#GoodNews
Damers First School: Here is a mini film by City to Sea (the founders of Refill) highlighting what the Refill Scheme is and how it is being rolled out across Dorset. It stars Damers First School children who launched Refill Poundbury last year. The children are now leading a campaign to make Dorchester Plastic Free.
Read more: https://www.rootsnshoots.org.uk/?p=18033
Balgreen Primary School: At Balgreen, our Loose Parts have been a great success. Primary 2 have been learning all about Pirates and as a great rounding off to the theme, they worked together with P5 to build the most amazing pirate ships. See if you can spot some flags, planks, and portholes, just few of the pirate ship features!
Read more: https://www.rootsnshoots.org.uk/?p=15865
“It may not be the beginning of the built environment, but it is the earliest time we have of people taking trees, taking charge of this material, and shaping something that has no precedent, that has no natural form to emulate. [...] It’s a real cultural imposition on the landscape.”
The #discovery expands our understanding of early human behavior, suggesting that advanced behaviors were more widespread than previously thought.
MILFORD PRE-SCHOOL PLUS: I have been lucky enough to begin my Forest School training, and have learned so much to share with the children about how we can care for our amazing Forest School area. One of the best things is all about "hazard flags!". The children have embraced these home made flags, using local sustainable wood that we are donated, from in our village. We place them where we see new…
Read more: https://www.rootsnshoots.org.uk/?p=18487
#Brazil supreme court rules in favor of Indigenous land rights in historic win
#news #GoodNews
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/21/brazil-supreme-court-indigenous-land-rights-win
#GoodNews: Das #Düsseldorf|er Amtsgericht hat die Strafverfahren gegen drei Greenpeace-Aktivisten wegen einer Protestaktion vor der NRW-Staatskanzlei eingestellt. Die bloße Anwesenheit bei der #Klimaschutz-Demo war keine "Beihilfe zum Hausfriedensbruch". #ProtectTheProtest!
https://www.wz.de/nrw/protest-an-staatskanzlei-verfahren-eingestellt_aid-98142593
Sandfield Close Primary School:
Read more: https://www.rootsnshoots.org.uk/?p=14091
ZEIT ONLINE: Afrika: Zahl der Nashörner steigt erstmals seit einem Jahrzehnt wieder an https://www.zeit.de/wissen/2023-09/afrika-nashorn-anstieg-wilderei
#goodnews
A Texas church has chosen a radically different path from many denominations nationwide. Instead of demonizing LGBTQ+ people, the Galileo Church in Fort Worth has opted to support the community.
“Health care is a human right, and withholding necessary care for trans kids is state-sponsored cruelty. We want to help families flourish,” the church says. The church is assisting families who need to travel to get treatment for their children with a $1000 grant.
Alternative zu Palmöl entwickelt
"Palm-Alt" ist laut Forschenden aus Schottland gesünder und umweltfreundlicher als Palmöl. Es besteht aus einem Nebenprodukt der Leinsamenindustrie, Fasern und Rapsöl, sodass es in verschiedenen Ländern weltweit produziert werden kann.
I was one of the backers of the #InsideTheBox kickstarters for #SubTerraII (and other things), whose failed promises are now being delivered by #NaylorGames through #GameFound.
I *think* I got an email about the package finally being delivered (it's from ZATU, which my understanding is the #boardgame distributor through which the pledge is being fulfilled).
This is #goodNews.
Hallam Fields Primary School: In celebration of the Queen's Jubilee, we organised a 'sensational salad' event, and a Jubilee picnic on Friday 27thMay.
As part of the Leicester City Council 'Big Green Month', we have been growing herbs in school. The children used these herbs to make salads. We invited parents to come into school to purchase a salad to eat at our jubilee picnic. Everyone had a great time…
Read more: https://www.rootsnshoots.org.uk/?p=22556
#GoodNews für den Schutz der Meere
80 Staaten, darunter Deutschland, unterzeichnen ein internationales Abkommen zur Schutz der Weltmeere.
Dieses UN-Meeresschutzabkommen bietet die Grundlage für die Ausweisung großes Schutzgebiete und legt Verfahren fest um z.B. wirtschaftliche Projekte auf ihre Umweltverträglichkeit zu prüfen.
"A team of Scandinavian researchers has recovered messenger and micro RNA from a Tasmanian tiger specimen kept in a museum collection.
It’s the first-ever collection of RNA from an extinct creature in history, an achievement long sought after in the study of extinct species and for other applications.
The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was truly unique for an apex predator. This large predatory marsupial was king among Tasmanian forests which remain largely intact since its extinction 130 years ago.
For this reason, the potential resurrection of the thylacine has received a lot of attention, as it would immediately solve many problems facing the balance of the Tasmanian ecosystem without the complexities of trying to replace the apex predator role with a non-native animal."
#GoodNews #Tasmania #TasmanianTiger #Australia #Extinct #RNA
"Whether she likes Disney Princesses or not, a 7-year-old girl was certainly celebrating her birthday like one after finding a 2.95-carat diamond on a hike in Arkansas.
Found in Crater of Diamonds State Park, located on the site of an extinct diamond volcano, it’s about the size of a green pea, golden brown in color, and without a single broken facet.
Aspen Brown and her father Luther went to the park in September for her birthday, several weeks after construction workers had dug out a 150-foot-long trench for infrastructure, which the Park Superintendent, Caleb Howell, said probably brought several tons of diamond-bearing material to the surface.
Dad Luther remembers the moment quite clearly, as it was a very warm day in the diamond search area."
"These unsung heroes teach us valuable lessons about resourcefulness, recycling, and the innate human spirit to make the most out of what others might consider worthless."
A chronicle of the historical significance of waste collectors across cultures, emphasizing their crucial role in early waste management, recycling, and their enduring impact on society.
https://www.messynessychic.com/2023/09/20/ode-to-the-rag-and-bone-man/ - via @feedle
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#goodnews #positivenews #goodreads #longreads #urbanism #society
Yarrells School: We have been very busy!
The Big Schools Bird Watch 2013
Once again this year, children at Yarrells have taken part in the Big Schools Bird Watch organised by the RSPB. This event allows the RSPB to compile statistics to show how our bird populations are changing from year to year. The bird feeders around the school were topped up and various activities arranged by staff members…
Read more: https://www.rootsnshoots.org.uk/?p=11144
Chowbent Primary School: Chowbent is a primary school based in Atherton. We held a 'Green flag' back in 2009 and have currently implemented a new Eco warrior committee to help regain our 'Green flag' status. With the help from pupils, parents and other colleagues within Chowbent we are now running a number of different eco activities which give the children hands on experiences of the environment we…
Read more: https://www.rootsnshoots.org.uk/?p=12489
#GoodNews - Raus aus dem Label-Dschungel der Intransparenz und des Greenwashing
Vertreter des EU-Parlaments und der Mitgliedsstaaten einigen sich, dass zukünftig
"nur noch Nachhaltigkeitslabel erlaubt sein, die von Behörden oder anerkannten Zertifizierungsstellen vergeben werden" und auf eine verbesserte Information über Garantierechte.
Missing Lego Jack found. #news #goodNews https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-cumbria-66870069
Given steel is an irreplaceable foundation of our economy and its production causes huge emissions, this is positive to see.
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-industry/major-steel-users-band-together-to-place-first-big-green-steel-order
#goodnews #climate #steel
Yes! Great to see this one go through.
“The EU will ban sweeping environmental claims such as “climate neutral” or “eco” by 2026 unless companies can prove the claim is accurate, as the bloc cracks down on greenwashing of consumer products.
The rules […] will also outlaw claims based on emissions offsetting — often used as the basis for assertions that products are carbon neutral.”
https://www.ft.com/content/53f84f03-1f1c-4240-977f-9de0e4893377
#greenwashing #sustainability #EU #climate #goodnews
Appleshaw St Peter's CofE Primary School: We have worked with a local contractor to transform a once inaccessible area of our site into a beautiful sensory garden. The children love it as a place for learning and quiet.
Read more: https://www.rootsnshoots.org.uk/?p=18107
@sco7sbhoy Sounds like #goodnews to me!
A free language app called Daariz that was launched in 2021 is now helping over 410,000 people in the Horn of Africa learn to read and write
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66707508?ref=futurecrunch.com #GoodNews
"At Chopwell Wood, the suburbs of Tyneside are blocked from view by trees – ash, beech, sycamore and especially giant conifers. The whisper of wind through lofty needles is constant and enveloping.
It’s here as well that green shoots of personal healing are sprouting. The wood is one of two sites being used by Forestry England, which manages publicly owned forests in England, to pioneer a cutting-edge approach to public health: green social prescribing.
There is little doubt that being in nature is good for us. According to evidence collated by The National Academy for Social Prescribing, there is “now a large body of research evidence reporting the benefits of the natural environment on mental health”. From lowering blood pressure and stress, to feeling connected to the community, being in the great outdoors has few, if any, downsides. But are the people who might benefit most finding their way into nature?
"
https://www.positive.news/environment/social-prescribing-coming-to-a-forest-near-you/
"Of all of NASA’s missions and toys, ShadowCam has gone under the radar after it went into orbit around the Moon last December.
Designed to image directly into the permanently shadowed craters at the Lunar poles, ShadowCam is 200 times more sensitive to light than previous Lunar cameras.
ShadowCam is one of six instruments on board the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)’s Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, known as Danuri, which launched in August 2022.
What secrets is ShadowCam revealing? It’s helping scientists understand how much ice is located at the bottom of these craters which have been measured as some of the coldest places in all the solar system. NASA knows there are ices there, but what they hope to learn with ShadowCam and a future mission involving a rover will be what happens to ice and soil when they go without so much as a single lumen of sunlight for literally billions of years."
"Off Staten Island, a new concrete breakwater is being assembled that makes room for nature in a beautiful, yet simple way.
Dubbed a ‘Living Breakwater,’ every one of the blocks is specially formed to maximize the space for bivalves like oysters to glom onto, while above the water line, depressions capture the seawater and allow for tidal pools to form in the tops.
Designed by Kate Orff, of the eco-design and architecture firm SCAPE, their brilliance comes from the subtle tweak to an existing product that makes room for nature.
Orff had originally created them for a US Department of Housing and Urban Development contest in the wake of Hurricane Sandy called Rebuild by Design, but now, Living Breakwaters have been awarded the Obel Award (not to be confused with the Nobel Award) for this year’s theme of adaptation."
#GoodNews #Breakwater #Environment #USA #StatenIsland #NewYork
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/living-breakwater-makes-room-for-oysters-and-tidal-pools-in-award-winning-design-off-staten-island/
"After an 18-year-old got caught under the tire of the rear axle of a Berlin commuter bus, a swarm of bystanders jumped into action.
It started with the bus driver who quickly noticed the young man and stopped, after that it was down to around 40 passengers and passersby who all lined up alongside the vehicle and began to push.
“There was chaos,” Frank Kurze, one of the volunteer rescuers told German news channel n-tv. “I saw the men trying to lift the bus, and it was clear to me that I also had to help lift the bus and try pull the young man from underneath.”
Before long the manpower prevailed and the victim was hauled out to a trio of waiting physicians—two nurses and a surgeon, who administered first aid on what the Berlin police department described as an injury to the pinned arm."
#GoodNews #Germany #Berlin #Bus #BystanderIntervention #Hero
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/40-heroes-lift-a-berlin-city-bus-off-trapped-young-man-watch/
🧬 A new study provides a deeper understanding of the human body, which is foundational for many scientific and medical disciplines.
"We estimate 2 trillion lymphocytes in the human body which is four times higher than prior estimates and could prove important in lymphocyte-related health and disease, such as HIV or leukemia."
https://www.livescience.com/health/anatomy/how-many-cells-are-in-the-human-body-new-study-provides-an-answer - via @feedle
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#goodnews #positivenews #science #biology #humanity #medicine
Walhampton: Walhampton wild flower meadow has been weeded and seeded ready for a blooming good summer for our bees, with huge thanks to Gill Hickman and the Kew Garden wild flower meadow project.
Read more: https://www.rootsnshoots.org.uk/?p=13123
Cumbria: Missing poster plea reunites boy with Lego man
Logarithmic optimism: Still some years to go.
#doomsday #doomscrolling #goodnews #news #TIL #vis #visualization #python #pythonPandas #matplotlib
I love that he did this! Magic. (The photograher dashed back to the wedding to set up the shot.)
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-66865452
In case you missed the #goodNewsRoundup on Monday:
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT86ddjWd/
Let’s remember our wins. T/y to Jessica for this weekly summary. It goes fast, so I’m happy to welcome criticism and clarifying context. Who knows more about California’s #climate lawsuit?
"C16 Biosciences, founded by MIT alumni, has developed a microbial oil to replace palm oil, whose production reaps environmental devastation." https://news.mit.edu/2023/clean-alternative-palm-oil-replacement-0622 #palmoil #goodNews #ecology @palmoildetectives
Grade II listed station due to reopen in Derbyshire on 28 October, the sole survivor of 16 that were originally part of a scheme developed by railway engineers George and Robert Stephenson.
The #IndustrialArchaeology of the East Midlands never ceases to please. #IndustrialHeritage #GoodNews
"We belong to a living planetary system — a living, thriving cosmos — that is self-organizing and self-healing. Humans are not apart from nature; we are of nature. Regardless of humanity’s current condition, we are never truly separate or even solely individual; we are members of a radical, co-evolving whole."
https://bigthink.com/thinking/what-humanity-can-learn-internet-mushrooms/ via @feedle
Positive.News: Who do you think should pay for Positive News? - Positive News
I already chip in, can you afford to?
#news #GoodNews
https://www.positive.news/perspective/support-positive-news-magazine/
From 19 Sep: Menstrual suppression effective, well-liked by transgender, gender-diverse adolescents - https://www.healio.com/news/womens-health-ob-gyn/20230914/menstrual-suppression-effective-wellliked-by-transgender-genderdiverse-adolescents #genderaffirmingcare #research #goodnews
Sarah Stewart Johnson reminds us that in seeking the stars, we often discover the beauty right under our feet: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/09/18/the-sirens-of-mars/ - via @feedle
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#goodnews #positivenews #longreads #space #books #universe
Here’s some #GoodNews for a Monday morning. I turned over in bed at 4am and heard a cat meowing outside and, after leaping downstairs, it turned out to be Ajay who had been missing for 12 days. She seems well and uninjured, just a little thinner and very hungry. I can’t believe how much I missed her and am overjoyed she’s home. I can go back to not sleeping because she’s annoying me now, rather than not sleeping because I’m missing her!
Researchers at Rice University transformed waste plastics into hydrogen gas and valuable graphene. This eco-friendly method could reduce plastic pollution and offer a cleaner energy source for all.
https://newatlas.com/energy/low-emissions-flash-method-upcycles-waste-plastic-free-hydrogen/ via @feedle
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#goodnews #positivenews #science #renewableenergy #cleanenergy #climatechange
"Finally, after four years of testing and developing, LEGO is selling braille bricks that use the bumps on their iconic bricks to teach the Braille alphabet—and these aren’t only for blind people.
Alongside the Braille bumps on each brick is printed the letters and numbers so that everyone can play while learning a new language, including the sighted. The new ‘Play with Braille’ set makes learning braille more fun and accessible to everyone.
LEGO Braille Bricks are moulded with the same number of studs used for individual letters and numbers in the Braille alphabet, while remaining fully compatible with every LEGO system.
“For blind and partially sighted children, and adults for that matter, it makes all the difference if they can share their journey of learning braille with the people they love the most,” said Martine Abel-Williamson, President, World Blind Union."
#GoodNews #LEGO #Braille #Accessibility #Blind
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lego-finally-sells-braille-bricks/
Prospect Hospice in Swindon is unveiling a 'river' of beautiful roses created from recycled aluminium. The funds made through the sale of the roses will help to care for terminally ill people.
#GoodNews #Swindon #Hospice #Roses #Recycling #Aluminium #Flowers #TerminalIllnesss
I wrote a few months back about Suffolk Wildlife Trust raising funds to purchase land to create the Martlesham Wilds - they've finally raised the full amount!
#GoodNews #Suffolk #Martlesham #Wilds #Rewilding #Fundraising
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23785187.delight-suffolk-nature-reserve-appeal-hits-1m-goal/
At Portsmouth port, an almost £20m grant has been secured to operate a shore power system, allowing ships to effectively plug into the mains, using renewable energy to run their onboard systems. This will improve air quality at the port and save 5,500 tonnes of carbon a year.
#GoodNews #Portsmouth #Port #Energy #Electricity #Renewable #Green #AirQuality #Carbon
In Guatemala, Ocean Cleanup's Interceptor 006 prevented 140 tonnes of rubbish being swept out to see during a flood event.
#GoodNews #OceanCleanup #Guatemala #Interceptor #River #Flood #Plastic #Rubbish #Recycling #Environment
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cw5SeLHsveF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
"Straw is one of more than 200 tenants at Latch – which stands for Leeds Action to Create Homes. She was referred to the organisation after leaving an abusive relationship and now lives in a refurbished house in the city. She’s passionate about how it’s transformed her life.
The business model is simple: Latch buys derelict homes across Leeds, which it then renovates, furnishes, and rents at fair rates. The work is supported by a team of unemployed construction trainees, who are given on-the-job training to help them find work in the industry. Tenants, who are typically homeless or living in difficult circumstances, get access to a dedicated support worker.
Since its inception in 1989, the organisation has transformed more than 100 derelict properties into energy efficient homes, and helped almost 600 people make a new, positive start."
"For too long, it has been far too easy for criminals, Russian oligarchs, and other bad actors to fund their illicit activity by hiding and moving money through anonymous shell companies and other corporate structures right here in the United States. This final rule is a significant step forward in our efforts to support national security, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies in their work to curb illicit activities."
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"It's #GuteNachrichtenSamstag again!"
"So let the #goodNews-Spam begin!" :mastodance: 💚
Here's something you rarely see: this piece about how Coco Gauff embodies #GenZ behavior is *holding her up as a positive example* to be emulated, praising her maturity(!) and poise as she advocates for what's right "with conviction and clarity".
More like this, please!
https://fortune.com/2023/09/14/coco-gauff-perfect-representation-gen-z-at-work-us-open/ #GoodNews #CocoGauff
"Our research finding is significant in the sense that the hydrogen generated by electrochemical water splitting is regarded as one of the most promising clean energies to replace fossil fuels in the near future, reducing environmental pollution and the greenhouse effect,"
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-scientists-breakthrough-highly-efficient-electrocatalyst.html?ref=feedle.world via @feedle
#goodnews #positivenews #science #climatechange #cleanenergy
Mehr #goodnews zum Beispiel, dass wir bereits die Zubauziele bei #Solarenergie fuer dieses Jahr erreicht haben.
Jetzt noch bei #Windenergie nachlegen und wir kommen langsam aber sicher in die Spur zurueck!
#China kann es ja auch 👉 https://www.metacheles.de/p/aber-in-china-fakten-zur-energiewende#details
"Can a grey wolf calm the climate? Can a whale tame the skies?
No, those aren’t the chorus lines of some whimsical 70s folk song. Rather, they’re the sort of legitimate questions arising from a fascinating new study into a previously overlooked, but potentially crucial, benefit of rewilding.
It found that maintaining healthy populations of just nine key wild species (or groups of species) – including elephants and wolves, but also wildebeest, musk ox and bison, as well as marine fish, whales, sharks and sea otters – can play a vital role in controlling the carbon cycle on land and sea. How? Because in order for such creatures to thrive, they need a viable habitat. And if that’s conserved, whether in the oceans, forests, grasslands or swamps, so are the many ways in which its natural properties of sequestering and storing carbon are maintained, too."
#GoodNews #Environment #Habitat #Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
https://www.positive.news/environment/why-tackling-biodiversity-loss-could-solve-the-climate-crisis/
"Wind turbine blades set to be landfilled or incinerated, are being turned into footbridges that can hold the weight of a 30-tonne digger.
Currently, there are around 11,000 wind turbines in the UK, and estimates suggest that 450 blades will be decommissioned in Ireland by 2030, creating tons of non-recyclable waste.
In a bid to avoid filling up the landfill, a transatlantic research network led by Queen’s University Belfast called ‘Re-Wind’ was set up to find new ways to repurpose the blades. Working together, geography experts, design architects, and engineers have discovered that by using just two turbine blades they can create a bridge.
Already, the team has successfully built two footbridges in Ireland—a 21-foot (7-meter) bridge in Draperstown, Northern Ireland, and a 15-foot (5-meter) bridge in Cork in the Republic of Ireland."
"The NTU approach entails submerging expired solar cells in hot, diluted phosphoric acid for half an hour to remove surface metals. This procedure is then duplicated with fresh phosphoric acid to ensure comprehensive metal extraction, ultimately yielding a pristine silicon wafer within an additional half-hour.
The team also claimed that advanced spectroscopic analyses confirmed that their sample achieved a recovery rate of 98.9 percent with a purity of 99.2 percent.
Dr. Sim Ying, the lead author, claimed that the similar performance levels exhibited by their upcycled silicon-based lithium-ion battery and freshly procured ones provide evidence for the viability of the NTU approach.
They anticipate that their silicon recovery technique will significantly propel the advancement of EV battery technology.
...
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"How astounding that within a 600-million-year-old sea sponge, a gene set lay the framework for a future that could not have been anything more than an abstract space, an intangible dream, as elusive as the space of consciousness."
https://nautil.us/where-did-the-brain-come-from-380114/?ref=feedle.world
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"From Australia comes a story of corporate responsibility in the face of personal tragedy as an elderly national bank depositor had nearly AUD$500,000 returned to him out of the bank’s own pockets.
He had been tricked by scammers into revealing his banking information, which an inquest at ANZ bank found was something they should have been able to detect and stop before the scammers pilfered every last cent of the depositor’s life savings.
78-year-old Alex Shaw was recently diagnosed with dementia, something that wasn’t a big surprise to his son Victor. The news came just a few days after he had gone in with Alex to their local branch of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) and were told that Alex had been the victim of a scam, and that the roughly AUD$460,000 amassed throughout his working life had been taken."
"On Scotland’s Isle of Arran, national archaeologists are abuzz that a new ‘cursus’ has been found that is proving to be the most complete and best-preserved monument of this kind ever found in Britain—greater even than Stonehenge.
A cursus is not a stone circle, but rather a massive earthwork, and this one found at a place called Drumadoon was built by Neolithic farmers around 3,500 BCE, and it stretches 0.6 miles.
These kinds of landscape monuments were given the name ‘cursus’ after the Latin word for ‘course,’ and in fact the cursus at Stonehenge was at one point believed to be an ancient chariot racing track."
#GoodNews: Das Sächsische Innenministerium hat festgestellt, dass automatisierte #Gesichtserkennung mit den Vorgaben des #Datenschutzes nicht zu vereinbaren sind. Der betreffende Paragraph im Sächsischen #Polizeigesetz wird nicht über den Dezember hinaus verlängert! https://www.lto.de/recht/nachrichten/n/sachsen-gesichtserkennung-kriminalitaet-grenze-polizei-straftaten/
“Thirty years ago, there was laughter all around. Electric vehicles? It will never be realistic; solar energy, never; wind power – a joke. And look where we are now. Everything has changed.”
https://imagine5.com/articles/rewind-to-the-80s-for-this-amazing-positive-tipping-point/
#goodnews #positivenews #norway #sustainability #electricvehicles #climatechange @TheWarOnCars
1/2 I so often read in social media that #humanity cannot #change, that it is incurably bad. The impression may arise when one no longer looks at the efforts to do good in global catastrophes. France now not only has an internationally groundbreaking package of laws on #waste avoidance but this is also presented in an utterly positive light. Doing without #plastic is not an ascetic renunciation, but a liberation, a great trend: it makes you feel good. People change, if we help them. #goodNews
Scania are testing a lorry which is covered in solar panels. The panels should generate enough power to propel it 5,000 km in Sweden, but maybe as many as 10,000 km in Spain. And that number could increase as more efficient panels are used.
#GoodNews #Transport #Lorries #Trucks #SolarPanels #Solar #PV #Range #Electricity #Hybrid #Power
Mid Suffolk, England's first Green controlled district council, wants to become a member of UK100 climate network to help in their drive towards net zero carbon emissions and clean air.
#GoodNews #DistrictCouncil #MidSuffolk #Green #UK100ClimateNetwork #UK100 #Climate #Zero #NetZero #CleanAir
The Bird Photographer of the Year results are in and they're *stunning*!
#GoodNews #Photography #Award #Bird #Winners #Beauty #Nature #Awe
https://www.cnet.com/pictures/avian-awe-see-the-stunning-bird-photographer-of-the-year-winners/
Mary Smail has installed 16 solar panels on her house despite it breaking planning laws. "If bad laws are not challenged then they never get changed and we can see that through things like the suffragettes and civil rights in America."
#GoodNews #Solar #PV #Panels #Housing #Council #Law #Breaking #Protest #Climate #Energy #Emergency #Bravery
"The discovery of this ceramic water pipe network is remarkable because the people of Pingliangtai were able to build and maintain this advanced water management system with stone age tools and without the organization of a central power structure. This system would have required a significant level of community-wide planning and coordination, and it was all done communally."
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-china-ancient-pipe-networks-communal.html
More #3dprinting going on for #rfbitbanger cases. The case attempt from yesterday curled up pretty hard on a raft. I was using nylon and I think I had the temperature too hot.
"A clever graduate has used 80 discarded vape batteries to power his e-scooter—and to make a point about waste.
The 23-year-old Brit says disposable vape devices are marketed as expendable, but still have plenty of power—and people need to know that.
It didn’t cost any money to pick up 80 discarded vape batteries and he wired the lithium-ion batteries to a scooter purchased on eBay for $37 (£30).
Tobiasz Stanford from Wiltshire now uses the e-scooter everyday and calls it “very reliable”.
“It can go up any hill, has been used in rain, and has been driven through puddles. The only downfall is that it’s quite noisy but other than that the performance is crazy.”
“These vape batteries are very active still, yet they’re marketed as disposable. It needs to stop”
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#GoodNews #Recycling #Vape #EScooter #DoItYourself #DIY #EWaste
"A kindhearted couple who won £100,000 on the Euromillions is planning to spend their winnings on fostering children.
Already parents to three children, the couple in their 40s will now convert their garage into extra bedrooms to begin fostering kids in need, a dream they’ve always shared.
Kathleen Reece admits she’s often moaned in the past about her husband Mark playing the Euromillions every week, believing they weren’t lucky enough to ever win.
And she thought Mark was playing a practical joke on her when he asked her to check the winning ticket while he went out to get some milk in North Worcestershire, England."
#goodnews
Frage ist nicht eindeutig. Was soll ich gut bzw. schlecht finden, die Tendenz der Redaktionen oder die Sichtweise der Kolleginnen. Über mich auf erstes bezogen.
Immer mehr Redaktionen setzen auf das Prinzip Hoffnung, um nicht nur über Negatives zu berichten. Wir selbst schreiben auch öfter lösungsorientiert. Unsere Kollegin Susanne Donner sieht solche Entwicklungen kritisch. Was haltet ihr von mehr #goodnews? https://www.riffreporter.de/de/gesellschaft/journalismus-optimismus
"Excavations had begun on two huge vertical shafts for a major upgrade of Auckland’s raw sewage pipeline when the groundworks crew came across something astonishing.
Piercing the threshold of an ancient shell bed filled with sea life, New Zealand paleontologist Bruce Hayward likened it to “finding gold right on your doorstep—a once-in-a-lifetime find.”
300,000 individual lifeforms from 266 species, fossilized 3 million years ago are offering the largest single insight into New Zealand native marine fauna in history, and a new paper released on the subsequent research has identified 10 new species."
Trans woman once turned away from salons starts beauty business to help others.
Jessica Hillis, from Upton, runs Obsidian Beauty, a mobile beauty salon covering Liverpool, Wirral and Chester, providing waxing, brow shaping, facials and spray tanning for transgender women in the privacy of their homes.
#news #GoodNews #TransNews
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/trans-woman-once-turned-away-27584520
"A massive sacred rock is leaving downtown Lawrence Wednesday on a trip to its new home at the site of the Kaw Nation’s last village in Kansas near Council Grove.
This summer marks 150 years since the federal government forced the tribe’s last residents in Kansas from the state, sending them on a two-week journey to Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma.
The ceremony marked the return of a 28-ton red quartzite boulder to the Kaw people. Descendants of white settlers took the boulder nearly a century ago, placed it in Lawrence and turned it into a monument to the city’s founders.
@dgar Well. it´s a question of perspective ;) Take this one by #Picasso found THANKS to amazing @Bamajasper
😉👉 🕊 https://mstdn.social/@mckra1g@mastodon.social/110457406840876333
... IF YOU look at it from the angle of this #photo, you see a #peacedove starting to flight, if you watch 90 degrees arround, you see a face.
Turn that Meme from you 90 degrees and get #peaceofmind again (the bar will always be in the same position 😉
Much of it is all about persopective.
Check 👍#GOODNEWS #GUTENACHRICHTEN to smile again :)
Etwas ungeschickt, wenn man zur Bewertung des 49-Euro-Tickets eine Technik nutzt, die "erst bei Fahrten ab einer Distanz von 30 Kilometern verlässlich" ist. Denn #ÖPNV (also *Nah*verkehr) macht bestimmt großen Anteil aus.
Aber grundsätzlich sieht es so aus, als wären's #goodNews / #guteNachrichten hinsichtlich Akzeptanz und Klimaschutz:
https://www.zeit.de/mobilitaet/2023-08/49-euro-ticket-klimaschutz-auto-daten
"Irish conservationists report that the magnificent osprey has successfully bred in the wilds of the Emerald Isle for the first time in almost 250 years.
Worldwide, ospreys are doing great—listed as “Least Concern” by the IUCN who add they are increasing in population. However their massive brown and white wings have been absent from Irish skies for two centuries after being hunted to extinction.
The last recorded osprey to nest in Ireland was found in 1779 writes the Ireland-based conservation group Golden Eagle Trust on Facebook.
Visiting ospreys sometimes stop on the island to rest, but almost since the signing of the US Declaration of Independence, no pair has ever deemed it a safe environment to raise young."
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ospreys-breed-in-ireland-for-the-first-time-in-more-than-200-years/
The Brazilian High Court has almost unanimously voted to classify homophobic hate speech as highly as racist abuse - it will now be punishable with a prison sentence.
#GoodNews #Equality #Law #Homophobia #LGBTQ
https://www.attitude.co.uk/news/brazil-high-court-rules-homophobia-punishable-by-prison-444667/
The English Chess Federation (and others) have fought back against the FIDE's stupid and hateful ban of trans people from chess competitions.
#GoodNews #LGBTQ #Trans #Sport #Chess #EnglishChessFederation #Ban #FIDE #Equality #Fairness
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/20/english-chess-federation-fide-trans-women-policy/
"In homes across the UK, women are coming together to ensure their money isn’t funding climate breakdown – and learning how to take control of their financial futures
In the face of the climate crisis, it’s easy to feel like individual action doesn’t add up to much. But across the UK, at kitchen tables, coffee shops and in living rooms, groups of women are coming together to take a stand. Not through protest or even lifestyle changes – but through the power of their savings, and with the help of a unique scheme called Money Movers.
With a whopping £88bn in UK pension funds currently invested in the fossil fuel industry, funnelling savings into more sustainable sectors is an urgent priority, and can be highly effective. Research by the Make My Money Matter campaign has found that switching to a greener pension provider is 21 times more impactful than giving up flying, becoming vegetarian and switching energy supplier
..."
"Hunters, dairy farmers, utility operators, loggers, government agents and conservationists have all supported the tribe in helping North America’s largest land-based birds." Great article by @Toastie about the re-introduction of #condors by #indigenous people. So much to learn in this article! Great #journalism. https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.6/indigenous-affairs-birds-the-yurok-tribe-is-bringing-condors-home-to-northern-california-skies #biodiversity #conservation #ecology #BiodiversityLoss #goodNews
"Ecuador voted to just stop oil
In a historic referendum pitting the people against big oil, Ecuadorians voted on Sunday to halt drilling in a protected region of the Amazon. "
"Speaking of screening for cancer...
From men’s health to women’s and another early diagnosis breakthrough with news of a wearable ultrasound scanner for detecting breast cancer. "
"Lego laid the foundations for inclusive play
In a giant win for inclusive play, Lego is making its braille bricks available to buy for the first time."
"A Greek island underwent a green revolution
First it was declared a national park, then it became energy self-sufficient. Now the small Greek island of Tilos has become the world’s first zero-waste island."
"Positive News readers bucked a trend
The curious British fashion for paving over front gardens got us thinking: surely there are people out there putting the trend in reverse?"
https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-34-of-2023/
A Taiwanese couple posts photo sessions with clothes left behind in their laundromat. They’ve gone viral as fashion icons. How cute is that.
Their Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/wantshowasyoung/
(Edit: correcting myself. Using Taiwanese instead of Chinese. Thank you for the edification, @TimMaddog.)
"It was called the Yasuní popular consultation, and it asked the people of Ecuador a simple question: “Do you agree with the Ecuadorian government in keeping the ITT crude, known as block 43, underground indefinitely?”
At 94% of the vote counted, the answer was 60% ‘yes’. The proposal was approved.
The referendum was a popular initiative demanded by indigenous communities for more than ten years and sought to protect the vast Yasuní National Park from oil drilling.
Home to the claimed ancestral territory of the contactable Huaorani tribe, and the voluntarily-isolated Tagaeri and Taromenane, the park, 700 square miles larger than Yellowstone, was declared a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve in 1989."
#GoodNews #Ecuador #Yasuni #YasuniNationalPark #BanFossilFuels #Indigenous