Jacob Simon (says)
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📍Brooklyn, New York
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The best story from every month of 2025! What’s your win of the year?
See you in 2026 for so much more :)
See you in 2026 for so much more :)
December 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The best story from every month of 2025! What’s your win of the year?
See you in 2026 for so much more :)
See you in 2026 for so much more :)
The most amazing spider silk photo you’ve ever seen, skipping gorilla wins comedy photo of the year, climate Nobel Prize proposal, 900 acres of Indigenous landback near Yosemite, switching church to solar power…
How are you making the planet better?
How are you making the planet better?
December 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The most amazing spider silk photo you’ve ever seen, skipping gorilla wins comedy photo of the year, climate Nobel Prize proposal, 900 acres of Indigenous landback near Yosemite, switching church to solar power…
How are you making the planet better?
How are you making the planet better?
My parents finished installing their rooftop solar! Tell your homies about these tax credits before it’s too late 😯 #ClimatePowerPartner
December 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My parents finished installing their rooftop solar! Tell your homies about these tax credits before it’s too late 😯 #ClimatePowerPartner
This teacher secretly designed a functional prosthetic hand for his student, 3D printed it with corn bioplastic, and it actually worked…
Is this the future of accessible prosthetics?
Is this the future of accessible prosthetics?
December 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This teacher secretly designed a functional prosthetic hand for his student, 3D printed it with corn bioplastic, and it actually worked…
Is this the future of accessible prosthetics?
Is this the future of accessible prosthetics?
One of the biggest court victories this year went under the radar.
When a huge ocean refuge was opened up for fishing, @earthjustice.org stepped in to fight for the waters, Indigenous heritage, and species living within… and they won!
Join me in supporting them (in partnership w/ Earthjustice)
When a huge ocean refuge was opened up for fishing, @earthjustice.org stepped in to fight for the waters, Indigenous heritage, and species living within… and they won!
Join me in supporting them (in partnership w/ Earthjustice)
December 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
One of the biggest court victories this year went under the radar.
When a huge ocean refuge was opened up for fishing, @earthjustice.org stepped in to fight for the waters, Indigenous heritage, and species living within… and they won!
Join me in supporting them (in partnership w/ Earthjustice)
When a huge ocean refuge was opened up for fishing, @earthjustice.org stepped in to fight for the waters, Indigenous heritage, and species living within… and they won!
Join me in supporting them (in partnership w/ Earthjustice)
Is there a program like this in your area?
Anyone in NYC can switch to 100% renewable power right now… here’s how! (and why that’s important) #ClimatePowerPartner
Anyone in NYC can switch to 100% renewable power right now… here’s how! (and why that’s important) #ClimatePowerPartner
December 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Is there a program like this in your area?
Anyone in NYC can switch to 100% renewable power right now… here’s how! (and why that’s important) #ClimatePowerPartner
Anyone in NYC can switch to 100% renewable power right now… here’s how! (and why that’s important) #ClimatePowerPartner
Turning vacant Chicago lots into flower farms, Norways pauses deep sea mining, Texas to generate more from solar than coal, hosting a clothing swap…
We build the future together, so what’s your story?
We build the future together, so what’s your story?
December 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Turning vacant Chicago lots into flower farms, Norways pauses deep sea mining, Texas to generate more from solar than coal, hosting a clothing swap…
We build the future together, so what’s your story?
We build the future together, so what’s your story?
New boat speed limits to protect whales, Indigenous anime to preserve culture, new “fairy lantern” plants found on a picnic, getting into environmental grad school…
We build a better future together, so what’s your story?
We build a better future together, so what’s your story?
December 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
New boat speed limits to protect whales, Indigenous anime to preserve culture, new “fairy lantern” plants found on a picnic, getting into environmental grad school…
We build a better future together, so what’s your story?
We build a better future together, so what’s your story?
14-year-old invents emergency origami structure, all manta and devil rays get protections, 100,000 free school lunches in London, turning hopelessness into kind deeds…
How are you making the planet better?
How are you making the planet better?
December 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
14-year-old invents emergency origami structure, all manta and devil rays get protections, 100,000 free school lunches in London, turning hopelessness into kind deeds…
How are you making the planet better?
How are you making the planet better?
Is this just cool, or will it help protect monarch butterflies? 🦋
This man challenged the world to create a tracker light enough to safely live on the backs of these iconic pollinators, which seemed impossible at the time, but became a reality thanks to teamwork and community scientists…
This man challenged the world to create a tracker light enough to safely live on the backs of these iconic pollinators, which seemed impossible at the time, but became a reality thanks to teamwork and community scientists…
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Is this just cool, or will it help protect monarch butterflies? 🦋
This man challenged the world to create a tracker light enough to safely live on the backs of these iconic pollinators, which seemed impossible at the time, but became a reality thanks to teamwork and community scientists…
This man challenged the world to create a tracker light enough to safely live on the backs of these iconic pollinators, which seemed impossible at the time, but became a reality thanks to teamwork and community scientists…
A new fungus mosquito repellant, the Sycamore Gap tree lives on, Iowa’s free buses are working, Trisha got their first job…
What’s going right in your world today?
What’s going right in your world today?
December 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A new fungus mosquito repellant, the Sycamore Gap tree lives on, Iowa’s free buses are working, Trisha got their first job…
What’s going right in your world today?
What’s going right in your world today?
A smartphone game is saving a critically endangered Indigenous language, nature’s constitutional right to exist stays in Ecuador, animals kissing dates back 21 million years, swapping to reusable dissection specimens…
December 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A smartphone game is saving a critically endangered Indigenous language, nature’s constitutional right to exist stays in Ecuador, animals kissing dates back 21 million years, swapping to reusable dissection specimens…
What went right in November 2025? Send this to someone who needs a little reminder :)
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
What went right in November 2025? Send this to someone who needs a little reminder :)
Do you know the world’s oldest park ranger? 🏞️
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Do you know the world’s oldest park ranger? 🏞️
Who else needs to see the 100 million crabs marching across the Christmas Islands to keep their species going? 🦀
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Who else needs to see the 100 million crabs marching across the Christmas Islands to keep their species going? 🦀
Making clothes with no waste?! 👗🗑️ I partnered w/ Norrsken to tell Shelly Xu’s inspiring story. Is this a better future for clothes?
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Making clothes with no waste?! 👗🗑️ I partnered w/ Norrsken to tell Shelly Xu’s inspiring story. Is this a better future for clothes?
Stories I found today to replace dread with hope & action:
November 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Stories I found today to replace dread with hope & action:
Why is this nurse climbing a dangerous 1000-foot ladder in Uganda’s mountains?
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Why is this nurse climbing a dangerous 1000-foot ladder in Uganda’s mountains?
so I look for what’s going right in the world, and today I found:
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
so I look for what’s going right in the world, and today I found:
What happens when rangers risks their lives to protect nature? Meet these 13 brave award-winning guardians:
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
What happens when rangers risks their lives to protect nature? Meet these 13 brave award-winning guardians:
1-2 million species live in the ocean but we only know ~10% of them. So Ocean Census & researchers discovering these 30 new marine species brings us a bit closer to uncovering the magic living down there…
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
1-2 million species live in the ocean but we only know ~10% of them. So Ocean Census & researchers discovering these 30 new marine species brings us a bit closer to uncovering the magic living down there…
Instead of toys for his birthday, 6-year-old Oliver asked to save endangered tigers. Here’s how this little-known hero is doing it…
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Instead of toys for his birthday, 6-year-old Oliver asked to save endangered tigers. Here’s how this little-known hero is doing it…
Tribal youth are freeing rivers around the world, New Mexico started free childcare for all, South Korea requires solar canopies over parking lots, Daniel’s multicultural school club is building water wells in Africa…
How are you making the planet better?
How are you making the planet better?
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Tribal youth are freeing rivers around the world, New Mexico started free childcare for all, South Korea requires solar canopies over parking lots, Daniel’s multicultural school club is building water wells in Africa…
How are you making the planet better?
How are you making the planet better?
October 2025 is over, but here’s what went right… How’d you make the planet better?
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
October 2025 is over, but here’s what went right… How’d you make the planet better?
Can we build a solarpunk future? 🔮🌞🌱
After years of reporting good news almost every day, I’m launching a new series to find out. Check it out now & join our community at thehopemakers.org
After years of reporting good news almost every day, I’m launching a new series to find out. Check it out now & join our community at thehopemakers.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Can we build a solarpunk future? 🔮🌞🌱
After years of reporting good news almost every day, I’m launching a new series to find out. Check it out now & join our community at thehopemakers.org
After years of reporting good news almost every day, I’m launching a new series to find out. Check it out now & join our community at thehopemakers.org