The catastrophic tendencies of mass media impact us in a decisive manner. We are constantly being plunged into apathy and pessimism. Good news is not only underrepresented but very often not presented at all. Yet amazing and positive things happen all the time, all over the world. Our mission is to spot them, celebrate them, and be a source of inspiration and optimism!
New Zealand is banning drift netting to protect endangered dolphins; South African “Indlovu Gin” is made with elephant dung; and a Romanian shoemaker makes size 75 shoes to encourage...
Four US companies have announced they will replace food brands that are rooted in racial stereotypes; African countries are setting up a common online marketplace to give the continent...
TikTok is commissioning hundreds of institutions to produce educational videos for the platform; widely available drug dexamethasone cuts Covid-19 deaths; and scientists have created a new type of foil...
Princeton researchers have found a new compound that can kill dangerous bacteria including super gonorrhea; the US Supreme Court bars discrimination against LGBT workers in what is considered to...
Several European countries are making strides towards a coal-free future, a new app allows stores to manage their flow of customers digitally and Sudan is banning female genital mutilation....
Scientists have discovered a microbe they say can prevent mosquitoes from transmitting malaria and for the second year in a row, Iceland’s whaling companies will be skipping the annual...
The French Government will give people €50 to repair their old bike in an attempt to boost cycling and a suburb of the Costa Rican capital San José is...
Finland pledges to cut carbon emissions completely by 2035, setting one of the world’s earliest timelines for reaching that mark; German circus ‘Roncalli’ replaces real animals with life-size holograms;...
Atlanta plans to transform 7 acres of vacant forested land into a public food forest; the illegal killing of elephants in Africa has decreased by 6 percent since 2011;...
The south Indian state of Kerala has used 9,700 tonnes of non-recyclable, shredded plastic waste to pave 246 km of roads; more than 500 Palestinian and Israeli students put...
A new Filipino law requires every student to plant 10 trees each before graduating; Ken Wyatt is Australia’s first indigenous cabinet minister; a Filipino startup produces pencils that can...
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