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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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just another drone 4 years ago
Paolo Fanciulli https://www.trueactivist.com/art-and-biodiversity-have-been-brought-back-to-life-in-an-italian-lake-with-fishermans-underwater-sculptures-t1/
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Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
Not to be nit-picky; I love what you're doing. But you mean "haven," ("a place of safety, refuge and/or comfort") not "heaven" ("sky," "a place of spiritual bliss").
Michael Fuhry 4 years ago
Well, I guess if you're a fish, and some human dropped a new bit of habitat into your nabe, that would seem like heaven.
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Anagram margana 4 years ago
Okay, we’ll overlook that the writer meant “haven” as I rather like thinking of a fish encountering a friend mid-sculpture and remarking, “Blanche! It’s been ages! Isn’t this just HEAVEN?”
Christina Uhlir 3 years ago
That's great. Can you imagine what the world would be like if billions of people care like this Italian activist? Join fight for animals, our planet and therefore for humanity - humane, caring humanity.
2020 and 2021 feel very much the same. The challenges facing the human family right now are big and scary and there’s no guarantee we will overcome ALL of them. But, as millions of people have demonstrated in the past 24 months though, action is possible, better solutions are available and a better future can be built. Science has really helped us overcome a pandemic but it is the people that have shown their kindness and love for one another.
One at a time, we can all make a positive impact. While I don’t want to be cynical and stop believing that the world can get better, I’m also not naive to think that the world can change if I don’t contribute. That’s why the future will be better if, instead of getting overwhelmed, we celebrate and get inspired by the millions of people that have shown us that we can all have a positive impact.
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Rick Hoppenbrouwer 4 years ago
As far as I am concerned Canada's animals are so pretty they don't need any makeup.
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Don Corman 4 years ago (edited)
Cosmetic should only be tested on people who have Duck Face selfies on social media.
Wilson. 4 years ago
I thought this was illegal everywhere already?! Depressing, but another step in the right direction
lol idk 3 years ago
See, This is why i love Bored Panda. Of course your going to run across a few bot accounts or homophobic people, but everyone is so nice and friendly here! we need more social media like this.
Lucas 3 years ago
I agree! I love the info you get, the things we learn. Plus the kind interactions. Shame about the less than friendly and the trolls isn't it?
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Lindy Mac 3 years ago
There are certain entities in the USA, you know who you are, who believe there should be no regulation for anything. Let the companies dump their toxic waste in the rivers and oceans , because it cost money to dispose of it properly. Let the banks monitor themselves for ethics because we know they would never dream of doing anything unethical. Let the builders build and the oil companies conduct business without inspections....we know they would never dream of cutting corners. So until those entities get a clue and a conscience we are going to be struggling with all the man made disasters that are destroying our planet. But that's okay.... we can always go to Mars and start polluting over there. ...sigh...
#3
lunar eclipse 4 years ago
Extend this to teachers giving homework please. I had a teacher who, in online school, took tests on Sunday
Colleen Hennessy 3 years ago
I am also an online student, but I actually like having exams on Sundays because I also work full time. I am a biology major, so there is a lot of lab work to get done during the week to prepare for the exam. I've also never had a problem scheduling my exam for an earlier day if I reach out to my professor ahead of time.
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Scarlett Fox 4 years ago
I agree with banning after hours calls and texts, but emails should be OK as long as you're not required to reply to them until the next work day. Sometimes it's more convenient to send emails in the evening after the kids are in bed, especially if you're not expecting a reply until the next day.
Chris Jones 4 years ago
Yes, I agree with that but in reality it does mean that the poor boss (ahem) is also still working hours when it should be downtime. Humans really do need downtime. If you don't get sufficient rest and recuperation you are often not at your best when you are at work. People make mistakes when they're not well rested. Even bosses. So, ultimately, people not working silly hours are often more productive. They think better, react better, plan better. That said I do sympathise with those who need to carry on with work of an evening. I do it myself sometimes and other times I just make a note to do it the next day in case I forget.
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Patrick Baker 3 years ago
I hope there are at least some small allowances. I'd be livid if I travelled to work to then be told "oh the office is closed due to xyz reason and we've known since 11pm last night but we couldn't tell you as it was outside of work hours."
Vesela Vasileva 3 years ago
Brilliant decision, noone should feel stressed after the work time
I’m always optimistic. Every year is better than the one before and even in the past couple of challenging years, there have been several silver linings. The new generations are becoming more and more aware that we need to advocate for a better future, and we need to do that fast. I see more and more kindness and more and more people acting selflessly to change what’s wrong and help whoever is in need.
Even small acts of kindness towards the environment will, in turn, benefit all and I see that happening. That’s why I’ve built The Happy Broadcast, to highlight the selfless actions of many amazing human beings.
2021 has been a great year filled with hard work, fun, kindness, pizza, and dogs. I always have to keep my mental health in check, but that’s why I love to use my art as a beacon of positivity for me and the people that are kind enough to follow my projects.
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MarieTDr 3 years ago
There is only a blank space no matter how long I wait for a picture to load.
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Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
The "coral babies" are not replacement for the lost coral; the bleaching events did do great harm. But the claims of inevitable death of the Great Barrier Reef took deliberately ignoring so much basic biology.
Gabby M 3 years ago
Like above in Italy, man has intervened to help save....Humans are also fighting reef decay with....man made structures for coral reef restoration. Pretty cool. At least some of us are trying to fix stuff. ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmBNJ70nyFo&list=TLGGzwK_5-4PTjUxMTEyMjAyMQ&t=2s
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Cybele Spanjaard 3 years ago
More and more coral babies please. nature provides when possible!
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j rich 3 years ago
Although a British soldier lost his life whilst protecting them from poachers!!
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Lindy Mac 3 years ago
Crystal...that's a new one for me ...and I love it.... buff unicorns.❤️
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Lindy Mac 3 years ago
People who commit crimes don't let a pandemic interrupt their lifestyle. It means more for them if everyone else🤢 is staying home.
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Jessica Marino 3 years ago
I saw a video of the last white rhino on earth, dying while his keeper held him. Saddest thing I've ever watched 😔
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Susan Brummett 3 years ago
Yet they still slaughter an ungodly amount of whales each year.
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I decided a long time ago that I would no longer buy magazines that photoshop women. That means I don't buy any magazines. Because they all do it. I like the idea of this law, but when every single photo acknowledges shopping, it won't mean anything.
Troux 4 years ago
Most of these facts have silly little cartoons but this one used an actual influencer photo.
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
So does this mean no more threads on BP of obscenely photoshopped "make-overs"?
Gabriel Goh 4 years ago
We need an app that will scan a photo and automatically call out the modified photos... for the rest of us NOT living in Norway (or influenced by Norwegian or Norway-based influenzas).
Tami 4 years ago
Wow, but how will they enforce that? Again, need to go for the root causes of the problem, not add more regulations.
ForgotMyPWSendHelp 4 years ago
Hoe do you do that? You can't stop people from using filters. Encouraging a more realistic standard of beauty would help, but you can't enforce that either.
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The biggest challenge (and reward) has been the launch of WHOLE. After three years of hard work on The Happy Broadcast, I met Keith, who is now my partner in this amazing company that wants to become the one-stop source for happiness. We created WHOLE, an umbrella brand that included The Happy Broadcast and other projects focused on mental health and happiness.
Ultimately people are not seeking to be “meditators,” “mood trackers,” or “journalers,” they want to be happier. WHOLE is a brand, community, and all-in-one mobile app focused on delivering all the “spokes” of mental health training within a single app that guides users towards the ultimate goal of increased happiness. The first big milestone was the launch of our WHOLE app, now available in the App Store and Google Play Store.
Our goal is very simple yet ambitious: To provide comprehensive solutions that increase the overall happiness of individuals while improving society as a WHOLE.
#7
Romenriel 4 years ago
It uses the same technology as Covid vaccines. It's quite a scientific breakthrough.
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago
Technically the other way around. 30 years of HIV vaccine research led to the COVID vaccine.
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Viruses are notoriously hard to handle because they mutate so well (think Covid), so this is a fantastic development.
A B C 3 years ago
Isn't the problem why HIV can't be vaccinated against that it changes its surface features with every person? Not trying to contradict you, just add to it. Covid mutates pretty rapidly, but once a strain proves effective, it stays that way for a while (hence Omicron and the rest), but HIV does not.
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Josefine Andersen 3 years ago
My father died of HIV, I am happy others dont have to suffer the same faith.
John Topper 3 years ago
This is WILDLY exaggerated to the point of being untrue. We have a new MRNA vaccine that is showing promising results in macaques. These test subjects were given MASSIVE doses on a weekly basis. Even among them only a small amount were fully resistant. Most simply proved to be more resistant than non inoculated specimens. It's an exciting development, but it's a far cry from 97% success.
John Topper 3 years ago
Update: it took a minute to find, but this is a reference to a Scripps article: https://www.scripps.edu/news-and-events/press-room/2021/20210203-hiv-vaccine.html so don't line up for the shot just yet, this is still only in phase one testing, and actual exposure testing I'm primate studies has been less dramatic.
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deathrose 4 years ago
I'm really curious as to how they tested this. Did they expose healthy people to HIV? Or was a sim? Or a petri dish kinda thing?
Dill 4 years ago
They use volunteer participants. It's part of an international initiative in Europe, Africa and the US. Couple of links with more info: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-07-05-hiv-vaccine-trial-starts-oxford and https://www.scripps.edu/news-and-events/press-room/2021/20210203-hiv-vaccine.html
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Hugh Reynolds 3 years ago
Took their time! The vaccine for this dreaded kung-flu only took a few weeeks/months. (Sarcasm against the latter)
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Sawdust 4 years ago
This is gonna really make it hard to see what's going on in Google Earth. :-)
A B C 3 years ago
"Dangit, where's the city gone? I can only see a massive forest!" :D
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September Meadows 4 years ago
That wouldn't work where I live but covering all rooftops with solar panels sure would
thatmagicgaychick 3 years ago
it would be the same as other gardens or plantings
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François Carré 3 years ago
Basel is a neat city with a very interesting history as an independent city-state, and an impressive cultural legacy.
Zedrapazia 4 years ago
People didn't want those as they look aesthetically displeasing, in difference to nice green plants, from what I remember about the decision (I'm a local). Anyway, green roofs are great as they provide a place to live for insects, birds and many other small critters, or gardening.
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Brian Vervliet 4 years ago (edited)
Antwerp already has this mandatory since 2014. the owner can choose between rainwatercollection on the roof or a greenroof. greenroofs are perfectly combinable with solarpanels, as greenroofs lower the surounding heat, the sp's become more effective in energy production.
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GoddessOdd 4 years ago
It is a very huge thing. Here in Florida, reefs have suffered significant decline in recent years... sunscreen is only part of it. We still have lots of tourists using any old sunscreen though.
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Carol Scholz 4 years ago
Thankfully the eco-friendly sunscreen has been easy to find and comparable in price to traditional sunscreen. I am a pale red-head and love the protection for myself and the ocean.
GoddessOdd 3 years ago
Yes, me too! We always used to shower off the sunscreen before ocean swimming, if we could, but now its great to have a coral safe sunscreen.
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Marco Hub-Dub 3 years ago (edited)
As a lifelong Hawaii resident, I can give you the deets on sunscreen. Not only does every drug store brand make a reef safe version, they make healthier skin safe versions, usually just called “Matte” or “Mineral” as to not suggest their other lines aren’t skin safe. I can also tell you what works best based on my houseguests & visitors, but I don’t know if I can pitch brands here. Whether you THINKSPORT, are into the HAWAIIAN TROPIC (matte) EEFFECT, or are a SUN BUM, you can find a healthier, skin safe, ocean safe, reef safe sun protector. And I HONESTly don’t know what BURT does for BEES, but avoid them both.
RandomHumanBean 4 years ago
i went to hawaii once when i was younger and got to swim over the coral it was really cool. the rules were tight, of course, about not getting too close to the coral. the fish swam all around you
Sofie 3 years ago
Tänkte inte på det förut, men nu tycker jag också det 🤔
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PandaMagicGrl 3 years ago
I live in hawaii and my friend got caught using coral harming chemical sunscreen
One of the best things I heard in 2021 involves an organization in Finland called Aktivistimummot, meaning “Activist grannies.” It’s a group pushing for environmental change that delivers a lot of information about climate change. Their aim is simple: to ensure their grandchildren have a safe and sustainable future.
It’s a great example of how we can all come together, despite our age difference, for the greater good of a sustainable and fulfilling life for everyone.
#10
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.
Simon Naessens 4 years ago
you are correct but ofcourse in part the hiding places the trees give will get animals back and animals move a lot of things with them and so on it is just a case of getting the ball roling
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Mazer 4 years ago
Unfortunately they usually plant fast growing fir trees in order to harvest them later
Romenriel 4 years ago
And then re-plant them again. It's sustainable model.
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Jo Choto 4 years ago
That sounds like a really brilliant idea. Just try and avoid planting trees in the random people and animals as they are strolling along in the forest.
Isaac7lego 3 years ago
Sounds kinda like the American company mr. beast partnered with for team trees
PandaMagicGrl 3 years ago
GO CANADA!!!! MY COUNTRYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Christina Uhlir 3 years ago
...and stop future deforestation, good people will not be able to catch up with those greedy, heartless earth destroyers.
Seabeast 4 years ago
Seeds don't do much good if they aren't planted at the right depth. Too close to the surface and animals eat them. Too deep and they can't sprout.
ForgotMyPWSendHelp 4 years ago
I'm guessing they probably have taken that into account lol
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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 3 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 3 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...
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Terry Fergusson 3 years ago
I'm sorry but doesn't this mean hunters will return to killing wild lions and so called "zoos" will start capturing wild lions for people to pet.
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JayWantsACat 3 years ago
Imagine thinking you're some badass hunter because you killed a captivity bred lion that was sedated for you to shoot.
ChickenNugget 4 years ago (edited)
Why would anyone want a lion as a pet?! edit: crap, i read it wrong. Thats adhd for ya.
Dodo 4 years ago
Lions are amazing animals tbf. There's a guy on YT called Dean Schneider, he has a sanctuary with a pride of lions (not for tourist purposes). They're not pets but they treat him as one of their own. They really do look like big cats sometimes.
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Last year, I told Bored Panda about how rough it was in 2020, what helped me keep my sense of direction and not get lost during the pandemic, and what new artists should keep in mind. I think that 2020 was definitely a rough year, but I’ve never seen so many great stories of human kindness like then.
Despite all the challenges, it looks like humanity understood how deeply we depend on each other and how much our mental health is central to everyone's recovery and well-being. Sharing good news is a joyful experience for all and also an important part of daily conversations.
There is so much good in this world that just needs to be found and promoted. Never forget that the reason why we have positive news to share is that some amazing and brave individuals did something to solve an issue that worries us all. So, one at a time, we can all make a positive impact. It's our time to BE the positive news.
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What ninjas can't 4 years ago
Right? Many groceriestores where I live usually puts atleast 50% off if its close to the expiring date. Many of those I know always check the best before date and choose the freshest no matter what, but I have been trying the last years to buy the stuff thats closest to it if I know I'm going to be eating it sooner than that.
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RatherLoopy 3 years ago
I'm thinking it's time we started calling out spelling and grammar errors. I feel like I lose a couple of IQ points every time I get online these days.
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Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago
In South Africa (hopefully in other countries too) some grocery stores mark down produce that's close to its BB date, by anything from 50%-90%. If it's really cutting it close, it's almost free. I like buying it, saves me a lot of money and I feel good knowing I'm using food that would have been wasted.
Sarah 4 years ago
Hasn't this always been the case? Food close to it's sell by date is sold at a marked down price? I can only speak for UK and Germany though.
Me 3 years ago
Some stores in the US do that, mostly meat products that I've seen.
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Where I live, that's called "Sale!" and it's been down for-freaking-ever as far as I know.
A B C 3 years ago
What you're referring to is a binary system, though. A product is either considered fresh, then it's normal price, or almost gone, then it's sale. My take on how this startup works is as follows (random example with random numbers): shop wants to sell a candy bar, best before date in 10 days, for $1. When it hits 7 days, it's discounted to $0.9, at five days $0.8, three days $0.7, one day $0.4. Whereas with the classic sale, it'd be $1 until one day left, then suddenly $0.4.
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Did you know ( I bet you didn’t) that literally MILLIONS of bananas are wasted BEFORE they even reach the supermarket. The supermarkets have a specific standard of size, shape and colour that all the bananas must be, or they will be disposed of. It’s actually disgusting. I watched a documentary on it a while ago, the amount of bananas being thrown away and not used just because they have a small brown mark, or are too big for the markets is astronomical. There was a pile as big as a rubbish tip! There is so much they could have done instead of wasting them.
Aaron 3 years ago
There's still hope. I heard of a company that uses mangos that don't make it to market to make a sort of leather for purses and such. Maybe someone will find a way to use those banana?
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Eagle Girl 4 years ago
I shop one fave grocery on Tuesday bc that's the day they mark down produce.
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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.
cybermerlin2000 4 years ago
Comprehensively means anything from shark fins to shark fin added. We won't be allowing shark fin into the UK in any form
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Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
I believe the U.S. is about to pass this also. Passed Senate, very popular in House. Only holdup could be if they decide it's so popular that they attach it to less popular legislation.
ALEXIS CISNEROS 4 years ago
That great, i found out about the process of shark fin soup as a kid, and it scarred me, hope them happy chompers have a happy life!!!
Dorothy Cloud 3 years ago
I don't think the UK is a big importer of shark fins. I think oriental countries are.
#15
Paula Marowsky 4 years ago
What do they do with all that plastic after they take it out? Just dump it on the earth?
Angela B 3 years ago
Genuine and honest question. Where did all the plastic get put? Was it recycled? Or become landfill? I am not being sarcastic, I would like to know where it went after being removed from the ocean.
Lilly Rose Poppy 3 years ago
I think this is from team seas, the Mr Beast and Mark Rober thing. If I'm correct, then they are recycleing the plastic. You can search up team seas on YouTube to learn more. The videos by Mr Beast and Mark Rober are the best
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𝔓𝔲𝔯𝔭𝔩𝔢 ℜ𝔞𝔢𝔑 3 years ago
Now, if ONLY we could PREVENT the garbage from getting there in the first place!!!
Allena Sharpe 3 years ago
Being "that person" 33 billion pounds of plastic enter the ocean every year. That's 2 garbage trucks every minute. https://usa.oceana.org/our-campaigns/plastic/ So we're gonna have to seriously step this up to have a meaningful impact. Environmental Studies major.
Zophra 3 years ago
Thank you. You be that person so I can be a better informed person. :)
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Ranax 4 years ago
Accurate drawing as they also fish up lots of animals. In this case the cute is probably worse than the disease.
F. H. 4 years ago
Exactly. It's also not clear what it does to the plankton on the oceans surface and whether it is effective with all the fuel they are burning.
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Some is recycled to make more plastic to end up back in the ocean
Load More Replies... Christina Uhlir 3 years ago
I applaud their effort; however, I don't think that ocean garbage can be cleaned if we do not stop those who dump their garbage in oceans!! Get back on our beleaguered earth.
One of the things that helped me through the pandemic was working on The Happy Broadcast and interacting daily with my community. Sharing good news is a joyful experience for all and also an important part of daily conversations. Also, baking bread and pizza had a huge impact on my sanity during lockdown.
One of my favorite pizzas, besides the classic Italian Margherita, is pizza Bianca (which means no cheese and no sauce) topped, after being baked, with a cold mix of vegan feta, arugula, olive oil, salt, and fresh thyme. It’s very fresh and different from the usual pizza we eat at a restaurant, but I’m a creative person, so cooking is another avenue to express that.
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Kitty Jordan 4 years ago
I foresee a problem. I can't possibly adopt all the animals I would swipe right on (hint: it's all of them).
Cheese puff 3 years ago
My dream is to have a tinder for dog owners to find other dogs that would be a good play partner for their dogs also if you steel my idea I will release my hellhounds on you so don’t even think about Jeremy.
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Kona Pake 3 years ago
Perhaps if we paid the Brazilians to plant more trees, they could say the Amazon.
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Karis Ravenhill 4 years ago
And they give Nobel Prizes to political morons but ignore fine folks like these actually making a difference. Kudos, sir!
I' Gomez & Morticia's kid 4 years ago
He has been given the PadmaShri award which is one of the respected and honourable awards in India.
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Helen Wood 3 years ago
my mother died his year, i hope to plant 100 saplings for her this year
LaurieAnne Smith 3 years ago
This man needs his work to be more "visualised" to encourage people to follow in his footsteps and see how much one person's small step can achieve. Bravo Jadac...
Kelly Hartle 3 years ago
We used to have a huge backyard garden that we covered in black plastic to keep out weeds until my husband began having health problems. Small maple trees began growing through the holes in the plastic where the garden plants had been planted. We took up the plastic, and now we have a maple grove that's about 1/10 of an acre!
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Ivo H 4 years ago
I don't think they are situated in sub-saharian Africa too much.
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
IF the shipments aren’t intercepted and never make it to the people it’s intended for, just so some group of thugs can sell them on the black market.
Marilyn Holt 3 years ago
I wonder if there will be anti-vax protests. Maybe malaria is just made up by the government. lol
Just saying 3 years ago
No only will it save lives of children, it will liberate women. When infant mortality is high, women spend a much greater part of their child bearing years bearing children, and additionally more women die in child bearing as multiple pregnancies mean multiple dangers (child bearing is still one of the most dangerous things a woman can do). When children are more secure, average family size decrease as you can be reasonably assured that the two or three children you do bear will reach adulthood, thus freeing you from incessant breeding.
Klas Klättermus 3 years ago (edited)
This is utter nonsense. Why do immigrants still give birth to more children in Sweden than the Swedes when we both have the same survivalrate here in Sweden? The number of children has to do with education and social status more than anything. I'm fairly certain that absense of condoms and pills in poor countries also would make a larger difference in the number of children than some master plan to keep your genes being carried on while fighting diseases.
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Having a sense of purpose makes me feel less lost. I also try to not spend too much time on my phone scrolling through hundreds of posts and I turn my phone off before I go to bed. If I’m feeling blue, I put on some songs that make me want to play the air-guitar and the air-drums, like ‘Gloria’ by ‘The Lumineers.’
I've always loved doodling... especially things with cute faces because it's so relaxing, creative, and fun! I like the message more than the style, so I don’t spend a lot of time on an illustration. Most of my time is spent sketching all the ideas that float in my brain. My advice to young artists is not to focus on trends; focus on what you like to draw.
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Anna Zoom 4 years ago
I googled this. There are 2 programmes which have been linked. As well planting trees for births and adoptions they also donate 3 million selling a year. Happily the tree bit it true! https://gov.wales/15-millionth-wales-funded-tree-planted-uganda
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Lyuben Petkov 3 years ago
The Dimitrovgrad town municipality in Bulgaria is doing similar thing - providing a free tree to plant (in special designated area) for each local family with new born child. The trees are named after the children and the path leading to the new forest is called "alley of the new life"
Joann Casey 3 years ago
I got a free Rowan tree when my son was born in 2007 in England, but I don't think they do it anymore.
François Carré 3 years ago
Make whatever partnership you want as long as you're planting trees.
#20
Jo Choto 4 years ago
We really don't need to keep people in dangerous underground slavery conditions, and allowing a very small number of people to control the supply and get rich on the backs of the workers, just for a tiny gemstone that can be safely replicated in a lab.
smugdruggler 4 years ago
Trouble is, lots of people still work in those conditions mining rare earth metals like lithium for batteries and cobalt for microprocessors.
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Luna W. 4 years ago
It's the Danish company Pandora. They're the world's largest jewelry manufacturer by volume. The officially announced the switch to man-made diamonds in May 2021.
Susan Bosse 3 years ago
I proudly wear my Pandora bracelet and ring every day!!!
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Kakofonyx 4 years ago
Diamonds are not as rare as they make us believe. Artificial strangulation on the supply by a few companies like De Beers ensures that it will always be a fraction of the demand.
A B C 3 years ago
That, and well thought-out marketing especially aimed at the engagement/wedding industry. "Your engagement ring diamond should be worth two months' income" my áss.
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Aitsuki Kitsune 3 years ago (edited)
My parents support lab gems. They've made a down payment to be cremated and have their ashes combined into a diamond after they pass. The gem will be cut into pieces so my siblings and I can each have them close even after they're gone.
chrissy goodman 3 years ago
sweet but creepy. my mom said she going to leave her ring to me wen she passes im her only daughter. my dad had 3 kids with his first wife but still said wen he passes his favorite watch is going to me. it was the very first bday gift my mom got him and engraved with his name and bday on it. if my parents do was urs plan on doing id have a hard time wearing a gem like that. i only wear my wedding ring thats it so anything else ppl would notice and id have to akwardly explain it.
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Earl Grey 3 years ago (edited)
The only thing holding back lab grown diamonds (LGD) is that demand has exceeded supply. Consumers like getting much larger stones for way less money. The market isn’t huge yet (7 million carats of LGD vs. 52 million carats of mined diamonds last year) but it is expanding, even with de Beers trying to position LGD as “artificial” and “fake” jewelry for the “masses”, while their Lightbox-branded diamonds are the “real thing” for the upper “classes”. Interesting situation: https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2021/02/14/lab-grown-or-natural-diamonds-the-choice-is-getting-clearer-for-consumers-and-retailers/
Eiram 4 years ago
Actually the diamond surplus is very extensive and the mining could have been stopped over thirty is years ago and not a single consumer would have ever known. It is the pure greed of companies that keep the prices artificially high that makes it lucrative for the blood diamond trade. People have been dying by the millions for absolutely nothing but supporting genocide.
#21
Annnnd We’re Officially In Reverse 3 years ago
This should be so much higher. Factory farming is disgusting
Joey Marlin 3 years ago
We will if we campaign for it!! Please sign and spread the word about this petition https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/593775
Load More Replies... Martha Meyer 4 years ago
I'm really hoping for a lot more progress in regards to factory farming and agriculture here in Germany, now that we have a new government and the previous corrupt minister is gone from the post.
Allena Sharpe 3 years ago
"Cage free" conditions can be just as bad as caged. Too crammed to move, no sunlight, worker abuse, etc. Free range is really the only way to go.
Lucas 3 years ago
Agreed. Often the birds do not know there is an exit in barn egg farming. Check local farms and buy from them.
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Stephanie IV 3 years ago
Phasing out, those arseholes. We’ve been protesting that for over twenty years.
ғɪɴɴ ᴅ. ʜᴀʀᴍᴀɴɴ 3 years ago
To all who signed the petition - Salut! Thanks for helping make our world a better place for us humans n animals!
#22
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!
Daniel Marsh 4 years ago
Actually, global warming would have the comparably very minor effect of making sure that ozone depletion stopped. Ozone depletion requires extremely cold temperatures.
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just another drone 4 years ago (edited)
Except China is now using CFCs, which were banned everywhere else. The progress will halt or reverse now. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1193-4
Tami 4 years ago
From the article (yikes!!): "We show that emissions from eastern mainland China are 7.0 ± 3.0 (±1 standard deviation) gigagrams per year higher in 2014–2017 than in 2008–2012, and that the increase in emissions arises primarily around the northeastern provinces of Shandong and Hebei. This increase accounts for a substantial fraction (at least 40 to 60 per cent) of the global rise in CFC-11 emissions."
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Christina Uhlir 3 years ago
Really? Humans did not curbed methane and carbon pollution enough.
Jonny Chevalier 3 years ago
the pandemic is showing we can do better.. Some of China's' and India's big city's actually saw blue sky there for awhile.
Caroline Overill 3 years ago
It's healing because we dumbass humans have been locked away for a while
#23
Karis Ravenhill 4 years ago
Can we just end circuses, and only have human circuses like Cirque Du Soleil? Zoo's I can appreciate for conservation, but I've never been comfortable having an animal caged or required to perform. My first trip to Seaworld at age 6 absolutely horrified me, a giant whale in a tiny tank, I cried the whole time there.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
I remember my first and only time at a circus when i was very little and first impression was how sad all the animals looked! I remember I took a photo on an elephant that was looking on the floor moving slowly his ears and with a monkey that hugged me for the photo but was looking so depressed!! I was a kid and it was obvious even to me that those animals didn't want to be there
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Sawdust 4 years ago (edited)
Side question: When an elephant smokes a pipe does he place it in his mouth or on the end of his trunk?
Vicky Z 4 years ago (edited)
I would say in his mouth and the smoke goes out his trunk!!
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Yort 4 years ago
Be careful with that, though. People get really snotty when a zoo elephant here died a few years ago (she was like 48) so they demanded the remaining two elephants be transferred to an elephant sanctuary even though they’d lived at the zoo for like 35 years. One of them died in transit and the other one got severely bullied by the elephants in the new place. I’m all for not forcing elephants to perform in circuses, but I just always think of our poor local elephants who would’ve been better off staying in the zoo they were raised in.
#24
Roz Klaiman 3 years ago
me too. My neck breaks using my tablet and I don't like reading a long book on the computer so I have been buying print books again.
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Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago
Unfortunately new books are pretty expensive and it's an unaffordable luxury for many people (especially these days). Yay for secondhand bookstores and libraries ❤
Izzy_ 3 years ago
The best part about reading actual physical books is that companies can't get you with their constant bombardment of ads.
Bacony Cakes 3 years ago
And you can also just scribble over the ads if it takes a turn for the worse.
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François Carré 3 years ago
The shortage of paper is going to let many people disappointed during this period of holidays and gifts though. Publishers and bookshops are really concerned.
#25
Yort 4 years ago
There’s absolutely no reason for a single potato to be shrink wrapped in plastic.
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Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
"Why do you need to wrap fruit? THEY ALREADY COME WITH A WRAPPER!" --Sssniperwolf.
An Co 4 years ago
What idiot decided to wrap bananas and oranges in the first place? I could see potatoes, their skin is small and soft. But the banana and orange guy should be arrested and jailed.
Miss Cris 3 years ago
Potatos, as onions, garlic and citrics, aren't wrapped in plastic but in meshes made of clothes.
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Davor Jelacic 4 years ago
Spain announced a lot, but achieved little. And what little they achieve, the middle class ends up paying for it
Crazy Meerkat Lady 3 years ago
This pictures illustrates most women getting to finally take off their bras at the end of the day (and that includes me)
Michael Fuhry 4 years ago
Geez, this is practically Trader Joe's entire fruit and vegetables business model. What in the heck is the necessity of individually wrapping a flipping zucchini? Or throwing tomatoes on a polystyrene tray, and wrapping that in plastic?
Christina Uhlir 3 years ago
That's good, when will they stop torturing and murdering defenseless bulls?
Mary G----no 3 years ago
anything plastic can do, hemp can do better. it grows fast, is quick to biodegrade, and would create jobs.
#26
Cybele Spanjaard 3 years ago
I have no interest in football but cheers to those wonderful players..may they win every game
Ian Sheppard 3 years ago
Englands players also donate their wages to charity (On top of any prize money)
Vladimir Tomić 3 years ago
Correction - the team didn't "earn" anything. Serbia's president decided to take 1 million EUR from the budget and to give it to the people who run after a ball. This was followed by a huge public pressure, because we have many kids suffering from SMA, and the treatment is insanely expensive. Instead of paying for those children's health, Mr. President is wasting the money in this way. After a few days, the footbal players decided to redirect the money to the kids.
Christina Uhlir 3 years ago
Only 3 % of charitable donations go toward the environmental and animal protection causes, and if we could stop the earth destruction and animal suffering, there would NOT be human suffering, all caused by "people".
#27
Eagle Girl 4 years ago
Bc bees only sting as a defense. Listen to your mom folks, if you let it be, it will leave you alone
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Bees can be very mellow, if you are, is all I know about it. And I mostly get stung by wasps. Mean f*ckers.
Michael Fuhry 4 years ago
Yeah, bees are pretty chill. Just leave them be, and we'll be fine. In other words, don't get all freaked out, and start swinging at one wildly. Puns not intended.
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Kitty Jordan 4 years ago
Also seems like adding a little greenery would have a mild effect on cleaning the air. Maybe not much, but still!
Cybele Spanjaard 3 years ago
This is the best news and to be encouraged to allow the survival of all species on earth..
Lara Verne 4 years ago
And in my town, we have family of big black spiders living at bus stop.
#28
Martha Meyer 4 years ago
There is already a progressive mosque in Berlin, the Ibn-Rushd-Goethe mosque which was founded by women's rights activist Seyran Ates, where men and women can pray together. But all the conservative Muslims hate it and she still gets death threats, so I can't see this House of One having any better luck.
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Lynda Gutierrez 4 years ago
They're all Abrahamic religions anyway, after all -- Christianity and Islam are just later "spin-offs" of Judaism.
Karis Ravenhill 4 years ago
Like the temple at Petra? They theorized it was a mashup temple filled with all the deities and religions of all the tradesfolk passing through.
Kelly Hartle 3 years ago
The more people are exposed to different cultures, the more it makes us all see that we're the same inside. Hopefully it will cause at least a little less hatred in the world.
Fleur Missaghian 3 years ago
Everyone could also go to the Baha'i temple in Frankfurt - which is open to all Faiths and none .
#29
Stacy Parker 4 years ago
I believe that Iceland, Sweden, Costa Rica, and Uruguay are part of that group. Not sure about the rest.
Marianne Sandvik 4 years ago
Not Sweden! We have started using coal to get electricity, since we have closed most of our nuclear electrical plants and our wind plants are out of wind!
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Dodo 4 years ago
Albania, Bhutan, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Iceland, Norway, Paraguay, Tajikistan and Uruguay. I think.
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Robert Bryden 3 years ago
https://www.facebook.com/euforindyscot/photos/a.744453068946514/4997619770296468/
Cybele Spanjaard 3 years ago
Keep working on it..Australia could do this.. if the 'pollies' are clever enough.
Kipindichapili 3 years ago
Renewable energy doesn’t produce enough. Look at California, they have a lot of wind farms and stuff and they have rolling blackouts
Lynda Nesbitt 3 years ago
True. And how would we operate a steel manufacturing plant, for example, on wind or solar power? It all sounds good, but reality may complicate things. Nuclear is the only viable alternative to fossil fuels, and the people in the US don't want nuclear.
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Tackling the problem at its roots is the best way to solve it permanently.
CanidaeVulpes 3 years ago
I love ideas like this. It’s not a bandaid fix, but something systemic and real. Truly understanding an issue instead of throwing ideas at it
Natalia Shoemark 4 years ago
Yay! Using their skills for good! I wonder if the gorilla families will remember them though 🤔
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
I saw a documentary where the same thing is happening in the area that Diane Foley was working to protect. Could be wrong and it's Jane Goodall. But there are many programs where this is happening and are taught to monitor gorillas, their habitat, health and increase in population.
Jonny Chevalier 3 years ago
brilliant! somebody is thinking out side the box.. very right brained.
#31
Otter 3 years ago (edited)
Google says that "southern resident orcas" are the ones off the coast of western North America... and I saw three in Monterey Bay! We love them, too!
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Any chance of making their roaming territory a conservation site where ships are banned? Or is their territory too far reaching?
Kristi Carrick 3 years ago (edited)
I wish! The Salish Sea which includes Puget Sound is a major shipping route. Sadly, last year the government approved the military training "incidental take" (the official number of these orcas that can be harmed or killed "incidentally") from what was 2 orcas now up to 51 of these Southern Residents by 2027. And there are only a little over 70 of them to begin with!!!! The Southern Residents only eat salmon and find them by echolocation. Navy activities, which include firing torpedoes, using sonar, detonating bombs and using underwater drones. Sonar and explosions can make it harder for whales and orcas to hear, and can interrupt their feeding, reproduction and migration. Underwater noise can also kill up to 50 percent of zooplankton, the basis of the marine food web.
Load More Replies... Allena Sharpe 3 years ago
I live in area with a resident pod. I knew they were endangered but had no idea it was this bad.
Jonny Chevalier 3 years ago
all have a place and a job to do.. the animals are savvy it's the humans that are dumb.
Cybele Spanjaard 3 years ago
That is not many Orcas??Thye need to expand their numbers..seals too
#32
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 
Auntriarch 4 years ago (edited)
Memo to self: never watch Romanian football....I would end up with too many dogs
Frankenfrog 3 years ago
Think off all the animals that could be saved if people like football players who are grossly overpaid gave even a fraction of their salary to shelters
#33
Soggy Crumpet 4 years ago
Japan needs this so much because they are SO pressured to follow social/cultural “norms” that many choose to live in isolation.
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago (edited)
This problem is the same in all countries, but many are too embarrassed to admit it, so they don't act either.
jammer 3 years ago
That guy makes a few posters, and that’s about it. J-gov has a long history of empty and hollow PR feel-good gestures to avoid actually doing something about it.
Julie C Rose 3 years ago
Yeah, I’ve lived there and I’m not optimistic. The causes of loneliness have deep roots, and the Japanese government is not known for making big structural changes.
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I think, I know, that when you get involved in fight against human cruelty, you would not be isolated, you would not have time to feel lonely.
Šimon Špaček 3 years ago
While Fins invented something called Kalsarikänni, which is asocial form of drinking culture. Basically you sit at home in underwear, drink and get fun. Very well described in song Pants drunk.
#34
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!)
Summer Mason 4 years ago
Alot of local farmers here use their barn cats to control pests out in the fields. And large dogs to keep predators like coyotes out. A good non pesticide is 7 dust. It's a all natural cedar based spray for veggies and fruits. I use it on my garden every summer. Never got sick and neither do the small birds that sometimes steal my cherry tomatoes.
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Karis Ravenhill 4 years ago
Work WITH nature, not AGAINST her. You'd be surprised how everything goes better.
Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago
I have a spider named Oswald who lives on my ceiling. I keep asking him to please eat the mosquitos. I think there are too many.
AxleMunshine001 3 years ago
I've been teaching my daughter, now 4, that spiders are our friends. They help us by eating all the other bugs we find annoying. If you teach your children to react to animals and insects in a more positive way, and not like a fearful screaming and hysterical nutter. More people would grow up without phobias
Load More Replies... Cybele Spanjaard 3 years ago
Nature rules and man should realise it when he decides on toxic short cuts
anxiety embodiment 2 years ago
i love barn owls, they're so cute and their faces look like apples cut in half (:
Jo Iverson 3 years ago
And beavers help prevent drought. A lot to be learned from the old ways.
#35
Collie 4 years ago
I live in Chile. The rewriting of the Construction by elected people just sounds good but in reality it's just a bunch of (mostly) inappropriate people who have no knowledge how to do it. And some of them are just clowns faking their illness or demanding to rase their salaries without doing actual job.
Sergio Bicerra Descalzi 4 years ago
I live in Perú, we have similar clowns here.
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Camila Esteban Guerrero 4 years ago
I am chilean. This is a wonderful process for our country. We are putting an end to a Constitution that was approved unlawfully during the Dictatorship of Pinochet. Our country is changing, and the fact that women are finally being represented in politics as much as men, truly is a big deal. There's still a long way ahead of us, but it's a start.
Michael Fuhry 4 years ago
To this, from the US-installed and supported degenerate and murderer Augusto Pinochet. Congratulations, Chile!
François Carré 3 years ago
However, the whole process now depends on the result of the election which will take place next week. The extreme right candidate came on top during the first round, and he looks like he's gonna cancel the new Constitution and send the country 40 years backward if he wins.
Sasha 3 years ago
Heres a thing I have long though: wes hould rewrite all our constitutions once in a while. Stuff decided 200 years ago is often grossly irrelevant to the current society. It was written for a society 200 years ago, we wouldn't use 200 year old medicine, or science, or economics would we? So why the hell stick to 200 year old politics? You are litteraly preventing yourself from advancing forward because ... idk? age? Sunk cost fallacy, sometimes its easier just to redo it rather than try and fix a constitution thats inherently unfixable due to it being written by people who weren't sure about the whole slavery thing yet...
#36
Romenriel 4 years ago
I'd like to see a source on this one, it would be awesome but I don't see how it could happen.
Nellie Crepuscule 4 years ago
https://neurosciencenews.com/depression-bipolar-blood-test-18197/
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Jo Choto 4 years ago
We still have so much to learn about these illnesses. After my diagnoses, the first medication I tried worked perfectly and has kept me healthy for decades. Meanwhile, my daughter with the same diagnoses, has to go on a continual cycle of different meds, because none of them are very effective and they all stop working after a while.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
The biomarker in question is a really fussy one, designed to pick up nerve growth factor, and not even my shrink (for PTSD) is sure if this is gonna be a big deal or not, but we'll see.
Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago
Wow, in the years my daughter (and I) have suffered from depression, I've wished for exactly this *so* many times, it would be so much better to have a clear diagnosis and medication instead of years of trial and error! A lot of people don't realise how difficult it is.
Melanie Hornak 3 years ago
This exactly yes! No more being told this nonsense!
Load More Replies... Karis Ravenhill 4 years ago
Hold the phone.....there's a blood test for depression? I need to know the science of how depression can be signaled in the bloodstream. SOMEONE PLEASE EDUCATE ME?!
allan dorfling 3 years ago
In laymen's terms depression has a link certain hormones like endorphins and dopamine so in theory if those are out of balance then it could be picked up in the blood. I would presume it only works in certain cases where depression is genetic or because of biological reasons not through trauma
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anxiety embodiment 2 years ago
i'll fight doctors trying to find my mental stuff, only because of needles
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#38
Martha Meyer 4 years ago
Don't see how that's a problem? More countries should do this though, so "leaving" is not an option for immoral companies like Shell anymore.
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Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago
Meanwhile in South Africa, Shell is f*****g up our marine life with seismic blasting
Lindy Mac 3 years ago
Why is that good? They don't want protect the environment in Europe. ..or anywhere else for that matter.
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Cybele Spanjaard 3 years ago
Not sure how that can be achieved as small tight countries there. Oil is slowly on the way out..very slowly
#39
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
DramaDoc 4 years ago
Agreed. I have a leather coat that i bought over 20 years ago and still wear, and pleather shoes that only last a year. If I have to buy a $40 pair of fake leather shoes every year versus buying genuine leather shoes for $200 that last me 15+ years...
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
As a vegetarian, I still buy leather. I have had one pair of leather shoes last me two decades, and one pair of synthetic material shoes be toast in less than five years. I can use the hide of a cow my neighbor ate, or I can ask Big Chemical to make me something. Let me think...
Yort 4 years ago
Plus the leather is more biodegradable when you eventually get rid of it.
Load More Replies... Troux 4 years ago
I learned about this a few years ago, it's called Piñatex. Unfortunately, it's being sold as more of an upscale luxury item, rather than a budget alternative like pleather. For those wondering, this is made from the leaves, not the spiny skins.
Brandy Grote 4 years ago
Also mushrooms. Just... vegan leathers require as many if not more chemicals to make it close to real leather. Nasty. Just use the whole cow already.
Kira Okah 3 years ago
The whole cow is used. Any subpar hide gets strengthened and formed into bargain leathers and leatherettes, or cut and cured into rawhide for animal treats. Not one single scrap of cow is wasted.
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Kira Okah 3 years ago
Who are very vague about what their additives are, and their finishing company states that they use a mix of resins for durability in the finishing stage. Still very plastic.
Load More Replies... Sasha 3 years ago
So the thing about leather is that we currently cant make ANYTHING close to it in actual properties, only in looks. Lab grown diamonds are really no worse than real ones, leather on the other hand has a lot of unique properties. Its conforms to the wearer through heat and use, softens up and basically fits like a second skin, if its well taken care of it lasts basically forever, shoes can last for decades with good care. Hows that for reducing waste? Its an incredibly tough material with many hard wearing applications, theres a reason we still make saddles and belts from it, they go through a ton of strain. Also its worth remembering that a lot of leather is also a byproduct of waste. Animals slaughtered for meath is where it comes from. Imagine how much beef the western world consumes, every cow has a massive hide that is basically wasted unless you turn it into leather. Vegan leather might look alike and for some things its fine, but i dont think real leather is all that bad.
Jonny Chevalier 3 years ago
if you are killing an animal for food. then it is wiser not to waste any part of the beast.. but I have given up on most meats. It's a start.
Sandra Llewelyn 3 years ago
If we kill an animal for food we should use the whole animal and leather is part of this.
Cybele Spanjaard 3 years ago
Yes yes yes.. and the more that can be from all discarded vegetables and fruit skins and fibres..wonderful .
#40
Just saying 3 years ago
In Glasgow? Are you kidding? Why would you need air con in Glasgow?
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JayWantsACat 3 years ago
I thought it was that they were installing something into the floor that would convert the dancers' footsteps into energy? Or am I think of somewhere else?
Claire O'Connor 3 years ago
I think they've had one of those in Berlin for ages. It piers the sound system and the lights.
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Carolyn King 3 years ago
I wish the media would report these stories! People need to hear good news
Got Myself 4 Dwarves 4 years ago
I want to know where! Not been to a club in years, I'd definitely go to see how this works
Question everything 3 years ago (edited)
Nobody banned dancing. It's that indoor clubs are only allowed vaccinated people on the premises. Dance away as much as you want.
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Karis Ravenhill 4 years ago
I'm so damn impressed. Yo, Netflix, get on making a movie about this, stat!
#42
John L 4 years ago
Of course they do, they evolved with their environment, unlike the colonial powers.
Ole Peder Amrud Hagen 3 years ago
'Indigenous' must be used in a colonial context, and is most often a result of an American or Australasian perspective. Germans are indigenous to Germany and Han Chinese to China, yet they're industrialized nations with a very large carbon footprint. Not all developed, or industrialized, nations are colonial powers, however, so this is not very nuanced.
Load More Replies... François Carré 3 years ago
And this needs to be upvoted and said out loud. Become some so-called "environmentalists", who are actually just greedy necolonial green-washed capitalists, are now planning on kicking indigenous people out of their land, under the guise of preventing them from "damaging" the ecosystems where they had thrived for ages before exploitation and pollution came from abroad to ruin their traditional way of life.
Dee 3 years ago
Only in the broadest sense.. the indigenous folks that are being referred to here have a fundamentally different relationship to the land.
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Giedith Balmer 3 years ago
Or re-home the ones who make them feel like that. We need to stop 'punishing' the ones who do nothing wrong and start looking at those who do.
Bacony Cakes 3 years ago
Jesus, no offence, but you misspelled the second "love".
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Jon S. 4 years ago
That's great. I remember reading about one company who did a survey of its several hundred residents and discovered none self-identified gay. Not one. They realised what a statistical improbability that was and that in fact their residents felt pressured to keep their sexuality secret.
#44
Giedith Balmer 3 years ago
And go members of the European Court of Justice who believe bees are important!
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bayer which did make profit in WW2 by chemicals of humans origin?
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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.
#46
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.
Mohammad Ammar 4 years ago
Ummm....I thought this was something that happened at a few farms. Why is no one talking about this? Shouldn't we all boycott eggs?
Martha Meyer 4 years ago
Why is no one talking about all the nasty practices of modern factory farming? Because it makes people feel extremely uncomfortable about their food.
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Brîndușa 3 years ago
Probably they will be raised to the point where they are cut for meat.
Load More Replies... Yort 4 years ago
I don’t understand why they don’t get transferred somewhere to be used as meat.
Jon S. 4 years ago
Egg laying breads don't grow fast enough to be economically used for meat.
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Dee Lee 3 years ago
Chickens ovulate (lay eggs) even when no males are around. Only one male is needed to make many, many, many eggs fertile.
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J. F. 3 years ago (edited)
Wouldn't go that well in Germany either, despite our fastest trains (ICE) being able to keep up with the french TGV in terms of average speed. There was no investment in infrastructure and so they can only travel way slower on the majority of tracks
Load More Replies... Lyuben Petkov 3 years ago
Railway transport in France is extremely expensive - x 3-4 times the air transport prices ((
F. H. 4 years ago
I don't think a domestic flight in France can take two hours.
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I'll make it more honest. France is a small country with a very good railway network and fast trains, so domestic flights are essentially pointless here. But here is the thing : train transport is (was...) a public service, and as such, it has been despised, decried and underfunded by neoliberal governments, until it became miserably expensive and inefficient, with daily technical failures, strikes and so on. So domestic flights (on private companies' offers) became cheaper and easier - it's been trendy for posh Parisians to go on vacation to Bordeaux by plane for example. And now the ecological absurdity of domestic flights is too blatant and train transport is about to be privatized, French government pretends to solve the problem they have consistently created themselves, because yes, they're very good when it comes to bragging about this kind of tricks.
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Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago
I have questions. How did they find this out? Who thought "yeah, let's feed this turtle some mayo and see if it feels better"?
ben woskje 4 years ago
cool.... but how did they find that out? Did they feed them a bunch of different cleansing foods and monitor their digestive tracts ?
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Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Fish don't drive. They swim. Because they are fish.
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Glenn Zoontjens 3 years ago
It's sad that this is something we need to "celebrate". Hasten the day that people are appointed to positions based solely on ability and not the presence or absence of a Y chromosome.
ben woskje 4 years ago
While it is good to see more women elected into positions of power.... its sad that the idea of merit is so incredibly corrupted that its not even spoken about as a political factor anymore.
Gandalf the Pink 3 years ago
Do you consider the president and prime minister of Estonia to not have merit?
Load More Replies... Bacony Cakes 3 years ago
ryan you are such a f*cking salaud i'm honestly surprised you don't have croutons and dressing on top
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Giedith Balmer 3 years ago
How is a GPS tracker going to help unless you are very nearby 24/7?
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
I am still concerned, as poaching is still a big problem in Kenya. I don't see how a GPS can do anything but let you know where the giraffe is. Considering people continue to hunt giraffes, for reasons that escape me, I hope they can keep it safe.
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Yort 4 years ago
Wait, “fossil-based ones”? I thought fertilizer was usually made of cow poop?
F. H. 4 years ago
Most fertilizer produced by the chemical industry and many chemicals are oil side products.
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Marco Conti 4 years ago
Well, in ancient Rome urine was collected roadside so they could use the ammonia to wash clothes. Look it up.
Pa4040 3 years ago
Wasn't human urine a well-known source of ammonia even back in ancient rome? They even made a tax on it, since crafty traders were exploiting its wide availability and then sold it to farmers as fertilizer. Hardly news, just forgotten knowledge. P.S. Also plenty of homesteaders know this, and tell their kids to go pee on the compost pile ( since kids tend to not be on medication).
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ALEXIS CISNEROS 4 years ago
Part of the reason i love giving compliments to almost everyone i walk past, makes me feel good and them ( i hope lol)
September Meadows 4 years ago
Emotions aren't real, just chemical reactions to control you. Bio programming.
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Clever Fool 3 years ago
How many black people even are there in Wales? Isn't that the little country by England that has more people than sheep?
Adam Jeff 3 years ago
Yes, Welsh schools can, they have a new curriculum for it...
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Rissie 4 years ago
Human-composting? Say what now? Do they mean burials without embalming and large caskets? Because that's not new ;)
Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago
Nope, check out Ask a Mortician's video about it on YouTube. Definitely worth the watch.
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MikeWheelerFan 4 years ago
I’m going with a similar, but different route. I’m being cremated and my ashes are being turned into an artificial reef.
Pa4040 3 years ago
There has been a practice (can't remember the website ) where you can choose to be buried in a cloth sack with a tree seed in it. They put you in a fetal position in what resembles a cloth egg, bury you and the tree seed feeds of your remains. So at least you contribute to nature, and I guess your family members can come and see the tree/care/talk to it.
Dee Lee 3 years ago
They do that type of Green Burial near Flagstaff, AZ.
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Carol Emory 3 years ago
There is also a company that can take the cremated remains of your loved one and mixes it with potting soil and plants a sapling or a seed to take root and grow.
Mazer 4 years ago
Not quite, many bodies are pumped full of chemicals before burying
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Bobby 4 years ago
I've been out of the field for over a decade now, but last I remember France was almost 90% powered by nuclear plants
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Pa4040 3 years ago
Don't worry, nuclear fusion is "20 years away" (said everyone since the 60's)
J. F. 3 years ago
We are getting closer nowadays, without any major disturbance (like a giant war) I would say maybe in 30 years
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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.
Question everything 3 years ago
And instead of all the other countries paying for a licence to use the technology, they will insist on coming up with their own way to do it, will work on it for a few decades, waste gazillions of money and end up with something faulty anyway. See Track and Trace in UK.
Load More Replies... Klas Klättermus 3 years ago
How? We don't even have any plastic collection where I live. It just all goes in the burn- or landfill pile
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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.
François Carré 3 years ago
Unfortunately I'm not sure good news from WWF studies can be trusted anymore. They're mostly under the control of big industries that fund them now. It might be the kind of good news that are just there to keep you asleep. Besides, a field of trees planted in order to just soak up CO2 will never replace the forest that was there before and was likely destroyed by the same people who claim to have planted new trees.
John L 4 years ago
Unfortunately, trees don't match the absorption rate of plankton, which we are slaughtering in the oceans.
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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.
F. H. 4 years ago
For me it's also the the complicated, incompatible system of chrange stations, many of them requiring subscriptions or cards of some form. Having a charging station installed at home is not always possible, especially when living in a housing complex.
Load More Replies... Question everything 3 years ago
I don't think Norwegians are rich, they just get paid enough to have disposable income that covers more than basic needs.
Load More Replies... John L 4 years ago
The problem is what to do with the batteries, when these cars are discarded. I don't think this problem has been addressed, yet.
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
We have "charger deserts" now... meaning no way to recharge cars in under-served areas.
Giles McArdell 4 years ago
"Almost all electricity produced in Norway comes from hydro power. The share of electricity generated from hydro power totaled 93.4 percent in 2019, while the rest of the electricity came from thermal power and wind power" - from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1025497/distribution-of-electricity-production-in-norway-by-source/
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Scarlett 4 years ago (edited)
And tell the idiots in the US who refuse to get vaccinated (for no good reason; my aunt has an immune condition that only allowed her to get one) to grow up and stop acting like spoiled children
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Marco Conti 4 years ago
Hopefully, there is a plan beyond "here you go buddy, live happy and multiply".
Load More Replies... Annabeth Chase 4 years ago (edited)
Or maybe, just maybe, there's a plan in place to make sure that doesn’t happen
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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?
Laugh or not 4 years ago
No, it is a political decision to remove or limit cars in the city centre : use bikes, public transport or walk. It is being done in many cities in France, where the centre is less and less accessible by car.
Load More Replies... Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
And it is a daily outrage. It has become impossible to circulate in Paris (even on foot), you can't park, there are garbage and rats, crackheads and pickpockets, the town council cuts trees and wisterias down because they think they are dead (plot twist : they were not, it was just winter so leafs were gone), they destroy monuments and replace them by ugly overpriced atrocities... The mayor is so incompetent and the city is so deep in debt (more than 7 billion) that the opposition wants the city put under guardianship by the préfet. She is a really, really, really bad mayor.
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Jo Choto 4 years ago
Microdosing of mushrooms, ketamine, and LSD have been proven to radically turn around things like anxiety, depression and PTSD. These need to become part of regular medical treatment for these conditions.
F. H. 4 years ago
LSD has widely been studied in psyciatric medicine and has been proven to have no benifit over the substances allready in use. Ketamine is allready used for several purouses in medicine, psychiatry just being one of them.
Load More Replies... Tamra Stiffler 4 years ago
Unless I'm mistaken, John's Hopkins in the US began trials of psilocybin for treatment of depression in 2019.
EagerPanda 🐼 3 years ago
This is something I'm deeply interested in. I've suffered from depression since childhood and medication has always had negative side effects on me and in the most recent instances, made it a lot worse. I've tried therapy but can no longer afford it. I'm really keen to try this, even if it isn't necessarily legal in my country. I want to live and not just fight for my survival every day.
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Glenn Zoontjens 3 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)
Ole Peder Amrud Hagen 3 years ago
Fish farming is mainly done in the sea, with lots of related environmental and animal health issues.
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Jo Choto 4 years ago
That's a fun idea! You get a ticket in the mail, like with a driving offence!
Susan Green 4 years ago
I love this. It’s so disgusting when people don’t pick up after their dogs.
Carol Emory 3 years ago
Our apartment complex already does this. Anyone who gets a dog or cat has to bring it in for a DNA test. When they find poop laying around, a sample is sent out to see if it matches a resident's pet. If it does, the owner gets a stiff fine and has to pay for the DNA test that can run about $600.
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Theoretical Empiricist 4 years ago
It's almost as if opioids are becoming a gateway drug to cannabis.
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Thomas Sweda 4 years ago
So, if you don’t feel like working for a living, just spill some paint on a piece of paper or canvas?
Abdul Rahman Falih 4 years ago (edited)
Bro get some positivity(not meaning to be rude) and how on earth its that disgusting?!
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Bobby 4 years ago
I do hope that animal testing is still permitted on the animals the product is intended for. Flea or heartworm meds for example
Giedith Balmer 3 years ago
If you can make medication for humans without testing on humans, or animals, then it's possible to make them for animals without that kind of testing as well. Nowadays laboratories can create artificial grown skin and intestines and cells to test on.
Load More Replies... GoddessOdd 4 years ago
In the US support PCRM.org. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. They fight for the animals.
Auntriarch 4 years ago
Now this is something we can help with. May I recommend supporting Animal Free Research UK (formerly Dr Hadwen Trust). They have been funding research into non animal tests for 40 years, with some amazing successes, generally more accurate and cheaper.
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Jo Choto 4 years ago
This is fantastic news, but these plans also need to contain contingencies, business investment and job opportunities for the communities and families who are dependent on the coal industry for their income.
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Bacony Cakes 3 years ago
You are the most pathetic being i have ever met, and an insult to the great country of France. Begone.
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Giedith Balmer 3 years ago
They will as most indigenous tribes are very aware and in sync with mother earth. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/panamas-naso-tribe-land-rights-claim-granted-in-national-park/
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Klas Klättermus 3 years ago
They will most likely develop wings and start breathing fire. We will rue the day their offspring breed!
Load More Replies... Karis Ravenhill 4 years ago
As a child I heard we need at least 40 breeding pairs to have enough viable genetic material to propagate a species. Was that not true or has something changed?
Jon S. 4 years ago
It's not ideal, but entire species have come from 2 breeding animals. There were a pair of finches stranded on an island and the parents ended up breeding with their own children. But it is a unique, thriving and healthy population now. As time goes on, dangerous genes decrease in frequency.
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NamiKoa 3 years ago
I don’t know. Might be a knee-jerk reaction because he usually writes unpleasant things. I gave him an upvote … it’s areasonable question.
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Jo Choto 4 years ago
How? I mean, how do they store it? And when they breathe/fart/die do they release it?
Marco Conti 4 years ago
Of course they do. However, off the top of my head, when a whale dies it creates whole ecosystems in the sea, feeding other animals and vegetation, which in turn dies and gets eaten/processed. I guess it's better than having it in free form.
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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.
John L 4 years ago
A lot of countries are experiencing population declines. Not true in the US, but I am sure there isn't a lot of new construction, in Europe.
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Bacony Cakes 3 years ago
Things Giraffes and Barns have in common number 6:
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StrangerOfTheDark 4 years ago
Brilliant. Can they do the same with non-crop plants like flowers and trees?
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Their goal is to avoid the complete extinction of mankind because of starvation. Not preserving biological diversity.
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CaptainDinosaur 4 years ago
It's on Svalbard, so if one of ya'll survive the apocalypse, that's where it is.
Klas Klättermus 3 years ago
It already has, but I suppose that is why you mentioned it? A few years back the ice surrounding the building started melting and running down into the seedbank. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/19/arctic-stronghold-of-worlds-seeds-flooded-after-permafrost-melts
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That_One_Harry_Potter_Nerd 4 years ago
🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏🦏Rhinos for the win!
Abdul Rahman Falih 4 years ago
Should have put a hundred rhino pics to make more delight!😆
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Rosemary Booth 3 years ago
I recently saw a rhino encounter on some Discovery program. The keepers were introducing a male and female rhino through a gateway where they could see, smell, and interact with each other, but still remain safe. At their first encounter, the male seemed interested in interacting, but the female was aloof and ran away. For their next meeting, the male went and scooped up some hay with his horn and trotted back to the gate with a pile of hay on his face. The keepers said he was trying to disguise his horn so the female rhino wouldn't be afraid of him. I thought it was the most adorable thing ever!
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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
Klas Klättermus 3 years ago
Uhm...I'm pretty sure a lot of deforestation is not about using the wood as much as clearing land for farming. At least in Sweden the landowners that grow trees to harvest for wood or paper will of course replant new trees after harvest as their land would otherwise loose future value and revenue
IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago
That drawing of a chair is unusual. It's hard to decide if the eyes are in the front or the back of the back of the back.
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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.
John Baker 3 years ago
As the old saying goes, half a loaf is better than none.
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Giedith Balmer 3 years ago
That's why squirrels bury more nuts than they need, they are very evolved and clever.
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JOHANNA MUELLER 3 years ago
haHA i already learned this fact from wild kratts, PBS kids represent ;)
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
News are newly leaned information, not necessarily new facts.
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Chinmayee Kalghatgi 3 years ago
You technically make sense but the process would take too long maybe
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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.
Erik Lawrence 3 years ago
so look into it more. This isnt a website for full studies. those exist elsewhere. not everything is going to be spoon fed to you. Google is pretty amazing.
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Tamra Stiffler 4 years ago
I'm coming too, just gotta find my good walking shoes...
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Romenriel 4 years ago
That's great! A change in lifestyle can be very important in combating depression, but not everyone can afford to try it.
JOHANNA MUELLER 3 years ago
that reminds me of a comic i saw once (farside maybe) of a farmacy, "take one a day with cucumber and tomato"
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Kaori Panda 3 years ago
What about people who have ARFID? And those who physically cannot go without meat?
F. H. 4 years ago (edited)
It might sound harsh, but yeah, you are right. A vegan diet is something you have to be able to afford. But I'm sure it*s a private hospital.
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stacyh 4 years ago
Who doesn’t like vegetables, fruits, grains, bread, olive oil, beans, rice, pasta??
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Klas Klättermus 3 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?
Giedith Balmer 3 years ago
So if it works we can keep on chopping trees. Same thing I fear for bees, instead of preservation we try to develope something we can use instead. Humans.....🙄🤨🤔
John L 4 years ago
Yeah, I heard about this. While good news, it is but a drop in the proverbial ocean.
Annabeth Chase 4 years ago
At least we’re chipping away, slowly but surely, if this article proves anything
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Osgood_7 4 years ago
Ok, but what about people who can't afford to do that? It's a good tip but it's also important to remember that being poor is damaging to your physical and mental health and means you can't easily do things like this.
Giedith Balmer 3 years ago
Being poor and handicapped without proper help is making it even worse.
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Florence likes women 3 years ago (edited)
120 minutes outside can’t cure depression i don’t want anyone saying it can in the comments
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Kitty Jordan 4 years ago
According to a website I found, there are 9 domains: 1. Living standards, 2. Psychological wellbeing, 3. Health, 4. Time Use, 5. Education, 6. Cultural diversity and resilience, 7. Good governance, 8. Community vitality, 9. Ecological diversity and resilience. They do a 1.5 hour personal interview with citizens (I couldn't find if they take a sample representation, which I'm assuming). You can read more here: http://www.forastateofhappiness.com/how-is-gross-national-happiness-measured-in-bhutan/
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Jo Choto 4 years ago
Yeah, they need to add bear bile, rhino horn, shark fin, etc. to the list. The biggest cause of worldwide poaching is to supply to the Chinese markets for traditional "medicines".
Jean Thompson 3 years ago
Yes, I agree. Maybe other countries could spend money on constant advertising in Chinese newspapers announcing that traditional "medicines" don't work and are only bought by desperate men with small di*ks. I'm still working on what to announce to the women who buy them ...!
Load More Replies... Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Meanwhile, protesters, Tibetans and huigurs are still not on the list.
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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!
Yort 4 years ago
I’m more worried about the rats - they break into people’s houses, carry the plague, and in cities they can actually be as large as cats.
Load More Replies... An Co 4 years ago
Feral cats are also likely to kill birds, including endangered ones. Hope those cats are sterilized.
GoddessOdd 4 years ago
They wouldn't be releasing them if they weren't sterilized and vaccinated.
Load More Replies... Kitty Jordan 4 years ago
Then they'll have a dog problem... release the alligators!
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Jo Choto 4 years ago
I think insects will be the future of mankind's animal consumption but we have a ways to go yet to get anyone on board.
John L 4 years ago
In third world countries and many countries in Asia, this is normal. This is a colonial power's thing, that has a problem with eating insects.
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Yort 4 years ago
I don’t like when people say “representation matters” for real people doing real things. People were saying that when Meghan Markle married Prince Harry. It’s not like trying to be more inclusive with tv shows, they’re just real people who qualified for stuff.
Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago
Yes. A guy marries the woman he loves, and everyone turns crazy because she is black. But her skin color does not matter, she is a human being with many much more relevant characteristic than that.
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PenitentEyeball 4 years ago (edited)
That’s- actually a good point, thank you Ryan, but it’s the fact that there being more represented that’s important
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Oilibhia Muirchú 3 years ago
Ireland did the same! We all got two postcards and the postal service also did a thing where of you wrote a letter to a nursing home, they waived the cost of postage
Erik Lawrence 3 years ago
well lets see, it says the canadian post is doing it... not hard to connect dots when there is only one dot.
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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
Thea Aliise Kodu 4 years ago
Its actually much easier, we had campaign in estonia for 2 weeks, and they sent recepies to email :) and it worked. I found some good foods and found cooking more interesting. half a year from that i decided that i will quit eating meat. it is not totally easy, but way easier then you think. Meat is good also of course, when good cook is doing it :D
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Chiuki 3 years ago
I'm going to do this - based mostly on Italian and Indian cuisine. I love it and it's super easy.
I' Gomez & Morticia's kid 3 years ago
I'm sure you'll love Indian cuisine
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Marylen Reid 3 years ago
It's unfortunate. They are not likely to keep it up, and remember that it was hard to do. Veganism is better when it's done gradually and almost effortlessly.
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That_One_Harry_Potter_Nerd 4 years ago
There should be another option for people who don’t drink beer. Still an amazing idea though!
Glenn Zoontjens 3 years ago
Because Australia doesn't have a problem with excess alcohol consumption already...
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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 3 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.
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 3 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.
Load More Replies... 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.
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