The Positive News Thread

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8 Business Leaders Who Are Investing to Close Slaughterhouses for Good

Free the People: The New Year's Victory You Didn't Hear About

Concerned Citizens in Cancer Alley Vow to Ramp up Battle Against Industrial Pollution in 2018

California plans bill that requires all cars sold after 2040 to be emission-free

We need to recycle better. This infographic will teach you how to do just that

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Dark highway underpass transformed into a brilliant tunnel of light

Senate Judiciary Committee Has 2 Black Members For First Time In Its History

Celine Dion Handles Dry-Humping Woman With The Power Of Love

These Holocaust Survivors Have An Important Message For The World

“Speak up and put down signs of racism, acts of hatred.”

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Iran Eases Drug Laws; Could Halt Execution of 5,000 Prisoners

One of the world's leading drug executioners is taking a dramatic step away from the death penalty--and it's retroactive.

Theresa May proposes plastic-free supermarket aisles in green strategy

BBC follows Blue Planet II with hard-hitting nature documentaries

David Attenborough’s landmark series inspires programmes exploring the impact of plastics and textiles on environment

Astronomers may be closing in on source of mysterious fast radio bursts

Pulses may be from a neutron star cocooned by a strong magnetic field – though experts are not ruling out more unorthodox explanations such as alien ships

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Bono's heartfelt TIME essay on women's rights - nowhere on earth do women have the same opportunities as men

New Jersey Just Became the First State to Ban All Wild Animals in Circuses

Australia Launches Anti-Bullying Campaign

Big new renewable projects planned across Australia as Tesla effect hits

Dr. Rankin is on a grassroots mission to heal healthcare by repairing the doctor-patient relationship, while empowering both patients and health care providers to marry the best of Western medicine with mind-body approaches scientifically proven to activate the body's natural self-repair mechanisms.

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Perú creates huge new national park of nearly 870.000 hectares (article in Spanish)

Switzerland rules lobsters must be stunned before boiling

Here’s something you don’t see every day: Snow in the Sahara Desert (not really positive... but beautiful)

Tesla has kicked of production of its new rooftop solar shingles

Ecuador Grants WikiLeaks Founder Assange Citizenship After 5 Years In Embassy

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The Sanctity of Life

UN chief urges world leaders to celebrate migration as a positive

New York Man Raises Money For Hundreds Of Harlem Kids To See ‘Black Panther’

Animals to be banned from English circuses

The final end for fox hunting in the UK?

Hollywood Won’t Destroy Sexism, But We Can

The solution isn't for Oprah to run for president. It's to listen to women everywhere.

Stone Found In Egypt Has Minerals We Have Never Seen Before On Earth Or In Space (Originally posted by Christer Agama Slettebakken in the The Law of One: Ra Material Study Group on Facebook)

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When Lissa Rankin, MD researched what optimizes the health of the body and what predisposes the body to illness, she was surprised by what she found. When asked "What's the greatest risk factor for disease?" she found that perhaps it's not our diet, our exercise regimen, the absence of bad habits like smoking, or genetics that most profoundly affect the health of the body. To her surprise, she found that scientific evidence suggests that loneliness may be the greatest public health issue few people are talking about. We are tribal beings, and when we feel lonely, our nervous systems sense a threat, activating stress responses that predispose the body to illness. When we come together in conscious community, our nervous systems relax and the body's self-healing mechanisms activate, which may be the most important medicine we need. What is the cure for this underrepresented public health issue? Dr. Rankin's prescription may surprise you.

(There is also a number of Charles Eisenstein references in the talk.)


(This was linked to on Beatriz Gonzalez' website.)

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Landmark Ruling Could Bring Marriage Equality Across Latin America

The World Unites to Denounce Donald Trump's Racist "S**thole" Comments

EU to Propose Plastic-Bag Tax as China Curtails Waste Imports

Farming for a Small Planet

This startup is paying customers to use less electricity

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California Is Preparing to Defend Its Waters From Trump Order

Senator Vows To Ask Court Nominees Under Oath About Sexual Assault History

Jeff Bezos Announces $33 Million Scholarship Fund For ‘Dreamers’

New York installs memorial plaque to paraplegic hero cop Stephen McDonald

65-year-old woman running around Irish coast in aid of lifeboat charity

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Japan Will Offer $3 Million To Aid Rohingya Return to Myanmar

The key to a happier life is learning how to suffer better

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How a Group of Nuns Is Taking the Lead on Climate Action

San Francisco Takes A Stand To Protect Sex Workers Who Come Forward About Abuse

How to #HealMeToo: After #MeToo - Healing From the Trauma of Sexual Assault

Within two weeks, 94 percent of women survivors will experience PTSD. #HealMeToo wants to give them a place to share and recover.

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Animal Control Officers Spend Night Outdoors to Raise Awareness of Cold Weather Dangers

California Mountain Lions Will No Longer Be Killed Automatically for Preying on Domestic Animals

The Will to Live: 4 Animals Who Escaped Slaughter and Fought for Their Lives

10 Tips for Helping Your Surviving Pet Deal With a Loss

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World's biggest wildlife reserve planned for Antarctica in global campaign

Should Parents Be Allowed to Hit Their Kids? Welsh Government Says No

Chelsea Manning To Run For U.S. Senate In Maryland

Here’s An Amazing Way To Explain Gender Expression To Kids

A School Needed 50 Men To Volunteer As 'Dads,' But Did Not Expect This

More than 600 people answered a call for local men to attend a “Breakfast with Dads,” an event to bring middle schoolers and “father figures” together for a meal.

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Mark Wahlberg donates $1.5m reward for film reshoots to Time's Up fund

Actor makes donation in name of co-star Michelle Williams, who was paid less than $1,000 for the All the Money in the World reshoots

Rescued Search Dogs Help Save Survivors of Deadly Montecito Mudslides

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message still resonates today

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Belize bans oil activity to protect its barrier reef

Norway bans fur farms

Organic Agriculture Can Feed the World

Why So Little Empathy and Compassion Within American Culture?

Study: Renewable energy will soon be cheaper than coal, oil and gas

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5 Acts of Service to Honor Martin Luther King Jr. All Year Long

Newly Discovered 1964 MLK Speech on Civil Rights, Segregation & Apartheid South Africa

Some Cities Aren’t Waiting Around for Trump to Gut Net Neutrality—They Are Building Their Own

Christians of Color Are Rejecting “Colonial Christianity” and Reclaiming Ancestral Spiritualities

The Healing of a Spacious View

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Can You Dare To Ask “What’s It Like To Be You?” 50 Years After Martin Luther King, Jr. Died?

Tiktaalik, the Mpemba Effect, and the Trend Toward a More Inclusive Science

UK Bans Microbeads to Protect the Earth’s Oceans

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Did a Humpback Whale Protect a Marine Biologist From a Shark Attack?

Renewables will be consistently cheaper than fossil fuels by 2020

The electric vehicle market is heating up as Ford pledges $11 billion investment

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Several African countries have reduced malnutrition

After More Than a Century of "Horrific Conditions," Some Youth Prisons Are Shutting Down

Breaking the Cycle of Cynicism: "Stand Up!" Offers Tools for Effective Organizing in the Age of Trump

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Pope Francis expresses 'pain and shame' for clergy's sexual abuse of children

‘We commit ourselves to ensuring such things do not happen again’

EU declares war on plastic waste

Brussels targets single-use plastics in an urgent clean-up plan that aims to make all packaging reusable or recyclable by 2030

European parliament votes to end electric pulse fishing

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Australia Offers $1.6 Million to Rescue Great Barrier Reef

New York Rescinds Controversial Prison Books Policy

3 Characteristics of Small Thriving Communities that Work for Everyone

San Leandro lab’s secret foray yields animal-free leather

Farm To Feed Over 100 People Comes In A Box

This box contains everything you need to build your own farm that feeds 150 people

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North and South Korea to march under one flag at Winter Olympics 'peace games'

James Dyson wants to use his vacuum technology to suck garbage from rivers

Denver is subsiding rent to make expensive apartments available for low-income workers

Denmark has broken the record for electricity generated via wind power…again

Bright flash of light marks incredible moment life begins when sperm meets egg (First posted by Chaveer Singh to The Law of One: Ra Material Study Group.)

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New York City Councilmember Jumaane Williams: Civil Disobedience Is Needed to Protect Immigrants

How to Achieve Zero Emissions, Even if the Federal Government Won't Help

Hero Firefighter Catches Child Thrown From Burning Building

BlackRock’s Message: Contribute to Society, or Risk Losing Our Support

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Norway aims for all short-haul flights to be 100% electric by 2040

George Monbiot: We Need a New Political Story of Empathy and Sharing to Replace Neoliberalism

Empathy between man and environment: a key factor for resilience and sustainability

4 ways to cultivate empathy in the classroom

The Neuroscience of Compassion and Empathy and Their Link to Prosocial Motivation and Behavior

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The “Deadly Breast Cancer Gene” is a Myth, Lancet Study Confirms

What Not to Say When Someone Experiences Street Harassment

Study Absolves Rats Of Blame For Europe's Black Death

Mexican Presidential Hopeful Former First Lady Zavala Vows To Curb Militarized Drug War

Katie Couric on Building 'Empathy' and 'Understanding' with New Documentary Series

(All empathy links from the Empathy Magazine.)

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EU Parliament ends palm oil and caps crop-based biofuels at 2017 levels

Bengaluru innovator creates super high-efficiency machine that produces power from vacuum (Unfortunately, A Man Who Invented A Real “Free-Energy” Machine Just Passed Away (Video of Machine In Article))

We could soon be using carbon emissions to produce plastic

Carbon fiber could be made from plants, scientists say

A Powerful Anti-Capitalist Movement Is Brewing, Even in This Dark Time

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After Successfully Bringing Down Her Local Confederate Statues, This Activist Says She’s Ready for Office

Zambia Responds to Trump's 'Sh*thole' Insult with Hilarious Tourism Ad

How You Can Help Veterans Fight for Access to Medical Marijuana

Over 100,000 People Have Pledged to Go Vegan for Veganuary

Amid Freezing Classrooms, Baltimore’s Teachers Fight to Democratize City’s Schools

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Keith Ellison Has Advice to Defeat Trump's Racist Agenda Everyone Should Follow

The question isn't "what did he say?" but "what are we going to do about it?"

Citizen Scientists Discover Unusual New Solar System Not Even NASA Could Find

Pope meets victims of child sexual abuse in Chile, 'cries with them'

Pope Francis Performs Impromptu Wedding Ceremony Aboard Papal Plane

H&M Hires ‘Global Leader’ For Diversity After ‘Monkey Hoodie’ Backlash

Judge Calls Larry Nassar ‘Delusional’ For Saying It’s Hard To Face His Victims

“Spending four or five days listening to them is significantly minor considering the hours of pleasure you had at their expense and ruining their lives,” the judge said.

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A Former Neo-Nazi Explains Why Hate Drew Him In — And How He Got Out

Fast Food Chain Leon are Ditching the Plastic

Irish woman creates “I am an immigrant” buttons to combat US anti-immigrant rhetoric

House Blocks Trump’s Order To Deport Palestinian Man Living In U.S. For 39 Years

Here’s One Excellent Reason To Cut Prison Populations

We can actually lower crime and incarceration rates at the same time, according to a new Pew report.

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Rabbis Pledge To Protect African Asylum-Seekers Facing Deportation From Israel

How Transgender People in the South Are Helping Each Other Get Health Care

Dreamers Don’t Want Congress To Save Them By Hurting Other Immigrants

This supermarket chain is going ‘plastic-free’ on all its own brand products

Mexico and Hungary tried junk food taxes — and they seem to be working