Several years ago I took my business on the road for a Year by the Water, and was privileged to take a workshop in Monet's Garden with @charlesneedle and National Geographic photographer @Dewitt Jones - They let our group into the gardens early to catch the morning light. I will always remember emerging from the bamboo forest and seeing the fabled lily pond, weeping willows, and green arched bridge. It's summer. It's summer. Where will you take yourself this weekend to reconnect with a joyful profusion of beauty? linkedin.com/pulse/have-you-… #photographychallenge #photo #PhotographyIsArt #samhorn #intrigue #expert #monetsgarden #france #forceforgood

Some birthdays are filled with traditions, celebrations, and the people who make a child feel special. But for many children in foster care, those moments can look very different. Recently, Gina Capate, a local Toys for Tots Coordinator in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, hosted her annual Foster Birthday Party, creating a memorable day of celebration for 327 children in foster care. Thanks to the support of dedicated volunteers, generous donors, and valued community partners, the event provided the foster children with gifts, exciting activities, sweet treats, and entertainment—creating moments of joy that every child deserves. Most importantly, the celebration gave these children in need something truly special: A chance to feel seen. A chance to feel celebrated. A chance to simply enjoy childhood memories. At Toys for Tots, we believe every child deserves to feel special on their birthday and every day of the year. Moments like these are made possible when compassionate communities come together to support children facing difficult circumstances. ❤️ Thank you to Gina Capate and everyone who helped make this special day possible. #ToysForTots #FosterCareMonth #ForceForGood

When Limaye Vijay cremated his father in 2010, one thought stayed with him. He had never planted a tree in his life. Yet he had cut down trees to perform his father’s last rites. That question led him on a years-long journey through religious texts, villages, and traditional practices in search of a more sustainable alternative. The result was Mokshkasht - eco-friendly cremation logs made from agricultural waste that would otherwise be burned in fields. Today, six major crematoriums use the model. His innovation has helped save over 1 lakh trees from being cut down, reduced agricultural waste burning, created rural employment, and made one of India’s oldest rituals more sustainable. Loved the video? Stay tuned for more in #ForceForGoodHeroes, an extraordinary series on India’s unsung heroes that will inspire you to believe in the power of change! #forceforgood #adityabirlagroup In partnership with @AdityaBirlaGrp

During a late-night patrol, a traffic officer met a vendor who was on his very first day of setting up a street stall, and kindly gave him a helmet. #ForceforGood

Proud to be a #ForceForGood Thrilled to share this video showcasing our CSR journey at Optum India—from skill-building and health access to restoring green spaces. Together, we’re creating a more inclusive, sustainable future. #LifeAtOptum #CSR #Impact

When Bertha was born with clubfoot, her mother Emma worked with Hope Walks to get the treatment she needed to someday play with the other kids in Malawi. Through grants to organizations like Hope Walks, the Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation helps children step into the future. 💙

Proud to be a #ForceForGood Thrilled to share this video showcasing our CSR journey at Optum India—from skill-building and health access to restoring green spaces. Together, we’re creating a more inclusive, sustainable future. #LifeAtOptum #CSR #Impact

During a visit to a designated village receiving paired assistance, police officers noticed a villager's rapeseed crops had fallen over. The villager with limited mobility was struggling with the harvest, so the officers went into the field to help. #ForceforGood

Optum India is proud to be a #ForceForGood! This #IDPD2025, we partnered with Samarthanam Trust to provide assistive devices & motorized tricycles—empowering mobility, dignity & opportunities for all. Together, we create real impact! #OptumIndia #CommunityImpact

Optum India is proud to be a #ForceForGood! This #IDPD2025, we partnered with Samarthanam Trust to provide assistive devices & motorized tricycles—empowering mobility, dignity & opportunities for all. Together, we create real impact! #OptumIndia #CommunityImpact

Rajasthan's Churu district gets less rain than almost anywhere in India. The land is cracked. The water is a luxury. And yet, Sundaram Verma has grown 60,000 trees there. Not over decades. Not with government funding. Just one litre of water per tree. A method so simple that anyone — anywhere — can do it. Let that sink in. 60,000 trees. In a desert. With less water than you use to wash your face. When he started experimenting in 1985, he was unsure if he'd succeed. But he didn't give up, refining the technique for 10 years till he built a reliable system by 1995. Today, his village is greener. Cooler. The soil holds moisture. Birds have returned. Farmers from across India now travel to learn from a man who didn't wait for a solution — he became one. Honoured with the Padma Shri, Sundaram Verma didn't just grow trees. He proved that scarcity is not a dead end for sustainability — and inspired farmers across India to rethink how change takes root. #forceforgood #forceforgoodheroes #environmentday #adityabirlagroup In partnership with @AdityaBirlaGrp

When a mother urgently needed to use the restroom, an auxiliary police officer at a metro station in Chengdu became a temporary babysitter. #ForceforGood

“People will mock men for showing vulnerability. However, if men become too manly, then they’ll tune men for being toxic and macho. So we’re stuck in this middle ground.. ..with all these thoughts in our heads. Things become dangerous. That’s where danger happens, where you can’t share.” - Darren Morris on #ForceForGood Men’s Mental Health Month gives us an opportunity to talk about something many men carry in silence. In this frank and deeply personal conversation, Darren Morris and I talk about the hidden pain, shame and loneliness many men carry, why so many men don’t ask for help, and what happens when they finally do. Full episode in thread.🧵 #MensMentalHealth

A Chennai resident says her family now keeps the windows open on summer afternoons. Before she planted a small garden on her verandah, the heat would collect in the walls and stay there. Her total investment was Rs 50,000. She has not spent a rupee on it since. Her garden came from a free toolkit built by Subhajit Mukherjee, a Mumbai-based urban greening expert and true Force for Good hero, who has spent years making this kind of change accessible to anyone with a small patch of land. To read more, click here: thebetterindia.com/sustainab… #forceforgoodheroes #adityabirlagroup #forceforgood #environmentday In partnership with @AdityaBirlaGrp

He works nights as a security guard, and spends his Sundays knee-deep in waste. Every weekend, Odisha's Rahul Maharana heads to the Astaranga beach and the mangroves beside it. It started in 2018, during a college awareness session on climate change. What stayed with him wasn’t just the data — it was the disconnect. Everyone knew the problem. Almost no one was acting on it. So he asked a simple question: why wait? He began coming to the beach with a jute sack to collect whatever the sea had thrown back — plastic bottles, cloth, packaging, waste buried under sand and tangled in mangrove roots. Week after week, he returned. The work is slow, uncomfortable, and often invisible. The mangroves don’t give up their waste easily. And the waves bring more back than he removes. And most people passing by don’t stop. Over time, the #ForceForGood hero has pulled out over a tonne of waste from the area. He knows it’s not solved. But the choice for him is simple: if the place is getting worse every week, someone has to keep showing up anyway. #forceforgoodheroes #adityabirlagroup #environmentday In partnership with @AdityaBirlaGrp

A cyclist was stranded in the remote wilderness of Xizang Autonomous Region after a blizzard hit. While eating expired instant noodles by the roadside, he was unexpectedly given food and supplies by passing PLA soldiers. #ForceforGood

He walked away from coding to plant something far more permanent. Ajit Singh was a software engineer — the kind of job most people don’t leave, especially in their 30s. Ajit Singh was a software engineer. But a reminder of Rajasthan’s falling groundwater reserves changed everything. He started with weekends, then full-time years of tree planting across Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Churu, Bikaner, Jaipur, Tonk, and Bhilwara — not scattered saplings, but planned ecosystems. Then came his idea: oxygen parks. Clusters of 5,000 trees in protected patches on schools, graveyards, ashrams, and barren land — designed to become self-sustaining ecosystems. He and his team Yatharth didn’t just plant — they stayed back for years to protect and maintain them. At one point, his wife even mortgaged her jewellery to keep the work going. Today, these parks are bringing back birds, biodiversity, and slowly restoring degraded land. This is what happens when a #ForceForGood decides to give land a second chance. #forceforgoodheroes #adityabirlagroup In partnership with @AdityaBirlaGrp

A heart-stopping moment! A 4-year-old climbed out of a balcony and ended up dangling outside. Thankfully, a shop owner helped the police rescue him. #NextDoorHeroes #ForceforGood

A 3-year-old boy was found wandering alone on the street at midnight. Kind passersby and police took turns keeping him safe. #ForceforGood

Change With One Meal has served between 20 to 30 lakh meals across Delhi. What began in 2020 as a small community kitchen started by Kiran and his wife during the Delhi protests and Covid lockdown has today become a space built around dignity. Meals cost just ₹10 so nobody feels ashamed while eating there. Today, the kitchen serves 700–800 people every day, over 1,200 on weekends, while also creating opportunities for people rebuilding their own lives. Loved the video? Stay tuned for more in #ForceForGoodHeroes, an extraordinary series on India’s unsung heroes that will inspire you to believe in the power of change! #forceforgood #adityabirlagroup In partnership with @AdityaBirlaGrp