Good News 3 Oct 2025

Human innovations star again this week as we find exciting new ways to deal with waste and solve housing problems. Who would’ve thought that AI could help boost native fish numbers?

EVs lithium batteries salvageable – a trailer load can power a music festival. (The Guardian)

Menindee fish passage uses AI to identify and boost native fish (ABC)

Home buyers willing to pay a premium for houses with rooftop solar (One Step off the Grid)

Kylie Soanes is an urban ecologist on a mission to prove nature belongs in our cities (ABC)

The Plastic Bottle Shelter Uganda Project empowers marginalized women (Happy Eco News)

From war zones to city plots, grassroots growers are transforming land and lives (Positive News)

New Zealand’s first big battery is already pushing down prices, market operator says (Renew Economy)