good news effect .

"vessels of light" : repurposed bottles by lauren lee for good.is

"the news media have a tendency to celebrate bad behavior, 

from charlie sheen's recent exploits to articles that focus the 

spotlight on criminal and other aberrant behavior. our study 

indicates that if more attention was devoted to recounting 

stories of uncommon acts of human virtue, the media could 

have a quantifiable positive effect on the moral behaviour of a 

significant group of people," said aquino, a professor at the 

sauder school of business at ubc. (more at the daily good)

new obsession : the elemental project

and, always : good.is 

vivian maier

(it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. eleanor roosevelt)