How America’s least sustainable city learned to love recycling

 Good News Notes: “From Arlo Guthrie, who wrote a seven-minute song about taking out the garbage, to Shel Silverstein’s Sarah Sylvia Cynthia Stout, who drowned in her own garbage, our society has long struggled with the excesses of its own existence. Today, Americans hold the title of biggest trash producers in the world, at 6.5…

Smile Boxes make for priceless random acts of kindness

 Good News Notes: “This morning, months of hard work and preparation paid off in a priceless fashion. Dozens of students from Our Lady of Mercy Academy jumped on a bus tour through Washington Township in South Jersey to deliver what they call, ‘Smile Boxes,’ or ‘Sunshine Boxes.’ Each box looks different and has special products…