RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-26-2018
Scotland to ban electric shock dog collars
Dolphins raised in captivity will soon get a new, more natural home
Shelter Pets Help Veterans Transition to Civilian Life
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-26-2018
Ethiopia 'pardons 2,000 prisoners' jailed over Oromo protests
Quebec community rallies for mosque attack hero: 'He sacrificed his legs for us'
Coffee with a Cause
This giant tower is the world’s biggest air purifier
The case for opening more safe injection sites in cities
How to Find Silence: A Map
Quote:The National Parks Service points us toward our noisiest, and quietest, places
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-27-2018
I'll bake you a casserole if you mow my lawn: These Neighbors Built Their Own Economy Without Money
Progress for Primates in Research: Animals Released from Cruel Studies
What the Second Women's March Meant to the U.S. and the World
Quote:Crowds in the U.S. in 2017 were estimated at 3.5 to 5.5 million.
Meet the Man Bringing Cheap Renewable Energy to His Hometown
Adopted and Returned Six Times, Big Red Never Gave up
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-27-2018
What White People Can Do for Food Justice
Top 5 Recycling Innovations From Around the World
Trump’s power is limited. Here’s how people can use their own power to oppose his actions.
The Defense Department has emerged as an unlikely champion of climate action in Trump's climate-denying administration
3 Reasons Why a Meat Tax Is a Good Idea
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-27-2018
Cape Town water crisis: Scientists Prepare For 'Day Zero' With Conservation Efforts
Is a Nondisclosure Agreement Silencing You From Sharing Your ‘Me Too’ Story? 4 Reasons It Might Be Illegal
Denouncing 'FCC's Dangerous Ruling,' Cuomo Signs Order to Protect Net Neutrality in New York
Fossil Free Fast: A Climate Resistance Game Plan for 2018
Peace Action: Doomsday Clock Should Inspire Action More Than Fear
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-27-2018
We Need Radical Imagination
Benefits of choosing to break an addiction
Trump's Hatred Of Sharks Spikes Donations To Marine Conservation Charities
German anti-Muslim politician reverts to Islam, quits far-right AfD party
EU court rules against sexuality test for asylum-seekers
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-27-2018
Couple donating saved up money for their honeymoon trip to Puerto Ricans:
Chamillionaire Responds To Critics Who Don’t Get Why He Helped Immigrants
This 27-Year-Old Is The Youngest District Judge In Pennsylvania
MSU Students Wear Teal To Show Support For Survivors Of Larry Nassar’s Abuse
She Was The First Woman To Go Public About Nassar. Read Her Statement In Full.
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-27-2018
Octavia Spencer Explains How Jessica Chastain Helped Her Get Fair Pay
Renowned All-Male Harvard Theater Group To Finally Allow Female Performers
Facebook Has You Labeled as Liberal or Conservative. Here's How to See (and Change) It
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-27-2018
Allies Form Human Chain Around Muslims Praying During Travel Ban Protest
We're African Women and We're Feminists
Regulators start to pump the brakes on Facebook And Google’s Surveillance Capitalism Model
Ian McKellen: ‘I’ve Never Met A Gay Person Who Regretted Coming Out’
Israeli Holocaust Survivors Urge Netanyahu to Cancel Plan to Expel African Refugees
Quote:"We—who know what it means to be a refugee, to be without a home or a country that would protect and defend us from violence and suffering—cannot understand how a Jewish government can expel refugees and asylum seekers to a journey of pain, suffering, and death."
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-28-2018
FDA Ends Nicotine Addiction Study On Monkeys After 4 Animal Deaths
Quote:26 squirrel monkeys will be headed to a sanctuary.
Inside The Extraordinary Fight To Save Cambodia’s Forests
Quote:"It’s a bit of a David and Goliath story."
Data Protection Day: It’s time to establish the data protection culture it takes in order to be successful in the digital age (Europol article)
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-28-2018
England Declares War on Plastic Trash
Quote:In brilliant news for the environment, Water UK has announced that by 2021 consumers will be able to refill their water bottles free of charge in thousands of shops, cafes, businesses and water fountains in every English town and city.
I Visited the Rohingya Refugee Camps and Here Is What Bangladesh Is Doing Right
As Germany Honors Those Who Fought Fascism, We Must Honor Those Who Fought White Supremacy
Worker Cooperatives Offer Real Alternatives
Quote:Utilizing their existing skills and harnessing new ones, groups are leveraging their labor on their own terms, with a vision to change their industries and the economic landscape.
Happiness Secrets From Around The World
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-28-2018
I Just Had The Most Surreal — And Profound — Flight Attendant Experience In My Life (Zach, is that you? )
Jeremy Corbyn Unveils Radical Plan to Help the Homeless: Buy Them Homes (UK)
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-29-2018
This Is What The Entire Universe Looks Like In A Single Image (click to view full size image)
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Researchers Have Mapped Out How Plants Sense Our World
Redefining Leather: This Company Uses Mushrooms To Create Sustainable Alternatives In Fashion
Leilani Farm Sanctuary: A haven for animals where compassion reigns
'Super blue blood moon': stargazers prepare for rare celestial event
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-29-2018
Cats actually like people, says new university study
7 Ways to Encourage Your Parents to Be Healthier
6 Mystifying Mysteries That Science Can’t Explain
U2 pay tribute to America’s Dreamers at the foot of the Statue of Liberty in moving Grammy Awards performance
The Real Causes Of Depression Have Been Discovered, And They’re Not What You Think
Quote:Childhood trauma caused the risk of adult depression to explode. If you had seven categories of traumatic event as a child, you were 3,100 percent more likely to attempt to commit suicide as an adult, and more than 4,000 percent more likely to be an injecting drug user.
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-29-2018
Here’s A Brilliant Way To Explain Gender Roles And Stereotypes To Kids
Let’s Stop Sexual Harassment and Violence Before They Begin With Comprehensive Sex Ed
Court Rejects Trump Administration Secrecy in Genetically Engineered Salmon Case
Sometimes, White House Staff Have a Legal Duty to Disobey the President
Survivors Against Terror: Victims of attacks by Isis, far-right and IRA join forces to help others
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-30-2018
US to resume refugee admissions from 11 countries Trump deemed 'high risk'
New Jersey’s rejoining RGGI reverses Christie decision, contrasts with Trump climate rollbacks
Eleven Short Stories about Empathy
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-30-2018
Chile Adds Momentous 10 Million Acres Of Parkland With Five New National Parks
How to Spot Human Trafficking in Your Community
First-Ever Evidence That Mosquitoes Can Be Trained
Nosey the Elephant Gets Her Happy Ending: Freedom
Congressman Joe Kennedy will invite transgender soldier to State of the Union
Lawmakers To Bring Sexual Assault Survivors And Activists To State Of The Union
'We Are Not That Country': Rebuking Trump Policies, Judge Orders Immigrant Rights Advocate Freed
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-30-2018
The way people work is changing. That’s why we need a new benefits system
A major retailer is making the UK’s favourite beverage plastic-free
What Communication Scientists Know about Effective Messages
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-31-2018
Rwanda becomes first poor country to provide eye care for all
Orcas can imitate human speech, research reveals
Researchers Propose A New Model For Dark Matter
New Wheelys 4 Bike Café Cleans Smoggy Air & Turns Coffee Grounds Into Fertilizer
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-31-2018
When Animals Are at Risk, Special Netherlands Police Force Defends Them
What It’s like to Be the First Buddhist Chaplain at America’s Most Notorious Jail
Los Angeles City Animal Shelters Reach No-Kill Goal for Dogs
Oregon State University is Offering a Permaculture Design Online Course for Free
Thich Nhat Hanh on Healing the Child Within
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 01-31-2018
UN Report Says Small-Scale Organic Farming Only Way to Feed the World
Ryanair makes pledge to become 'plastic free' on all flights by 2023
This Southern California city is planting thousands of trees to cool itself down
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-01-2018
Canada national anthem to be gender neutral after senate vote
Endangered Crows Released in Hawaii Bring Hope for Recovery
Dubai to build world's largest waste-to-energy plant
Ottawa Creates Protest-Free Buffer Zones Around Abortion Clinics
Stripes of wildflowers across farm fields could cut pesticide spraying
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-02-2018
Iceland elects 41-year-old environmentalist as prime minister
Hong Kong bans ivory trade in 'historic' vote
Hate Groundhogs? These Startling Facts Might Change Your Mind
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-02-2018
San Jose Votes to Remove Christopher Columbus Statue From City Hall
Russia Promises to Stop Killing Stray Dogs Before World Cup 2018
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-03-2018
World leaders unite in $2bn drive to tackle 'global learning crisis'
Quote:Host nation Senegal carries torch for Africa at fundraising summit as UK support for 264 million children out of school is questioned
South Africa: more than 950 trapped gold miners brought to surface
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-03-2018
Why Rural America Isn’t a Lost Cause for Progressive Ideas
Scientists Discover Rare Nursery for Baby Hammerhead Sharks
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-04-2018
10 Amazing Facts About Animal Sentience
Free for all: the psychology of pay-what-you-want cafes
Plan to save Europe’s synagogues receives high-profile backing
Lasers Reveal a Maya Civilization So Dense It Blew Experts’ Minds
The No-Till Gardening Revolution: Why Farmers are Putting Down Their Plows
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-05-2018
How to Mobilize Men Against Sexual Harassment
Seven Ways to Stand Up Against Sexual Harassment
Can Gratitude Help You Recover from a Heart Attack?
Quote:There is growing evidence that being grateful may not only bring good feelings—it may also lead to better health.
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-05-2018
How to Use Social Media Wisely and Mindfully
Being Around Nature Helps You Love Your Body
Five Ways to Help Teens Think Beyond Themselves
Why Are So Many Adults Today Haunted by Trauma? (Gabor Maté)
RE: The Positive News Thread - Nía - 02-05-2018
Chile is breaking up with coal too
Facebook users are spending 50 million hours fewer on the social network per day
Swedish fitness trend of 'plogging' is amazingly awesome: Leave it to the Swedes to combine physical fitness with PICKING UP LITTER!
In praise of the slow bike
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