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I’m Honestly Fed Up With All The Bad News, So I Illustrated 40 Of The Best Ones From 2021
We are often bombarded with fear-mongering and shocking headlines that make us feel that the world is falling apart.
While it’s important to report problems and issues, I believe there is so much good in this world that just needs to be found and promoted. This is especially true after the last few years we have had with COVID, political, and social unrest, and seemingly more negative headlines than we care to count.
That’s why I started The Happy Broadcast and, this year, it's why I am so proud to announce WHOLE, the free happiness app. WHOLE is a culmination of what we started 4 years ago with The Happy Broadcast, a positive place filled with activities aimed at improving your mental health and happiness. We partnered with science to identify activities that are known to boost happiness, and then built them into a daily tracker that suggests simple things you can do to boost your mood.
Consuming positive news is one known activity that can boost your outlook and mood. We need more positive news to acknowledge that the world is actually getting better little by little. So, with that said, here are some of the top performing positive news illustrations from 2021.
You can find my previous articles about The Happy Broadcast on Bored Panda here (2020), here (coronavirus), and here (2019). And if you'd like to read about the good news in more detail and see the sources that I used, you can go to my website, here.
This post may include affiliate links.
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Ozzie Ogawa 4 years ago
It's not just the number of the trees but the species as well. They should plant not just native trees but natives plants as well. A healthy forest should be diverse, both genetically and species.
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Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
I remember hearing this for the first time. I was ecstatic! Pandas are my favorite animal :).
François Carré 4 years ago
Good for them, but while the world celebrates, that shouldn't be an excuse for China to ill-treat millions of other living beings, including humans, out of sight.
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago (edited)
Sorry folks, but this is BAD news. VERY, VERY, VERY bad news for pandas. Giant pandas populations have NOT rebounded suddenly. The infinitely corrupt, evil Chinese government has just simply issued an edict that pandas don't need protection, and simply declared that they would no longer be protected under "endangered species" laws. The number of pandas born in the wild is devastatingly small, having grown only about 15%; and most of the improvement is merely that zoos have learned how to breed pandas more successfully.
James Doe 4 years ago
Unfortunately conservation isn't the reason, otherwise there would be efforts to reintroduce them into the wild. They are just policital play balls of the Chinese government. same but different s**t show when it comes to tiger conservation in China,which is mainly done to harvest parts for micropenis medicine. I've been there (Harbin) but unfortunately was oblivious aslt the time...
Christina Uhlir 4 years ago
That's great, thousands of species face extinction though, so.....put down the glass and let's go to the battle.
Brandy Grote 4 years ago
Wolong Panda Preserve started this boom, and sent pandas to breeding programs around the world to reduce inbreeding. During the 2000s and 2010s, the panda preserves started having successful multiples born, and have been able to successfully breed in semi-wild preserves!
Kt 4 years ago
We have 2 in Edinburgh zoo and I'm sure I recently read that their stay has been extended. I don't know if they have successfully had babies though 🤔
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Gabriel Goh 4 years ago
What about non-Giant Pandas? Or Dwarf Pandas? And the Pygmy Pandas? Those smaller pandas are easily overlooked!
Jon S. 4 years ago (edited)
Stop the panda hate! They the most ancient of the bear species and would have continued being fine if we didn't cut their forests down. They also breed very well in captivity now we know how to socialise them with scents. I hate the way people flippantly say we should just let them die out as a 'useless' species.
Firkin Dirkin 4 years ago
No one says that about letting them die out.. never read that anywhere...... are you a chinese goverment troll? No one hates pandas, just the way China exploits them...
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Eglė Bukauskaitė 4 years ago
well once i saw the "breeder pair" pandas in China, their efforts are not that etical...
DetongLhamo 4 years ago
Their numbers have increased due to humans raising baby pandas in captivity. They have not provided them with any natural habitat to go and live in.
Amy Beckler 4 years ago
Well. I can only hope that China doesn't behave as the U.S. does=goodie! Let's go hunting!
Péter Rózsahegyi 4 years ago
Great news! Now the fantastic Chinese scientist should make a turn to save the uyghurs before extinction.
Firkin Dirkin 4 years ago
But.. China cloning pandas for profit has falsified the numbers. Genetically, the species has too little variety to survive even in zoos naturally. Making fake pandas to rent to zoos worldwide isn't "conservation" it's "monetization" and is a horror show of species exploitation.
Kiaya Thompson 4 years ago
Zookeepers dancing around like, “we got the pandas to do it, we got the pandas to do it!”
Chris Jones 4 years ago
They became the face for a rather successful marketing campaign regarding environmental issues - not so shabby.
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Jon S. 4 years ago
If you save the environments pandas need, then you save the habitat for thousands of species.
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Jon S. 4 years ago
You are about 2 decades out of date. Pandas today have the same rate of birth as brown bears. Its only because we didn't appreciate the role of territory and scent in panda mating that we thought they were so hard to breed in captivity initially.
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Jerry Mathers 4 years ago
I hope they take it a step further and prohibit all goods by companies use shark fins in any product.
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Rissie 4 years ago (edited)
Not to be a doozy, because it's admirable that we are capable of change if we set our minds to not using cfc's, but sadly CO2 emissions need to get down (which is a lot harder) to not undo that success in the long run. Bad news stinks of course so, see we can do it, go humans!
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Stacy Parker 4 years ago
I believe that Iceland, Sweden, Costa Rica, and Uruguay are part of that group. Not sure about the rest.
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Alexia 4 years ago (edited)
Here is a photo from the campaign. It was actually efficient, several dogs were adopted. It also produced some sweet moments, as some dogs woulnd't leave their humans' arms or would run away on the field :))) 646x528-61...b422a5.jpg 
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
In short: Common sense! Nature has its pest control. Just make friends with it. (Yes, I am okay with snakes. One black ratsnake native to my area means you won't see rats, mice, or the venomous snakes!)
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ivan bolitekurac 4 years ago
Tbh,if it isn't durable i won't buy it.I have a leather jacket that is 10 years old and it is the same as the first day.I would call that a sustainable piece of clothing.Fake leather will have cracks after a few years so you need to buy new furniture/clothing
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Kitty Jordan 4 years ago
I remember reading about this one. It always makes me happy to read about something that was imagined for practical purposes being turned into wholesome, because people can be capable of great good.
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Tamra Stiffler 4 years ago
Back when I was newly vegan, I would often share information like this, but people did NOT want to hear about it. It made them uncomfortable and challenged the comfort they had with their diets. I learned two things: 1. Don't be a preachy in-your-face vegan and 2. People will change their habits when they are physically or emotionally ready to do so, and not before. But yeah, this type of "farming" practice really tears me up inside.
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Alberto Alves 4 years ago
Also Portugal Establishes the Largest Fully Protected Marine Reserve in Europe & North Atlantic.
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GoddessOdd 4 years ago
We need these everywhere. I think it should be made very difficult to make new plastic, forcing companies to use recycled plastic for everything.
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September Meadows 4 years ago
Unfortunately in 2021 alone, forested areas around the world, enough to cover all of Europe went up in flames, contributing to the CO2 levels considerably and diminishing the ability to scrub CO2 from the atmosphere greatly. Fires in 2022 are expected to be as expansive if not bigger than those in 2021.
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Bobby 4 years ago (edited)
Only 2 things keeping me from electric is the cost and distance on a charge. I don't know about other countries but electric cars with an appreciable range in the US are much more expensive than an economy gas vehicle. The cars I could afford won't get me round trip from home to work and back and there is no place to charge near my work.
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MikeWheelerFan 4 years ago
Wow, Atlanta is actually kind of close to me! (I live in Florida but it still takes 5+ hours to get there)
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Karis Ravenhill 4 years ago
Are they going to put back the beautiful 19th century benches that they replaced with ugly blocks of cement?
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Glenn Zoontjens 4 years ago
I'm missing something- I thought fish farming was where fish were bred in captivity and either grown to maturity (thereby removing the need to draw fish from the ocean) or released into the wild (thereby at least replacing what is taken from the ocean)
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MikeWheelerFan 4 years ago
Wait…but…new people moving in won’t have a way to access most of town or even their jobs.
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StrangerOfTheDark 4 years ago
Brilliant. Can they do the same with non-crop plants like flowers and trees?
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That_One_Harry_Potter_Nerd 4 years ago
🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏Rhinos for the win!
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Vansh Popli 4 years ago (edited)
hopefully this progresses much further to the point where it is more efficient and faster than cutting down actual trees
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MikeWheelerFan 4 years ago (edited)
They’ve only reached half their goal with only 21 days left…I hope they can make it.
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GoddessOdd 4 years ago (edited)
What does this even mean? The populations were reduced to 250k, but I worked in an adult school, where people that were only 1/16th 1st Nations people were able to take advantage of subsidies for education and so on, so 10m can mean lots of 1/16th, 1/8th, 1/4th people who are claiming benefits. Many of the people I served, who were receiving subsidies, didn't even consider themselves Native Americans, except that it helped them to receive federal help. It also doesn't address the fact that a great many indigenous people live in abject poverty. I know this is meant to be a positive thing, but I need more information.
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Klas Klättermus 4 years ago
This makes me wonder, will they sell some of the CO2 to the soda companies? Is the CO2 in soda chemically produced or "recovered CO2"? If produced only for soda, why do nobody talk about that?
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jennifer chriestmon 4 years ago
I'm more worried about the cats being injured or killed by cars, stray dogs, ect... I hope it all works out!
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MikeWheelerFan 4 years ago
I’m super picky and meat makes up a lot of my diet, there’s no way I could do this
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Susie Elle 4 years ago
YES!! I've been screenshotting news like this to send to my corona-negativity-saturated friends and they all like it so much to hear that actual good stuff is ALSO happening in the world.
Josy Bannon 4 years ago (edited)
Good news and cute drawings. But please ad the names too!! "A study....a city, vaccine, an activist" -which activist, which company, which vaccine, which medication, which tribe, which study, which scientists.... also to honour them or to google it and read further into it. This is mostly incomplete Information.
Eppe 4 years ago (edited)
Generally I agree, but in this case it would make it unattractive to many people who are not scientificly educated. The power is it's simplicity and optimism. Trust the author has done his research and enjoy. If you really want sources you should be able to find it on your own.
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Aliquid 4 years ago
We need more of this. Far too often when you look for "good news" you get some sort of weak "feel good" story about a one-time event to a single person or a puppy or something... sure it feels nice, but the impact is small. THIS stuff on the other hand is good news that actually has an ongoing impact on the world.
Pedro Orozco 4 years ago
Im so glad for this article. I almost upvoted every pic on it. Really needed in these hard times we are all going thru.
Official_Blink 4 years ago
I don't like a few tho , But others are sooo good !! After seeing news like " the world will end soon , deforestation , coronavirus , etc." , Finally Im seeing something good.
PandaMagicGrl 4 years ago
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Christina Uhlir 4 years ago
Mauro Gatti, don't be "fed up with all the bad news" fight to eliminate the bad !!!!
Brittany Cook 4 years ago
It makes me sad though to not see much from the US on this list. We should be doing so much more
FailBunny17 4 years ago
Thank you! I wish there was an app that filtered out all the negative articles. Some days I just need "light/lite-mode: On" for the news.
Susie Elle 4 years ago
YES!! I've been screenshotting news like this to send to my corona-negativity-saturated friends and they all like it so much to hear that actual good stuff is ALSO happening in the world.
Josy Bannon 4 years ago (edited)
Good news and cute drawings. But please ad the names too!! "A study....a city, vaccine, an activist" -which activist, which company, which vaccine, which medication, which tribe, which study, which scientists.... also to honour them or to google it and read further into it. This is mostly incomplete Information.
Eppe 4 years ago (edited)
Generally I agree, but in this case it would make it unattractive to many people who are not scientificly educated. The power is it's simplicity and optimism. Trust the author has done his research and enjoy. If you really want sources you should be able to find it on your own.
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We need more of this. Far too often when you look for "good news" you get some sort of weak "feel good" story about a one-time event to a single person or a puppy or something... sure it feels nice, but the impact is small. THIS stuff on the other hand is good news that actually has an ongoing impact on the world.
Pedro Orozco 4 years ago
Im so glad for this article. I almost upvoted every pic on it. Really needed in these hard times we are all going thru.
Official_Blink 4 years ago
I don't like a few tho , But others are sooo good !! After seeing news like " the world will end soon , deforestation , coronavirus , etc." , Finally Im seeing something good.
PandaMagicGrl 4 years ago
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Christina Uhlir 4 years ago
Mauro Gatti, don't be "fed up with all the bad news" fight to eliminate the bad !!!!
Brittany Cook 4 years ago
It makes me sad though to not see much from the US on this list. We should be doing so much more
FailBunny17 4 years ago
Thank you! I wish there was an app that filtered out all the negative articles. Some days I just need "light/lite-mode: On" for the news.
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