The Kingdom Outside Us!

DailyGood: News That Inspires - Apr 30, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Apr 30, 2026 "The earth has music for those who listen." — William Shakespeare How Spain’s Donkey Brigade Kept a National Park Fire-Free After three decades of mechanization pushed grazing animals off Spain's hillsides, the dry scrub they once cleared became the fuel for catastrophic wildfires -- until rescued donkeys returned to do their natural work. Since 2014, eighteen donkeys have grazed the edges of Doñana National Park, eating through dense vegetation that cattle ignore and machines cannot reach, keeping the protected wetl...

DailyGood: News That Inspires - Apr 29, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Apr 29, 2026 "We rise by lifting others." — Robert Ingersoll Atlanta's 'Library Dads' Are Helping Kids Fall in Love with Reading When Khari Arnold started taking his infant daughter to the library, he wasn't just teaching her to love books -- he was building a foundation for something much larger. His simple Instagram reel inviting other fathers to join them sparked the Library Dads, a growing brotherhood of men who gather with their children for story time, laughter, and what they call "tickle time." Arnold...

DailyGood: News That Inspires - Apr 28, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Apr 28, 2026 "Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth." — Herman Hesse What a 2,000 Year Old Tree Remembers When Christine Nguyen asked AI to speak as an ancient tree holding millennia of memory, the response arrived like a letter from the earth itself. The tree remembers when humans built their first fence and the soil felt the pain of separation -- when "this is mine" pierced the ground like a blade. It watched empires rise and fall, saw people kn...

DailyGood: News That Inspires - Apr 27, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Apr 27, 2026 "Ritual does for behavior what poetry does for words." — Rabbi Dennis Ross A Missed Goodbye, or Perhaps Not Ten years after her father’s passing, Swasti Bhattacharyya visited Brahma Vidya Mandir Ashram in rural central India, a few miles from where she grew up. As a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave, her father instilled a sense of belonging to the ashram, and Swasti was excited to reunite with the sisters she had known in childhood. She missed her father, and upon arrival at the ashram, found she had barely mi...

DailyGood: News That Inspires - Apr 26, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Apr 26, 2026 "The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena." — Carl Sagan This Week's DailyGood Digest Reflecting on this week's daily inspirations, a gentle thread of compassion and creativity weaves through each story. This week, we explored the nuanced paths of human connection, where acts of  unconditional kindness taught us that true care extends beyond mutual affection. The return of the bison to Romania's Carpathian Mountains reminded us that our decisions shape the world as we witn...

DailyGood: News That Inspires - Apr 26, 2026 DailyGood News That Inspires Apr 26, 2026 "There is no such thing as 'away'. When we throw anything away, it must go somewhere." — Annie Leonard Wild Swimmers Reducing Single-Use Plastics As England proposes thirteen new designated bathing water sites, a growing community of wild swimmers is becoming an unlikely force for environmental change. From the River Thames in London to Brighton's beaches, outdoor swimming has evolved from a fringe activity into a civic movement that's bringing together swimmers, councils, brands, and campaigners around a...