The Positive News Thread

[Nía]

Mireille Knoll: Silent marches held in Paris and other large French cities after suspected antisemitic killing

All 22 female senators call on Congress to combat sexual harassment

Blue whale appears to blow rainbow heart

[AnthroHeart]

Blue whale appears to blow rainbow heart

I'll read the article when it's daylight. But wow. I like this timeline I'm on. Whales anchor in a lot of light because of their size.
This is synchronistic for me because I'm more recently big into the heart.

[Nía]

Anti-pipeline campaigners found not guilty by judge because 'protest against climate change crisis' was legal 'necessity'

'Heck it was productive': New Zealand employees try four-day week

Pope appears to deny existence of hell

During the meeting Scalfari asked the pope where “bad souls” go, to which he was quoted as responding: “They are not punished. Those who repent obtain God’s forgiveness and take their place among the ranks of those who contemplate him, but those who do not repent and cannot be forgiven disappear. A hell doesn’t exist, the disappearance of sinning souls exists.”

[Nía]

'Never again': how 11-year old Naomi Wadler became a rallying voice of black protest

Mumbai beach goes from dump to turtle hatchery in two years

The Healing of Uncertainty (Mary O'Malley)

[AnthroHeart]

The Healing of Uncertainty (Mary O'Malley)

This was most excellent. I usually focus on trying to learn and do the right thing. Admitting I don't know is very freeing.

It was along the same lines as becoming like water. Water doesn't resist what it touches.

It is the yin way of things. Though there's always yang there too.

[Sprout]

SpaceX Has Launched an Experimental Space Junk Sweeper Into Orbit

[Nía]

Jane Goodall on Science, Spirituality, and Our Highest Responsibility as Human Beings

The Therapeutic Value of Horses

NYC Lawmakers Aim to ‘Ban the Baloney’ in Public School Lunches

Judge Rules that Trump Accuser, Summer Zervos, Can Sue the President

Trump’s legal team tried to argue that because Zervos was suing Trump in a state court, the court had no jurisdiction over the President. In her ruling, Judge Schecter stated that no one, not even the President, is above the law.

Summer Zervos is a restaurant owner and former contestant on The Apprentice. She alleges that Trump sexually assaulted her in 2007.

The unstoppable rise of veganism: how a fringe movement went mainstream

[Nía]

India Bans Seal Fur

Oldest Dog Ever Rescued by the RSPCA Finds a Forever Home

Restaurants That Removed Animal Products From Their Menus And Went Vegan Are Thriving

[Nía]

No Fly Climate SCI - Meet the Earth scientists, academics, and members of the public who either don’t fly or who fly less

Time for peaceful resistance, says Gaza's new movement

Israel calls them riots, but the man at the centre of recent protests sees them as a rejection of violence

Age no barrier to organic farming ambition in Vietnam's Hoi An

For many visitors to Tra Que Village, meeting its oldest living couple is a real privilege.

It is not because they rarely come out of their little house near a lagoon – they always show up when tourists stop at their vegetable farm. Rather, both of them are so old it is hard to believe they are still incredibly fit and astonishingly mobile.

Le Van So, 94, is a petite man with long white beard and short grey hair. His wife Nguyen Thi Loi, 88, is a smiley, lean-framed woman with no teeth.

[Nía]

The apps that map violence – and keep Rio residents out of the crossfire

Rejecting official information channels, Rio’s citizens are navigating their city using crowdsourced data on shootings and robberies as they happen

Study says meat protein is unhealthy, but protein from nuts and seeds is heart smart

Cow Science: Cattle are Intelligent, Emotional and They Have Eureka Moments

[Nía]

Indian police rescue 70 children working in 'inhuman conditions' in a jewellery workshop

Outdoor learning grows in Scotland as grasp of benefits takes root

Whale Protects Diver From Shark By Hiding Her Under Its Fin

Celebs rally behind entrepreneur handing out free suits to at-risk youth (video)

[AnthroHeart]

Nia, how do you find all these neat articles/videos?

[Nía]

Nia, how do you find all these neat articles/videos?

I actually get most of them in my email inbox and rss feeds (and very few through Facebook) - I used to be a TV journalist, so I am subscribed to a number of feeds and pages and newspapers, and used to skimming through them for the relevant news (for me - human rights, animal rights, Earth rights), and it's relatively easy to just pick the positive ones for here. Though its only been a tiny fraction of what I receive that I even got to skim through lately... would love to post more/all of the positive ones! Sorry about that.

[Nía]

Sudan's president orders release of all political prisoners

Farm animals find new life as Buddhists rescue them from slaughter (no fan of purchasing animals to rescue them, however, as the money still supports the industry)

Inspired by the Buddhist practice of “life release,” Buddhist communities are coming up with innovative ways of saving animals from slaughter.

[Nía]

New Zealand bans all new offshore oil exploration as part of 'carbon-neutral future'

Pope Francis admits 'grave error' in discrediting Chilean church sex abuse victims

Ghana Entrepreneur Makes Recycling Machine From Scrap Metal, Starts Company That Turns Plastic Into Roads

The Brazilian villagers turning plastic pollution into profit

After plastic waste contributed to deadly floods in Recife, one neighbourhood took action. Now people can earn a living by cleaning up the river in a scheme being imitated around the world

[Nía]

Gem, if your question was directed towards the sources, you will find a greater spectrum of positive/non-corporate news on independent news pages like https://www.alternet.org, https://www.huffingtonpost.com, https://www.commondreams.org, https://www.democracynow.org or https://www.theguardian.com, on cause-related pages like https://www.care2.com, https://truththeory.com, https://www.treehugger.com, http://www.globalpossibilities.org and the like, as well as at spiritual communities like http://www.collective-evolution.com and https://wakeup-world.com, and, of course, at positive news pages, some of which have been mentioned in this thread already, the page of the http://www.yesmagazine.org, for example.

[Nía]

This Group Is Turning Guns Into Shovels And Using Them To Plant Trees

Court Strikes Down Protest Limits in Response to ACLU-PA Lawsuit

White Castle introduces sliders made of vegetarian fake meat

[flofrog]

Hi NIa !!! I havent been on the forum for so long as I started to work so much in..normal life !! ;D

So good to see you are still here !!!
Love to you all !!!

[Nía]

Hi flofrog,

thanks for your kind words - lovely to hear from you! Hope you are doing great in 'normal life'?

Love and Light and all the best!
-`ღ´-

[Nía]

A Year Later, Fewer Deportations in Cities That Adopted “Welcoming” Policies

The Australian state school turning lives around for disadvantaged children

US envoy to Vietnam quit in protest at Trump plan to deport thousands of refugees

[flofrog]

Hi flofrog,

thanks for your kind words - lovely to hear from you! Hope you are doing great in 'normal life'?

Love and Light and all the best!
-`ღ´-

lol loved 'normal life'... finding time to paint awhile working for my city's homeless problems.. and of course thinking this transition to upper densities on our beloved Earth going so, hmmm, smoothly !!!!! Love you Nia !! SO good that you and everyone else is here !!

[Nía]

lol  loved 'normal life'... finding time to paint awhile working for my city's homeless problems..  and of course thinking this transition to upper densities on our beloved Earth going so,  hmmm,  smoothly !!!!!        Love you Nia !! SO  good that  you and everyone else is here  !!

   
Loved to read you're working to help the homeless, huge issue in Ireland as well, unfortunately... As in Britain, I've seen... It's a shame. Good on you for actively helping!

Love you too!

-`ღ´-

[Nía]

Success! Transgender Student Allowed to Walk in High School Graduation (How the heck could that have not been the case!?)

It’s Time to Empower Male Sexual Assault Victims to Speak Out

Dolphins Recognize Themselves Before Human Children Do

[Nía]

EU moves to bring in whistleblower protection law

Kendrick Lamar wins Pulitzer prize as Weinstein reporting also honoured

10 Life Lessons I Learned as a Psychiatric Nurse- and Patient (I personally don't agree with everything he says, but good observations nevertheless)

[Nía]

Diamonds in Sudan meteorite 'remnants of lost planet'

Scientists say rock fragments that hit the Earth in 2008 contain evidence of a lost planet that was part of the early solar system

Starbucks to close 8,000 US stores for racial-bias training

Jimmy Gilleece, from Wrightsville Beach, N.C., went to super-human lengths to help a customer who lost a wallet at Jimmy’s, his bar:

[flofrog]

awesome videos Nía

[Dekalb_Blues]

~

(See also https://www.bring4th.org/forums/showthre...#pid243020)

"Joey is a 1 year old baby girl. She loves to spread happiness and melt hearts." 
 



"This relief of the Pharaoh Akhenaten and his family is frequently called the first (surviving) domestic scene in art.  Akhenaten, born Amenhotep IV, is one of the most famous and unusual Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.  Akhenaten is often considered the first monotheist in history, abandoning the traditional Egyptian pantheon, and instituting sole worship of the Aten, the manifestation of the sun, originally one of the aspects of Ra.  Some scholars consider this Atenism the foundation of the monotheism of Judaism.  The period of Aten's supremacy was relatively short; it lasted about twenty years in what is known as the Amarna period, and traditional religion was restored not long after Akhenaten's death at the end of a seventeen year reign.  In terms of visual art, Akhenaten completely changed the way Pharaohs were depicted. Abandoning the traditional depiction of Egyptian kings, Akhenaten's official images look completely different. He is shown with an elongated face and more delicate features; he has thin arms, legs, and chest, wide hips, and a prominent stomach.  This has led to a variety of medical diagnoses in modern times, with some speculating that he was transgendered.  We can see the same basic body shapes in this relief, and the elongated heads of the children are particularly prominent. Considering that most depictions of Pharaohs incorporate little or no personal differentiation, it is just as likely that these odd portraits were purely stylistic.  The issue of Akhenaten's appearance remains a very large mystery of Egyptology.  However, even aside from the figures' unusual appearance, this relief of Akhenaten and his family is extremely interesting. We see the family in worship of Aten (extending ankhs toward the royal family at the ends of the rays).  It is extremely unusual to see such a simple and earthly scene of a Pharaoh, who were usually regarded as gods. It is interesting that Akhenaten placed his family in such prominence. Today, two members of his family surpass him in fame; his wife, Nefertiti is especially well known due to her famous bust, and their son was Tutankhkamen.  https://gnosticwarrior.com/king-tutankha...-head.html  There is something inherently sweet about this family scene. We see the children climbing on their parents, and there is an intimacy that comes through more than three thousand years later."  -- https://davidsartoftheday.blogspot.com/2...their.html

[Nía]

North Korea wants total denuclearisation, says Seoul

Southwest passengers tried to save woman as pilot showed 'nerves of steel'

'Taste the difference': Farm-to-fork movement takes off in urban Flanders

The densely populated area of Belgium is seeing a mini-boom in model of farming where growers sell direct to consumers

Australian Psychologist Coins Term To Describe Anguish Of Vegans: 'Vystopia'

The term gives a name to the unique experience of being vegan in a non-vegan world

[flofrog]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/magaz...80420&te=1

[Nía]

The monks, the Dachau survivors and the concert that heralded freedom

Colin Kaepernick honored by Amnesty International for peaceful protest

'I used to see them as a bunch of rioters': Brazil's radical farmers