RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-02-2017
Here’s How You Can Help The Las Vegas Shooting Victims
Music Stars Pray For Victims Of Las Vegas Shooting
Politicians Offer Thoughts And Prayers After Las Vegas Shooting
This Immigrant Teaches Sewing Skills To Empower Refugees
Former CIA Director John Brennan Stands By Athletes Taking The Knee
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-02-2017
Pentagon Ignores Trump's Puerto Rico Lies and Tells the Truth About Humanitarian Crisis
This Isn’t Just Another Urban Farm—It’s a Food Bank
Millennials Are Less Likely to Recycle, but More Likely to Buy From Green Companies
AlterNet Wrote:New research suggests young people are waiting for corporations to solve the planet's problems.
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-02-2017
Las Vegas Officials Create GoFundMe Page For Shooting Victims
A Global Manifesto for Defending the Sacred (I might have posted this before. Sorry, if so.)
For anyone interested in Buddhist traditions: The Six Paramitas
Will Tuttle Wrote:Paramita in Sanskrit means “crossing over,” so these six Paramitas are qualities that we can cultivate every day to help us cross over to the other shore of greater awareness and freedom. One way to practice them is to focus on a different paramita each day of the week.
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-02-2017
What To Do If You Feel Traumatized By The Las Vegas Shooting
From waste to walls, from litter to lamplight: Ugandan man builds houses from plastic bottles
Solar-powered EarthCruiser camper expands at the push of a button
We Carry Kevan: an epic tale of friendship, inclusion and accessibility
Superdad 'Papa Reji' — transforming the lives of HIV-infected orphans in India
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-03-2017
Hospital goes holistic with $200 million donation
9 Slow Lorises Rescued in Effort to Shut Down Wildlife Trafficking Network
10-Point Plan to Guide Campuses Toward 100 Percent Renewable Energy
Hollywood’s Roma Downey says let there be light
We Need More Than 'Thoughts and Prayers' After Las Vegas
AlterNet Wrote:Don't mistake grating cliches for genuine compassion.
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-03-2017
Las Vegas Residents Line Up For Hours To Donate Blood To Shooting Victims
3 Researchers Win Nobel Prize In Physics For Helping To Find Gravitational Waves
Bilingual Storytelling Project Celebrates America’s Diversity
Iconic Landmarks Go Dark In Honor Of Las Vegas Victims
Huffington Post Wrote:Even hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, currently grappling with a crisis of its own, mourned with the city of Las Vegas.
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-03-2017
Catholic Groups Call For Global Divestment of Fossil Fuels
How Tom Petty Overcame an Abusive Childhood, Heartbreaking Divorce and Heroin Addiction to Find True Love
Here's How You Can Help America's Wild Horses
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-03-2017
Veteran ‘Steals’ Truck And Drives Wounded To Hospital After Vegas Massacre
Catholic church to make record divestment from fossil fuels
After Overwhelming Public Opposition, Scotland Announces Fracking Ban
Advocates File First Major Litigation Against Muslim Ban 3.0
Keep your garden natural: Let bee-friendly bulbs transform your spring
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-03-2017
This Hero Risked His Life Saving Dozens During The Las Vegas Shooting
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-04-2017
6 Ways to Help Someone During a Panic Attack
Why Human Rights Are Also Animal Rights
Solar-powered electric buses ‒ a UK first
Yale University Launches Online Specialization Classes Open to the Public
The Ecologist Wrote:If you've got the 'Back to School' bug this week then check out these brand new online courses from the prestigious Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental studies - the courses are based on the award-winning Journey of the Universe film and book.
Introduction to Rewilding
The Ecologist Wrote:Everyone is talking about rewilding at the moment. The debate around it is shaking up the conservation sector and public interest in it is huge, with a growing movement of people advocating the restoration of our degraded ecosystems. But what does it really mean to rewild? And how would you go about doing it if you actually have some land?
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-04-2017
Nature's soundscapes: protecting personal and planetary silence
To discover the 'rights of a river', first think like a river
Veteran Cumbria anti-nuclear activists recognised with Nuclear-Free Future Award
Gardening as Therapy: A moving memoir
Sustainable Social Housing... How an eco cabin built entirely from waste shows it can be done
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-04-2017
Hummus and mindfulness: skills, resilience and relaxation beyond consumerism
A Green Alternative to Styrofoam
The Kurds of County Leitrim: Refugees Call an Irish Town Home
New Analysis Finds Virginia Could Create Over 50,000 New Jobs With Commitment to 10 percent Solar By 2023
Rewilding Spirituality
The Ecologist Wrote:Efforts to address the planetary crisis must include a contemporary spiritual ecology to cultivate the deep humility and fierce resolve required to live sustainably and create a new story about the place of humanity in a post-capitalist world
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-04-2017
UN resolution condemns death penalty for same-sex relations
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-04-2017
How to Fund a Universal Basic Income
EasyJet wants to fly electric airplanes in 10 years
The UK is set to reintroduce a money-back scheme to reduce plastic pollution
Over 200 Groups Urge Congress to Level the Playing Field for Farmers, Workers and Consumers
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-04-2017
Nobel Prize for the research that figured out our internal clocks (circadian rhythms)
Paris bans cars for a day and sees the smog go away
Nepal and India Cooperate to Save Rhinos Displaced by Monsoon Flooding
Meet the Scottish medical student (pedal-) pushing to end boredom in the elderly
Green Party supports sanctuary cities, demands a halt to ICE raids
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-05-2017
How to Help Puerto Rico, Even When the President Won't
The Shirt Of The Future Will Be Made By Methane-Eating Bacteria
Council of Canadians Celebrates End of Energy East Pipeline
Hundreds of Organizations Call for Immediate Relief for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and for Complete, Equitable Housing Recovery in All Hurricane Impacted Communities
Barred From Testifying for 'Valve Turners,' Renowned Climate Expert Speaks Out
Quote:To challenge "idiocy that we have in Washington," Dr. James Hansen argues climate activists have compelling case their protests are necessary to save planet
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-05-2017
West Virginia Rises to Protect LGBTQ Rights
California Turns Itself Into A ‘Sanctuary State’
Health Professionals, Small Businesses Join Tens of Thousands of Americans to Call for Cleaner Cars
Archaeologists Say They've Found Santa's Tomb In Turkey
Adorable Cat Joins New Zealand Cop On His Shift
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-05-2017
Boy Reunites With Family After Vegas Shooting Thanks To Help From Strangers
Unarmed Hotel Security Guard Who Found Las Vegas Shooter Hailed As Hero
Watch A Woman Who Was Wounded In Las Vegas Meet The Man Who Saved Her
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-08-2017
Overcoming the language barrier with Google’s new earbuds (Not healthy, probably, but surely helpful...)
Renewables now provide a quarter of the world’s power
Growth of solar energy outperforms all other sources of power for the first time
Drones support wildlife research in the Arctic
Green Infrastructure through the Revival of Ancient Wisdom
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-08-2017
the zero house is an attempt to meet the highest goals in sustainable building
The Mass Protest You Aren’t Hearing About
Judge Says Trump Admin Must Enforce Obama Era Emissions Rule
Give Yourself More Credit for Doing These Things
Can You Live Off Potatoes Alone?
Quote:Can you live off of potatoes? Probably not forever, but as a staple food, they're unexpectedly nutritious.
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-09-2017
Occupy Spirituality: Prayer And Protest In The Age Of Trump
Tesla is already making plans to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid
What Most Humans Don’t Know About Animal Intelligence: An Interview With Sy Montgomery
Water 3.0 solves problem of microplastics and pharmaceuticals in wastewater
Nissan Ramps Up European Electric Vehicle Push on Multiple Fronts
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-09-2017
What is Happening in Myanmar and How Can the World Help?
Nuclear Ban Group ICAN Wins Nobel Peace Prize
"Human Flow": World-Renowned Artist & Activist Ai Weiwei on His Epic New Documentary on Refugees
World-Renowned Artist Ai Weiwei on His Childhood in a Labor Camp, Art, Activism, Prison & Freedom
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-10-2017
These high-flying solar balloons are set to bring connection back to Puerto Rico
UK Moves to Ban the Trade in Ivory
New Nutrition Labels are Coming
Electric vehicles made up nearly half of all new cars sales in Norway last month
Italy’s high-rise forests take root around the world
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-11-2017
How to Help Californians Affected by the North Bay Wildfires
World Day Against Death Penalty: 5 Countries That Ditched Capital Punishment
3 Ways to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of your Wardrobe
Should You Sell Your Mission-Driven Brand To A Larger Company That Doesn't Share Your Values?
Rescuers Save Terrified Young Orangutan Who Was Being Kept in a Box
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-12-2017
Natural Wonders of the World (photographs)
This High School Senior Is Fighting For Better Sex Education in His State
Canada Could Be Next to Ban Animal Testing for Cosmetics
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-12-2017
Alphabet (Google) Will Deploy Balloons to Restore Puerto Rico’s Phone Service
Welcome to first solar-powered US town where you don’t need your own car anymore
How to Avoid Las Vegas Shooting Scams
This device can collect 20,000 plastic bottles from the ocean each year
Eco-friendly concrete that protects old buildings from earthquakes
Healthy Ways to Take in Mass Media News
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-12-2017
Baileys launch vegan liquor made with almond milk
The McVegan Burger Is Now For Sale, But Only In Finland
I Have Tasted the Future of Fake Meat: Amazingly, It Did Not Suck
Is the World Going Vegan?
Trader Joe’s Stops Buying Mexican Shrimp in an Effort to Save the Vaquita
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-13-2017
Is a Meditation Habit the Secret to Bulletproof Immunity? Science Says Yes
Plenty of energy: ‘North Atlantic wind farms could power the whole world’
The Dalai Lama: ‘America first, that does not sound very nice’
Swedish energy innovation can make any building net zero
How Plants Find Water in a Changed Climate: Scientific Research for Human Survival
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-13-2017
Congress Does More to Protect Whistleblowers
70 Percent of Colleges Now Offer Daily Vegan Options
'Wow, no cow': the Swedish farmer using oats to make milk
Every School In New York Will Add Vegan Option
This is What the Dalai Lama Had to Say About The Las Vegas Shooting
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 10-14-2017
Morgan's Inspiration Island: The world's first wheelchair-accessible water park opens this weekend
Chicago Circus Features Rescued Pit Bulls Instead of Wild Animals
Irish-dancing NFL player stands up for boy being bullied about his love of dance
When Giving Bad News, Science Says Give It To ‘Em Straight
How to Forage Safely as a Beginner
Economist Richard Thaler Is Fighting Back Against Robber Baron CEOs
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