GoodWire.org was launched on November 23, 2006.

Like most of us, I get much of my news information online.  Have you ever stopped to consider what is deemed “newsworthy” by the mainstream media?  Scan down the headlines of any major news site and, for the most part, 98% of what you’ll see is either gossip, sensational, irrelevant or negative news.

When we read or watch the mainstream news, for the most part, we are (perhaps unwittingly) wasting our time filling our minds with gossip and stories of suffering.  Yes, me too.

Did you know that exposing yourself to these kinds of stories actually unleashes a torrent of stress hormones that are harmful to your physical body at a cellular level?  Not to mention the damage that negative news causes to your mental (and spiritual?) well-being.

You do have a choice.  There are positive, compassionate, uplifting events happening around our world every single day. If you must expose yourself to mainstream news negativity, shouldn't you at least balance it out by reading some positive stuff?

You are fortunate enough to create and choose the life you live.

I want to live in a world that is free from greed and terror and abuse of human rights. A world where respect for this planet, and compassion and respect for my fellow humans is foremost in my mind and actions.

I'm sure you feel the same way.

There are millions of us who feel the way we do.  In fact, I believe that all of us, deep down, want to be free from the suffering that is common to all human experience. What separates “us” from “them” is education and awareness.  Awareness that there is another way… a peaceful way... that we can nurture our Earth and communities and co-exist amicably with our fellow human beings.  We are all brothers and sisters.

I don’t deny that there are negative things happening in this world.  I believe we should be informed about the events taking place in this world in the most unbiased way possible.  If we are not educated, how can we be made aware of our mistakes - and how can we change them?

GoodWire.org is a positive news/articles website.  My intent is to create a news and information oasis.  A place where people can rest for awhile and breathe and take heart that not everything is doom and gloom... and learn some neat, useful things, too.  There are wonderful things taking place around the globe as you read this.  I want to tell you about them.


The Business Side of GoodWire.org

Only socially and environmentally conscious companies will be allowed to advertise on this site, ever.  This is our number one rule.

Eighty percent of ALL REVENUES generated by this website is given directly to Kiva.org  (site takes a few seconds to load) to help individual entrepreneurs create self-sustainable businesses in impoverished parts of the world.

The remaining twenty percent is used to promote and grow GoodWire.org as well as to provide a means of living for the people operating the website.

In the future, as the website grows, we will give a greater percentage to Kiva.org


What Can You Do To help?

Three things:

First - please tell your friends about GoodWire.org.  Webmasters:  link to us, and we'll link to you (provided your site meets our criteria.)

Second - add this site to your "favorites" and visit regularly… if not daily, at least once a week!  Drop by and get a dose of good news.  Remember, you're helping to create a sustainable living for people in third world countries just by visiting this website (by providing ad-views for our paying advertisers.)

Third - whenever you find a good news story, share it with the world!  Submit the story to us and (provided it meets our criteria) we’ll post it on GoodWire.org for the world to see.

"You must be the change you want to see in the world." -- Mahatma Gandhi

Thanks for your support.

Patrick Richardson
Webmaster
GoodWire.org