The Positive News Thread

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Forget ‘the environment’: we need new words to convey life’s wonders

Drug War Civil Disobedience: In One City, an Unsanctioned Safe Injection Site Has Been Operating for Three Years

From Helping Farmers to Saving Wildlife, Here Are 7 Ways Drones Are Being Used for Good

Major UK Grocery Store Tesco Just Banned Single-Use Plastic Bags

Mexico City Prioritizes Affordable Housing Over Parking

Edible Landscaping: A Delicious Way to Garden

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Scientists Leak Study on Global Heating Impact b4 Trump can Suppress it

How Your Diet Can Save the Planet

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This Kenyan entrepreneur upcycles old clothes into uniquely eye-catching and functional bags

Cambridge, Mass. Just Banned Pet Stores From Selling Any Non-Rescue Animals

Study Finds That Adopting No-Till Farming, Cover Crops and Perennials Among Other Practices Would Help Farmers, Communities Combat Floods and Droughts

Canada Builds Border Camp for Asylum Seekers Fleeing US

17 Incredible Things About Jane Goodall, Chimps and the Jungle

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Germans overwhelmingly want renewable energy even if they have to pay more

School covered in 12,000 solar panels generates half of its electricity

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India defies somber climate projections and has begun leaving the coal age

Probiotics and a healthy gut can help fight multiple sclerosis

Urban Homesteading: How to Get Started

Lasagna Gardening: Build Soil and Get Rid of Weeds

Raising Shiitake Mushrooms: An Inexpensive Delicacy

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Climate gloom and doom? Bring it on. But we need stories about taking action, too

Ralph Nader on What Should Be Essential Teaching in Schools

Woman Saves a Slaughterhouse-Bound Piglet’s Life Twice

Why Animal Sentience Matters—and Why We Need a Charter for Animal Compassion

Colorado Residents Can Finally Rescue Animals in Hot Cars

Chickens communicate, show sensitivity to differing contexts and display personalities - Why aren’t we more outraged about eating chicken?

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Huge Success! Lesbian Activist Aderonke Apata Granted Asylum in UK

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Permaculture The Documentary

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Mother Of Charlottesville Victim Heather Heyer: ‘I’m Proud Of What She Did’

Nationwide Solidarity Rallies Assemble In Charlottesville Aftermath

Millennials Are Killing the Oil Industry

The future of the low-wage worker movement may depend on an unheralded NYC law

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Congress’ Longest-Serving WWII Vet Vows To Fight Nazis Again

Seven Ways that Teachers Can Respond to the Evil of Charlottesville, Starting Now

Can Humans Understand When Animals Are in Distress?

5 Ways to Turn Beans into Dessert

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Millennials Are Killing the Oil Industry

That's awesome.

I wonder if Dubai will go broke.

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Defend the Sacred - International Gathering on Sacred Activism in Tamera, Portugal (article, press release, petition against oil drilling in Portugal, and videos)

Nonvisual photoreception: Parts of your body can “see” without your eyes

The reports of the death of the internal combustion engine are not exaggerated

Bruno Mars Donates $1 Million To Help Victims Of Flint Water Crisis

Building with bamboo: beautiful and sustainable

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In Massive 'Outpouring of Solidarity,' Thousands Rally for Charlottesville

How to Help in the Wake of Charlottesville

Germany’s transition from coal to renewable energy offers lessons for the rest of the world

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Scientists Believe the Eclipse Could Unlock Some of the Universe’s Most Baffling Mysteries

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More CEOs quit Trump’s advisory council after Merck chief resigns over C’ville

Japanese Automakers Look To Wood Pulp To Make Lighter Parts

How I broke my neck and learnt the surprising truth about life

5 Ways Wasting Food Hurts the Environment - and 5 Ways You Can Fix It

Heather Heyer’s Mother Has Powerful Message For Driver Who Killed Her Daughter: "... I’m going to be the voice she can no longer be.”

This 94-year-old Widower Dealt With His Loneliness By Building A Pool For Neighborhood Kids

Tom Daley And Dustin Lance Black Have A Great Reason For Sharing Wedding Video

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Indian and Pakistani singers make peace singing national anthems together

Iceland will become the first country to make employers pay men and women equally

After Court Win, Taylor Swift Will Donate Money To Orgs To Help Survivors

Here’s the healthy way to compare yourself to other people

Tesla on “solar tiny house” roadshow in Australia

Turning aluminum waste into biofuel catalyst saves money and the environment

Tourists can now go fishing for plastic in the canals of Amsterdam

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#DefendDACA: Nationwide Rallies Demand Protection for Young Immigrants

U.S. Court Stops Expansion of Country’s Largest Proposed Underground Coal Mine Over Climate Impacts

Iran: Raising the Death Penalty Bar

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U.S. Wind and Solar Boom Helped Prevent 12,700 Deaths in a Single Year

This Japanese artist designs homes for refugees

A Village for Thought Leaders Breaks Ground on Powder Mountain

Two Buddhist Practices for Times of Tragedy

No Washington D.C. Hotel Will Have Racist Leader Richard Spencer's Press Conference

Federal prisons are finally required to provide women inmates with free tampons and pads

Earthships: 100% Sustainable, Inexpensive Off-Grid Homes Made From Recycled Materials

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Indigenous People Object to Approval of Amazon Rainforest Highway in Bolivia

Colombia Looks For Peace After FARC Completes Weapons Disarmament

How ‘Sesame Street’ Is Giving Refugee Children A Voice

‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Cast Calls On Fans To Take Action ‘Before It’s Too Late’

The journey to Gilead happened because people waited too long to speak up.

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Litterati wants to make picking up litter fun

While saving the ozone layer we have been curtailing climate change as well

EU certifies Natural Cycles app to help women with birth control

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British Columbia Just Banned Trophy Hunting of Grizzly Bears

Want Your Dog to Live to 30? Add This to Their Bowl

Mom and Baby Slow Loris Saved From the Pet Trade Are Returned to Their Jungle Home

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How A City Found An Absolutely Genius Way Of Handling Neo-Nazis

Apple's Cook says he disagrees with Trump, vows donations to rights groups

Silicon Valley Stands Up and Evicts Neo-Nazis from Websites, Social Media

Heather Heyer’s Family Honors Her Legacy With A Call For Unity

22 Inspirational Women in Food and Agriculture

Big Progress for the Welfare of Chickens in the U.S.

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Could a universal basic income become the next American Dream?

Millennials turn reusable water bottles into the next status symbol

Peaceful Protestors Illuminate Charlottesville During Candlelight Vigil

'Hope Not Hatred': Thousands Gather Across US in Rebuke to Trump, Neo-Nazis

Americans Stand Up to White Supremacists — And Trump

Equality Wins On The Texas Trans Bathroom Bill

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Israeli- Palestinian Journey to Peace 24.9.17-10.10.17

'There are no good Nazis': James Murdoch takes $1.3 million stand against Trump

Anti-Nazi vigil in Ireland aims to show solidarity with Charlottesville and make it clear that fascism had no place in Irish, American, or any society

Spotify Removes White Supremacist Bands From Its Platform

Supervolcanoes: A key to America's electric future?

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Sentience is Everywhere: Indeed, It's an Inconvenient Truth

Rare butterfly spotted in Scotland for the first time since 1884

U.S. utilities use solar eclipse to test impact renewables on power networks

Norway is slashing food waste through selling out-of-date produce

Some Democrats see tax overhaul as a path to taxing carbon

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NASA Will Livestream Sky-High Views Of The Total Solar Eclipse Using Balloons

5 Reasons to Stay Hopeful After Charlottesville

After Years of Slammed Doors, Torture Survivors Finally End Impunity Streak

Court Upholds New York State’s Rejection of the Constitution Pipeline

Irish startup uses drones to plant entire forest in Myanmar

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Photos Show The World Mourning In Solidarity With Spain

Judge Refuses To Dismiss Rape Case Against Fugitive Roman Polanski

As Alt-Right Gathers in Boston, Tens of Thousands Counter With Rally to 'Fight Supremacy'

White Supremacists Didn’t Show Up In Boston, But These Awesome Signs Did

Rumors Of KKK Rally In Durham Inspire Counterprotesters To Turn Out In Droves

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Singer Stops Festival Show To Call Out Sexual Assault In The Crowd

Woman Protects Trump Supporters From Crowd, Showing Us How To Combat Hate

16 Charities Are Cancelling Mar-a-Lago Events Since Trump Defended White Supremacists

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5 Incredible Aid Workers We Shouldn’t Forget

Will Solar Eclipse and Nature Do What President Trump Couldn’t: Unite A Nation?

Farm-to-School Movement Fights for a Foothold in Corn Belt Cafeterias

5 Best Essential Oils to Ease Depression

How to Share Extra Bounty from Your Garden with the Community