: Music by ⁠⁠⁠Bohdan Kuzmin⁠⁠⁠ [https://pixabay.com/users/bodleasons-28047609/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=221882] from ⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠⁠ [https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=221882]

Episode 18: Music for Mental Health, Saving the Whales, Mangrove Restoration, and more!

This week, we travel to Burkina Faso, New Zealand, the U.S. and more for this week's good news! Send me good news: wholesomenewscast@gmail.com Links to sources below: https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/11/25/concert-at-maxwells-supports-canadas-new-mental-health-emergency-line/ [https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2024/11/25/concert-at-maxwells-supports-canadas-new-mental-health-emergency-line/] | https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6575817 [https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6575817] https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/music-and-alzheimers [https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/music-and-alzheimers] https://www.africanews.com/2024/11/12/theater-festival-offers-solace-in-burkina-faso/ [https://www.africanews.com/2024/11/12/theater-festival-offers-solace-in-burkina-faso/] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dpl21x0x7o [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dpl21x0x7o] | https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/more-than-30-stranded-whales-rescued-in-new-zealand-by-people-lifting-them-on-sheets/ [https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/more-than-30-stranded-whales-rescued-in-new-zealand-by-people-lifting-them-on-sheets/] https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/how-a-holistic-approach-aims-to-heal-mangroves-in-guinea-bissau/ [https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/how-a-holistic-approach-aims-to-heal-mangroves-in-guinea-bissau/] https://thebetterindia.com/383754/aparna-das-60-year-old-social-worker-transforming-lives-of-orphans-and-seniors-in-west-bengal/ [https://thebetterindia.com/383754/aparna-das-60-year-old-social-worker-transforming-lives-of-orphans-and-seniors-in-west-bengal/] https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/homeless-youth-bridge-over-troubled-waters/ [https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/homeless-youth-bridge-over-troubled-waters/] Cozy Corner Recommendation: Over the Garden Wall (Animated Mini-Series) Intro music:Music by ⁠⁠Oleg Fedak⁠⁠ [https://pixabay.com/users/soulprodmusic-30064790/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=174104] from ⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠ [https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=174104] Transition music: Music by ⁠⁠Bohdan Kuzmin⁠⁠ [https://pixabay.com/users/bodleasons-28047609/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=221882] from ⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠ [https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=221882]

Episode 17: The Legendary Glamma, Restoring Finnish Peatlands, Serving up Books at Food Banks, and more!

This week, we travel to Zambia, Finland, Canada and more for this week's good news! Send me good news: wholesomenewscast@gmail.com Links to sources below: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ni-crisis-cafe-hailed-providing-112454887.html [https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ni-crisis-cafe-hailed-providing-112454887.html] https://www.positive.news/society/nobody-should-have-to-choose-whether-to-feed-or-read/ [https://www.positive.news/society/nobody-should-have-to-choose-whether-to-feed-or-read/] | https://www.bookbanks.co.uk/ [https://www.bookbanks.co.uk/] https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240912-the-finnish-fishermen-fighting-climate-change-by-preserving-carbon-rich-peatlands  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2ylzj54yxo [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2ylzj54yxo] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/eastmain-clay-pottery-ceramics-workshop-1.7360672 [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/eastmain-clay-pottery-ceramics-workshop-1.7360672] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/07/finnish-fathers-paternity-leave-finland#:~:text=Fathers%20of%20children%20born%20after,were%20earmarked%20 for%20 paternity%20leave [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/07/finnish-fathers-paternity-leave-finland#:~:text=Fathers%20of%20children%20born%20after,were%20earmarked%20for%20paternity%20leave]. Cozy Corner Recommendation: A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Intro music:Music by ⁠Oleg Fedak⁠ [https://pixabay.com/users/soulprodmusic-30064790/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=174104] from ⁠Pixabay⁠ [https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=174104] Transition music: Music by ⁠Bohdan Kuzmin⁠ [https://pixabay.com/users/bodleasons-28047609/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=221882] from ⁠Pixabay⁠ [https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=221882]

Episode 16: Dancing for Mental Health in Mali, Indigenous Youth Gardens, Dogs Restoring Nature, and more!

We're back with plenty of good news abound! Send me good news: wholesomenewscast@gmail.com Links to sources + clips below: https://www.africanews.com/2024/10/10/mental-health-patients-in-mali-find-their-voice-through-theater/ [https://www.africanews.com/2024/10/10/mental-health-patients-in-mali-find-their-voice-through-theater/]  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3g0y8l9zvyo [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3g0y8l9zvyo]  | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/26/backpack-wearing-dogs-enlisted-rewild-urban-nature-reserve-lewe [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/26/backpack-wearing-dogs-enlisted-rewild-urban-nature-reserve-lewes]s https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/largest-dam-removal-ever-driven-by-tribes-kicks-off-klamath-river-recovery/ [https://news.mongabay.com/2024/10/largest-dam-removal-ever-driven-by-tribes-kicks-off-klamath-river-recovery/] https://www.reckon.news/black-joy/2024/10/how-hoodoo-inspired-a-midwife-to-open-illinois-first-black-owned-birthing-center.html | [https://www.reckon.news/black-joy/2024/10/how-hoodoo-inspired-a-midwife-to-open-illinois-first-black-owned-birthing-center.html]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgzt4bUWieY&ab_channel=ABC7Chicago [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wgzt4bUWieY&ab_channel=ABC7Chicago] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/new-you-street-outreach-program-yellowknife-1.7378328 [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/new-you-street-outreach-program-yellowknife-1.7378328] https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/ottawa-indigenous-youth-garden [https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/ottawa-indigenous-youth-garden] / https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.6974566 [https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.6974566] Intro music: Music by Oleg Fedak [https://pixabay.com/users/soulprodmusic-30064790/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=174104] from Pixabay [https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=174104] Transition music: Music by Bohdan Kuzmin [https://pixabay.com/users/bodleasons-28047609/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=221882] from Pixabay [https://pixabay.com/music//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=221882]

We're back! Good Vibes Only Returns November 15th

Anyone else in need of wholesome and good news around the world? Yeah... me too. Tune in starting November 15th for your weekly dose of wholesome news. (P.S. I promise I'll get better with the audio going forward - another piece of good news for you to look forward to!)