Today’s Top Good News Story

A cutting-edge new community center in Tanzania will be 3D-printed using locally sourced soil

The Hope Village in Tanzania is soon to be home to a brand new, cutting-edge 3D-printed community center. What makes this center unique, though — is it will be created using locally sourced soil rather than layered concrete.

The soil will all be sourced within 25 kilometers (or 15.5 miles) of the build site, reducing the need to transport materials for construction. To account for the climate of the region and flexibility of use, the interior will feature an interior floor plan.

The center is part of a larger plan to provide housing, a school, childcare, and training to young girls in the community.

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More good 3D-printing news:

• Faster, cheaper and greener than regular construction, 3D printing schools could help African countries close education gaps.​
• A single dad in England creates custom, one-of-a-kind 3D-printed toys for kids with disabilities.
• Saving it from the trash bin, a YouTube creator figured out how to recycle “printer poop” waste from his 3D printer.
• Extending the lifespan of damaged items, a maker, fixer, and content creator provides free, mobile 3D-printed repairs.

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​Churches across the U.S. are using their land for affordable housing initiatives. The congregations are using their land in new ways that reflect their faith, and to help make a difference for the intensifying housing crisis.

​Left out for decades despite their deep connection to the land, Yellowstone is pushing to re-indigenize the park. This year, the park hosted a week-long celebration honoring the ancestral cultures and traditions of Yellowstone’s Indigenous Peoples.

​The Tulsa Zoo just welcomed five critically endangered Malayan tiger cubs. The national animal of Malaysia, there are currently fewer than 150 Malayan tigers in the wild due to threats such as habitat loss and poaching.

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More Good bits

🥰 To everyone who’s completed our annual census: Thank you! It means the world to us. (Here’s that link again if you need it!)​

💰 Veterans are getting some much-needed help.​

🌎 When art meets activism, you get a whole new look at the impacts of climate change.​

🗳️ Delaware is about to elect the first trans member of Congress.​

📏 To tackle child hunger, you just need a tape measure.

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What’s good?

It makes me so happy to know that that community in Tanzania will have such a wonderful gathering space.

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— Megan