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Resurgent tuna and rebounding elephants: the dogged conservation efforts bearing fruit

2 weeks ago | positive.news | Martin Wright

When science meets with international co-operation, wildlife populations get a precious chance to recover It’s not easy being green these days, as Kermit once put it. If the climate crisis doesn’t get you down, then ‘drill baby drill’ surely will – plumbing the depths, as it were, of sheer insanity.
What went right this week: the good news that matters

3 weeks ago | positive.news | Gavin Haines

Scientists hailed a ‘golden age’ for cancer treatment, a cure for HIV moved closer, and Argentina got a vast new marine reserve, plus more good news Conservation Energy Environment Health Innovation Lifestyle Society UK World Scientists hailed a ‘golden age’ for cancer treatment, a cure for HIV moved closer, and Argentina got a vast new marine reserve, plus more good news Scientists heralded ‘golden age’ for cancer treatment Cancer survival rates have doubled in England and Wales over the...
A museum on the move: new institution captures human stories of migration

3 weeks ago | positive.news | Gavin Haines

Migration has become a politically charged topic of late. Those behind Fenix Rotterdam hope to offer a nuanced picture of the ‘timeless and universal’ phenomenon Arts Culture Lifestyle Society Migration has become a politically charged topic of late.
What went right this week: the good news that matters

4 weeks ago | positive.news | Gavin Haines

Scotland moved to make ecocide illegal, violent crime fell rapidly in the US, and lowland gorillas got a boost, plus more good news Conservation Culture Energy Society World Scotland moved to make ecocide illegal, violent crime fell rapidly in the US, and lowland gorillas got a boost, plus more good news Scotland proposes ecocide bill Scotland is poised to become the first UK nation to criminalise ecocide – severe and reckless harm to nature – under a new bill published in the Scottish...
‘It’s a virtuous spiral, and it’s just beginning’: electric vehicles as mini power plants - Positive News

1 month ago | positive.news | Martin Wright

The grid is struggling, and the rise of EVs will only add extra pressure. Thanks to these vehicles’ potential as energy storage plants, however, they could be part of the solution Economics Energy Environment Innovation Society Technology The grid is struggling, and the rise of EVs will only add extra pressure. Thanks to these vehicles’ potential as energy storage plants, however, they could be part of the solution We’ve all heard it.
Optimism as action: why looking on the bright side is essential to social progress

1 month ago | positive.news | Graeme Green

Optimism isn’t everything, but it’s seriously useful, argues Sumit Paul-Choudhury in his new book. He draws on history, philosophy and science to make his case – as well as his own experience of grief  Lifestyle Perspective Science Society Wellbeing Optimism isn’t everything, but it’s seriously useful, argues Sumit Paul-Choudhury in his new book.
What went right this week: the good news that matters

1 month ago | positive.news | Gavin Haines

Wild campers scored a major victory in England The UK’s supreme court has upheld the legal right to wild camp at a treasured English beauty spot – a judgement that was about much more than simply pitching a tent. Wednesday’s ruling followed attempts by landowner Alexander Darwall to end the right to wild camp on Dartmoor – the last place in England where it was permitted. The estate owner had argued that camping damaged the countryside.
What went right this week: the good news that matters

1 month ago | positive.news | Gavin Haines

China’s emissions tipped into reverse, scientists had a breast cancer breakthrough, and Europe’s best cycling city was revealed, plus more good news Environment Health Society UK World China’s emissions tipped into reverse, scientists had a breast cancer breakthrough, and Europe’s best cycling city was revealed, plus more good news China’s emissions tipped into reverse China’s embrace of renewables has tipped its emissions into reverse, with some experts predicting the country’s CO2 output...
Beacon of light: the model village retrofitted into a tiny renewables kingdom

1 month ago | positive.news | Jem Collins

It’s kitsch, sure, but the message behind it isn’t. A model village in Hampshire has become a renewables paradise in a bid to put support for solar squarely on the UK government’s agenda Some might describe Alan Budgen as an expert in renewable energy: during the past few months alone, he built dozens of solar panels and heat pumps, to be installed on houses across Portsmouth. But Budgen’s heat pumps aren’t made of metal and they’re significantly smaller than average.
What went right this week: the good news that matters

1 month ago | positive.news | Gavin Haines

The popemobile was bequeathed to Gaza, Uganda’s Ebola outbreak ended, and elk looked set to return to Britain, plus more good news Conservation Energy Health Society UK World The popemobile was bequeathed to Gaza, Uganda’s Ebola outbreak ended, and elk looked set to return to Britain, plus more good news Popemobile to become a health clinic for children in Gaza One of Pope Francis’s popemobiles is to be converted into a mobile clinic to deliver frontline care to children in Gaza – but not...