Good News Notes: “Mounting evidence suggests the western United States is now in its worst megadrought in at least 1,200 years. Groundwater supplies are being overpumped in many places, and the dryness, wildfires and shrinking water supplies are making climate change personal for millions of people. As an engineer, I have been working with colleagues on a way to both protect water supplies and…
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20% of Brits Are Eating Less Meat To Actively Fight Climate Change, Survey Finds
Good News Notes: “A Censuswide survey, commissioned by environmental search engine Ecosia, has revealed new plant-based trends. Major takeaways include more than 20 percent of participants reducing meat intake in light of the climate crisis. It was revealed that 32 percent are willing to change their diets to help the environment. More than 50 percent…
VINCI Airports begin new reforestation projects in Portugal
Editor’s Note: The subsidiary is ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, not ANA Nippon Airlines, Good News Notes: “Via its subsidiary All Nippon Airways (ANA), which holds the concessions for Portugal’s 10 airports, VINCI Airports recently launched two new reforestation projects near Faro Airport (FAO) in Algarve and Porto Santo Airport (PXO) in the archipelago of…
Soles4Souls Launches Program to Provide Shoes for All Homeless Kids
Good News Notes: “Homelessness. For more than 1.5 million children in the U.S. it’s about more than not having a roof over their head. It can mean not having a pair of clean, comfortable shoes to get them to school. Enter Soles4Souls’ new 4EveryKid initiative, the nonprofit’s most ambitious project since it launched 15 years…
‘It could be a big tree in 1,000 years’: tiny seedlings of giant sequoias rise from ashes of wildfire
Good News Notes: “Ashtyn Perry was barely as tall as the shovel she stomped into barren ground where a wildfire last year ravaged the California mountain community of Sequoia Crest and destroyed dozens of its signature behemoth trees. The 13-year-old with a broad smile and a braid running to her waist had a higher purpose that, if…
Indonesia leads the way in restoring coral reefs, scientists say
Good News Notes: “With wide-scale deforestation, some of the world’s most polluted cities and rivers, and wildfires so vast they often blanket neighbouring countries in smog, Indonesia is one of the world’s most high-profile environmental offenders. But when it comes to coral reefs, the rapidly industrialising Southeast Asian nation is doing more to restore the…
Google updates Maps, Search, Shopping, Nest for sustainability
Good News Notes: “On Wednesday, Google launched a suite of changes to many of its core products to help consumers make sustainable choices more easily. “Today, climate change is more than a threat,” Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google and parent company Alphabet, said in a prerecorded video during a virtual press event Tuesday. “It is a…
Clean Air Filtration Program expanded to low-income residents in all Bay Area counties
Good News Notes: “The Clean Air Filtration Program is expanding to all Bay Area counties. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced on Thursday that portable air filtration units will be provided to unhoused and low-income residents, in addition to Bay Area emergency and cooling centers. Larger units will be provided to shelters and…
Astoria’s Ovelia restaurant hosts event for reforestation in Greece with 9 HUGS nonprofit
Good News Notes: “Ovelia Psistaria Bar held a special fundraiser along with Astoria-based nonprofit 9 HUGS on Aug. 15 to raise funds for reforestation efforts in Greece, as wildfires continue to ravage parts of the country this summer. Ovelia’s owner, Chris Giannakas, and 9 HUGS founders Lu Argyris and Christine Koufalis Karanikas all have Greek…
Cincinnati Zoo, Cincy Shirts sell t-shirts to raise money for zoo animals
Good News Notes: “The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden and Cincy Shirts are raising money by selling ‘Our Zoo is a Keeper’ t-shirts to help the zoo provide for their animals during this COVID-19 pandemic. ‘We are trying to use our reach and resources to help out in any way we can,’ said Cincy Shirts…