The Positive News Thread

[ada]

The classroom meditation is so neat!
I wish they did that in ALL schools. Heck even I want to participate in such a group meditation.

[Nía]

The classroom meditation is so neat!
I wish they did that in ALL schools. Heck even I want to participate in such a group meditation.

Me too!

[Nía]

Initiative launched to end factory farming in Switzerland

Australia: Dog saves man trapped under quad bike by keeping him warm

Western Michigan University School of Medicine Has Stopped Testing on Live Animals

[Nía]

Luxembourg just became the 10th European country to ban fur farming

Inspiring 26-Year-Old Politician Was Sworn in on Malcom X’s Autobiography

New York May Get Tougher on Animal Cruelty Thanks to Bella’s Bill

[flofrog]

This is fun :

https://localingual.com/?ncid=newsltushp...il__061918

[Nía]

This is fun :

https://localingual.com/?ncid=newsltushp...il__061918

Hahaha! This is very cool indeed! Thanks for posting!

[AnthroHeart]

This is fun :

https://localingual.com/?ncid=newsltushp...il__061918

It does not come up for me. It says DNS cannot find the site specified.

[flofrog]

This is fun :

https://localingual.com/?ncid=newsltushp...il__061918

It does not come up for me. It says DNS cannot find the site specified.

I am so sorry Nia I tried to delete my post seeing it was not working well too but didn’t know how !! I am slightly completely stupid

[Nía]

McDonald’s to Phase Out Plastic Straws in the U.S. and Beyond

Malta's 'barbaric' finch traps ruled illegal by EU court

5 Jewish Synagogues in the U.S. Will Go Vegan for a Year

[Nía]

It does not come up for me. It says DNS cannot find the site specified.

I am so sorry  Nia I tried to delete my post seeing it was not working well too but didn’t know how !!   I am slightly completely stupid

Actually, I just clicked on the link again and it's still working perfectly fine for me. How's that possible? Maybe because it's working only inside the EU (I'm in Ireland), which wouldn't make much sense...? If you're really interested, Gem, I can try an American VPN (pretending I'm in America) and see whether I get the same result? Flo, do you get the same error?

To delete the post, I guess you would have to mark and delete the contents while editing the post? I'm not sure there's another delete function... no, probably not, that's why people write 'deleted' or something similar instead.

And: No matter how hard I try, I still can't find anything stupid about you Flo.

[flofrog]

It does not come up for me. It says DNS cannot find the site specified.

I am so sorry  Nia I tried to delete my post seeing it was not working well too but didn’t know how !!   I am slightly completely stupid

To delete the post, I guess you would have to mark and delete the contents while editing the post? I'm not sure there's another delete function... no, probably not, that's why people write 'deleted' or something similar instead.

And: No matter how hard I try, I still can't find anything stupid about you Flo.

lol Nía, you don’t know half me !

Thank you for the delete thing.

Weirdly once the link worked and then not, and now I am in fact just overseas and it doesn’t seem to work there, these little things are temperamental

[Nía]

lol Nía, you don’t know half me !

Thank you for the delete thing.

Weirdly once the link worked and then not,  and now I am in fact just overseas and it doesn’t seem to work there, these little things are temperamental  

Of course I don't. Does it matter?

So it might actually be a national kind of problem, maybe the page/DNS is blocked in the States...? So if anyone encounters a problem like this, you can get free and safe VPN (pretending you're in a country you can choose from a list) at https://protonvpn.com, for example, as a desktop program or online. Solves a lot of access issues!

[Nía]

City Gives Trees Email Addresses So Folks Can Report Problems, But They Send Love Letters Instead

A US corporation wants to raze a gold-rich mountain in Peru. Meet the woman who stands in its way.

US Supreme court bans police access to phone records without a warrant

[ada]

City Gives Trees Email Addresses So Folks Can Report Problems, But They Send Love Letters Instead

This is so wonderful!
 

[Cyanatta]

 
FDA approves first drug comprised of an active ingredient derived from marijuana to treat rare, severe forms of epilepsy
 

[AnthroHeart]

 
FDA approves first drug comprised of an active ingredient derived from marijuana to treat rare, severe forms of epilepsy
 

That's good. Though the big pharma still want marijuana illegal. Regular marijuana could probably do that, at a fraction of the cost.
They have been known to prevent legal bills from passing and yet do work on it on their own, and get FDA approval for that.

[Nía]

Teacher who won $1m will use windfall to get artists into schools

KfW supports the world's largest nature conservation area: an additional EUR 15.5 million for the KaZa park in southern Africa

Death sentence quashed for teenager who killed rapist husband in Sudan

After international outcry, appeal court found Noura Hussein guilty of manslaughter and handed down a five-year sentence

[Cyanatta]

 
FDA approves first drug comprised of an active ingredient derived from marijuana to treat rare, severe forms of epilepsy
 

That's good. Though the big pharma still want marijuana illegal. Regular marijuana could probably do that, at a fraction of the cost.
They have been known to prevent legal bills from passing and yet do work on it on their own, and get FDA approval for that.

True, there will always be push back from big pharma, but this is definitely a step in the right direction if there's any chance of getting cannabis dropped from schedule I ("drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse") and actually opening the door for legitimate research on cannabis and other psychedelics (i.e. using psilocybin mushrooms to aid smoking cessation or MDMA for treating PTSD).

[AnthroHeart]

Ayahuasca can also treat depression. It's like 30 years of therapy in one session from what another said.

[Nía]

Judge orders US to reunite families separated at border within 30 days

The Colombian Amazon now has the same legal rights as you

Scientists call for a Paris-style agreement to save life on Earth

[Nía]

South Korea Court Rules Killing Dogs for Meat Is Illegal

Prescriptions for peppers: Connecting Vermont's community over fresh food

Greening the Desert with Permaculture

[Nía]

Protesters march against Trump immigration policies

Benefit or burden? The cities trying out universal basic income

'There's no judgement here, it's completely good vibes' - thousands celebrate Pride 2018 in Dublin, Ireland

[Nía]

Cooking Stirs the Pot for Social Change

Urban agriculture incentive zone in San Francisco

There Is Nothing More All-American Than the Veggie Burger

[Nía]

Therese Patricia Okoumou Climbs Statue of Liberty to Protest Detained Children

Animals accorded same rights as humans in Indian state

Palestine's seed library finds fertile ground to pioneer sustainable farming

[Nía]

As far-right League party’s xenophobic rhetoric spreads across the country, Italian Catholic priests call for tolerance

'Free' supermarket opens in Melbourne to cut food waste

Instead of Going Out This 4th of July, These People Comforted Scared Shelter Animals During Fireworks

[Nía]

Village in India Plants 111 Trees Every Time a Little Girl is Born

Starbucks Is Removing Plastic Straws From ALL Their Stores

Washington DC Could be the Next Major City to Ban Plastic Straws

New Nordic trend: shifting towards a plant-based diet

Schools, Hospitals, and Other Institutions Across America Are Going Meatless

Leonardo DiCaprio Takes Another Bold Step for the Planet by Investing in Plant-Based Milk Company, Califia Farms

(Btw: No, I'm not specifically looking for veg* news, or stuff to do with animals - they're just coming up all the time!)

[ada]

Village in India Plants 111 Trees Every Time a Little Girl is Born

Starbucks Is Removing Plastic Straws From ALL Their Stores

Washington DC Could be the Next Major City to Ban Plastic Straws

New Nordic trend: shifting towards a plant-based diet

Schools, Hospitals, and Other Institutions Across America Are Going Meatless

Leonardo DiCaprio Takes Another Bold Step for the Planet by Investing in Plant-Based Milk Company, Califia Farms

(Btw: No, I'm not specifically looking for veg* news, or stuff to do with animals - they're just coming up all the time!)

Perhaps it's a sign of raising awareness, oh, that makes me so happy!

[Nía]

No single birthplace of mankind, say scientists

Elon Musk pledges to fix Flint's water contamination crisis

'A dignified alternative': the special cart for homeless people to keep their stuff

[Nía]

Ireland becomes world's first country to divest from fossil fuels

Caravan of Grandmothers Heads to Mexico Border

The group leaving from New York will onboard other “grannies” and allies along the way to support migrating families.

Nepal’s Last Dancing Bear Is Finally Free

[flofrog]

Nia, I am still not home right now but a close friend of mine went with a caravan to the border at San Diego and emailed me her report, I can pm you hers if you like, many of the staff from both camps, adults and children, were in fact terribly moved by the families situations, and quietly stated their views against this.