Good News Notes: “The Veterans Breakfast Club is thriving on TikTok, amassing nearly thirty thousand followers on the video sharing platform while sharing content that ranges from deeply personal war stories to lighthearted moments unique to military culture. Look no further for the latter than the group’s most-watched video, one featuring a Navy corpsman’s lime green underwear blowing down…
Service dog ‘boot camp’: Nonprofit gives two Asheville veterans a new lease on life
Good News Notes: “Most visitors view Falls Park in downtown Greenville as a tranquil escape. But dogs see the park a little differently, from birds flying by to the crowd of strangers milling around. It’s a lot of eye candy in one place, and Jo Anne Creed of the nonprofit Battle Buddies says that made it the…
Philadelphia physician assistant saves lives recovering organs for transplants
Good News Notes: “Our Hometown Hero this week is a woman who will stop at nothing to see that her job is done, that’s because someone’s life depends on it. The moment the phone rings, the countdown clock is on. “It does happen anytime, anywhere,” said Georgeine Smith, who, at a minimum, could have only…
Biodegradable plastic that can break down in your compost developed by scientists
Good News Notes: “Biodegradable plastic bags, cutlery and coffee cup lids may seem like a win for the environment, but they often introduce more problems than solutions. Despite being touted as “green”, many of these plastics take just as long as their conventional counterparts to break down in home composts and landfill, leading to more pollution…
Blue Nature Alliance aims to restore 7 million square miles of ocean in five years
Good News Notes: “The ocean covers more than 70% of our planet, a total of 139 million square miles. An initiative launched on Tuesday aims to protect 5% of it in the next five years. That might sound like a drop, but at 7 million square miles, it’s a larger area than the entire continent…
Missoula duo forms nonprofit to haul tons of trash from surrounding woods
Good News Notes: “Luke Jovin and Gennadiy Lemeza have lived in Missoula almost their entire lives, and have always seen trash in the forests where they like to spend time. They usually pick up as much garbage as they can, but last spring during the pandemic they decided to get serious and form a 501(c)(3)…
Utah teen’s viral letter about her dad’s alcoholism
Good News Notes: “Preslee Scott spent more than one afternoon in her early teen years picking up her dad’s empty beer cans and dumping them in the outside trash can after he’d fallen asleep on the couch. So in December, when the Utah teen was asked by her 10th-grade English teacher to write an essay…
Start-ups aim to change car battery recycling, clean up world’s most polluting industry | Reuters
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Drone Reforestation: Rebuilding Forests with Scalable Technology
Good News Notes: “Reforestation efforts have traditionally required armies of volunteers and workers to plant trees in areas that have been affected by deforestation and forest degradation. This is a time-consuming and difficult labor and means that costs vary heavily depending on site accessibility and local infrastructure. There are other established rapid reforestation methods –…
California and Biden plot to vacuum away climate change
Good News Notes: “Solar panels, wind turbines and electric cars will go far in helping California and the Biden administration meet their aggressive climate goals — but not far enough. As time runs short, scientists and government officials say the moment to break out the giant vacuums has arrived. The art of industrial-scale carbon removal — sucking…