Reasons to be Cheerful – What good deed would you do with $500?
Tonic for tumultuous times.
A social experiment called Drop Dead Generous is giving 1,000 people $500 each — half a million dollars total — to commit acts of kindness. From handing out flowers to building a house in Uganda, learn what people spent the money on. Then reply to this email to tell us how you would spend $500 –– we’ll feature the responses on our Instagram feed.
Life Lessons from People Who Learned Them in Prison
By: Michaela Haas
By: Michaela Haas
The carceral experience taught people like Allen Burnett how to maintain mental stability in extreme situations. Now, he’s paying that wisdom forward.
“Baba Himself Looks After This Forest”
By: Geetanjali Krishna
By: Geetanjali Krishna
Sustained by religious devotion, India’s sacred groves cultivate pockets of wilderness that play a crucial role in conservation.
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A strategy called equitable food-oriented development is designed to reduce food insecurity and build wealth for neighborhoods that need it.
What Good Deed Would You Do With $500?
See what stories caught our attention this week, including an experiment in generosity and a dose of realistic hope for college students.
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By: Michaela Haas
By: Michaela Haas
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