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The Positive News Thread - Printable Version +- Bring4th (https://www.bring4th.org/forums) +-- Forum: Bring4th Community (https://www.bring4th.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?fid=16) +--- Forum: Art, Media, & Entertainment (https://www.bring4th.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?fid=40) +--- Thread: The Positive News Thread (/showthread.php?tid=5021) |
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-17-2017 How a Successful Hunger Strike Is Leading to a National Movement for Better Education Quote:Jitu Brown, champion of public schools and racial justice, pushes hard against privatizers and big-city Democrats who neglect impoverished schools. Why Can Only Humans Be Murdered? What About Non-Human Animals? Quote:It's time to change the language we use to discuss the killing of other species. 5 Random Acts of Kindness for Activists to Do Today ![]() RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-17-2017 RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-17-2017 Pope Francis: Indigenous People Should Have Final Say About Their Land Pueblo, Colorado and Moab, Utah, Just Committed to 100% Renewable Energy Quote:Pueblo, Colorado and Moab, Utah, this week became the 22nd and 23rd cities in the U.S. to commit to transition to 100 percent clean, renewable energy. Former friend & colleague of mine. ![]() RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-17-2017 Firefighters give mouth-to-mouth to revive a CAT after rescuing it from a burning Hong Kong flat ![]() RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-17-2017 RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-17-2017 How Silence Rewires Your Brain to be More Intelligent Dubai will introduce self-flying taxi drone in July RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-17-2017 Denver Church Gives Sanctuary to Immigrant Mother Facing Deportation RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-17-2017 These Greeting Cards Show Love to Those Affected by Incarceration: Write to Matter RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-18-2017 A reporter’s arrest crystallizes her commitment to cover Standing Rock An Indoor Greens Garden for COLD climate in February: JFK on the importance of the press to a free society Quote:Rachel Maddow shares video of President John F. Kennedy in 1962, talking about the value of a free press despite disagreeing with its recent treatment of him after the Bay of Pigs invasion. Resisting Trump: The Great American Awakening Quote:Old wounds break open. Deep, encrusted wrongs are suddenly visible. The streets flow with anger and solidarity. The past and the future meet. RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-18-2017 Iowa City Sets Aside 1,000 Acres to Save Honeybees Former Harvard Education Dean: Why College-in-Prison Programs Work Students invent robotic arm to rescue dog trapped in Turkish well World's Largest Solar Panel Facade Powers Danish School RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-18-2017 Local taxi driver, Tejinder Pal Singh, inspired by a racist tirade from a passenger, spends his free time and money cooking and handing out free food for the needy. ![]() https://i.imgur.com/8O1pWAS.jpg RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-18-2017 Research Debunks Myths About Immigrants and Crime Sick teen's crowdfunded €723,154 (over $500k) for life-saving US cancer treatment Mesmerising Winners of the Underwater Photography Awards ![]() RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-18-2017 Haven't seen any of them, though... 5 Spiritually Uplifting Documentaries Streaming On Netflix Right Now RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-18-2017 Hundreds Form 'Human Wall' in Mexico to Protest Trump RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-18-2017 Scientists find 60,000 year old life form trapped underground ![]() ![]() ![]() RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-18-2017 Glass sponge reefs thought to be extinct are discovered to be thriving in ocean depths RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-19-2017 San Francisco Bans the Sale of Puppy Mill Dogs My Friends and I Are Willing to Spend Time in Jail Fighting for Environmental Justice Learning to See in the Dark Amid Catastrophe: An Interview With Deep Ecologist Joanna Macy The Rome of America: What Lies Under Teotihuacan? – The Real City of the Gods Quote:At its peak, around 200 AD, Teotihuacan counted a population of well over 125,000, boasted hundreds of temples and palaces, and three massive pyramids named after the Sun, the Moon, and the Feathered Serpent (itself a symbol of the planet Venus). The ruins of what is often called the Rome of America, Teotihuacan, lie a mere 50 km (31 miles) North-East of modern day Mexico City. ![]() RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-19-2017 Woman Hugs Cat No One Would Touch, the Kitty So Happy He Thanks Her with the Sweetest Meow… Cat Brothers Separated for 2 Years Find Each Other When Their Humans Start Dating... RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-19-2017 For more about/from Charles, visit Gary's thread on his book The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible. The book is also available to read for free on his website (just scroll down a little)! ![]() RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-19-2017 Scientists find surprising harmony among cats and dogs in India Quote:"Tigers, leopards, and dholes are doing a delicate dance in these protected areas, and all are manging to survive," said zoologist Ullas Karanth. Just in case anyone missed it: Earth may have brand new continent 'Zealandia' RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-19-2017 Tofu the Chicken: Shipped Through the Mail, Abandoned at a Post Office, Now Thriving at Sanctuary Quote:We can make a big a difference in the lives of others when we choose to put compassion first. RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-20-2017 Even before sanctuary cities, here’s how black Americans protected fugitive slaves The Guardians of Rescue: Helping the Pets of the Homeless Guiding Principles That Will Help Us Protect the Environment for Future Generations Out of darkness, light: Will the Trumpian nightmare lead to a real “political revolution” after all? Quote:Slavoj Žižek argued Trump would be better for the left than Clinton — and if we survive this, he might be right RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-20-2017 It's World Day of Social Justice! UN Wrote:2017 Theme: "Preventing conflict and sustaining peace through decent work” RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-20-2017 Thousands Rally in NYC to Declare 'I Am A Muslim Too' ![]() RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-20-2017 4 Signs That Electric Cars Are About to Make a Splash RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-20-2017 7-Year-Old Is Helping Hungry Kids In A Big Way Quote:7-year-old Kaden Newton realized that local food pantries don't often carry kid-friendly foods and he wanted to help. So Kaden decided start his own non-profit called Mac-and-Cheese and Pancakes to pitch in by collecting his favorite foods for hungry kids. And when you see the difference this young man makes in his community you'll be inspired! RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-20-2017 IKEA Just Released Free Instructions For A Spectacular Sustainable Garden ![]() RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-21-2017 RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-21-2017 I rescued a pup while on patrol today. CITY BUILDS ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF TINY HOUSES FOR HOMELESS VETERANS TO LIVE IN FOR FREE Unlocking the Cage (documentary, Wednesday, February 22, 4:00PM ET - HBO EAST) Quote:Directed by Chris Hegedus and D A Pennebaker, the award-winning filmmakers behind "Don't Look Back" and "The War Room," this feature documentary follows animal-rights activist Steven Wise around the country and into the courtroom for an unprecedented battle that seeks to utilize the writ of habeas corpus - perhaps the single most important legal instrument for safeguarding individual liberties against arbitrary and lawless state actions - to expand legal "personhood" to include certain sentient animals. RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-21-2017 Advertising in India has become a major platform for social change Quote:Indian brands are discovering feminism and gay rights like never before. Texas has become the unlikely champion of wind energy in America Lose yourself in these award-winning photos ![]() |