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We are often bombarded with fear-mongering and shocking headlines that make us feel that the world is falling apart.

However, while it’s important to report on problems and issues, I believe there is so much good in this world that it needs to be found and promoted just as widely.

Because of that, I started The Happy Broadcast. It's an anti-venom to the vitriolic rhetoric that pervades our media. Also, this year, I’ve illustrated even more happy news than in 2018.

We need more positive news to acknowledge that the world is actually getting better little by little.

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When I'm working on The Happy Broadcast, I try to pick news that has an international appeal and touches themes like animal rights, climate change and science. News that shows how much we’re progressing on many fronts despite being often bombarded with few-mongering headlines.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am so happy for their victory, but just find it bonkers that an indigenous tribe had to fight a legal battle to protect their land in the first place.

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I think there are many reasons why negative news is dominating the media. It's like a sudden disaster a, it's more compelling than, for example, little improvements. Bad things can happen quickly, but good things aren’t built in a day, and as they unfold, they're out of sync with the news cycle.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This must make many people happy due to one act. Lovely initiative.

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As humans, we have this thing called “negative bias” that make us respond quicker to bad or dangerous situations. Nowadays, this bias is getting in the way of our happiness and well-being, and even our productivity because most of the narrative surrounding us (print, online or mobile) is that the “world is ending".

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hopefully supermarkets worldwide can implement more eco friendly alternatives also.

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

More funding is needed for stem cell research. They have already discovered some incredible ways stem cells can help with paralysis and other movement disorders etc. Imagine what else they can discover.

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I think we should find a balance between negative and positive news. From politics to climate change and economy, negative and bad news surrounds us everywhere we go. A potential solution could be to limit the amount of bad news, basically slow down our personal news cycle, adding some positive news to our “news diet” to make sure that our outlook on the world is more optimistic. Also, it's very important to invest time to deal with misinformation and the reliability of news sources.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ducks will also be providing some fertilizer. Win Win

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On top of that, they help aerate the water as they swim around. Since this also makes the water a bit cloudy, it helps inhibit the growth of weeds.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now if we can just stop farmers on the driest continent on earth trying to grow rice then that would be another positive move!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Austria, you can rent ducks for your own garden to get rid of snails and other vermin.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes but the treatment of the ducks beforehand and afterwards is abhorrent.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The abhorrent way is the only way humans treat all animals. "Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace." - Albert Schweitzer ....to those who wonder why is there so much crime - from corruption to homicides, wonder no more!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a huge wiery in South Africa which uses hundreds of ducks to keep their vines and grounds clean. You can google it and watch the ducks scuttling out to work every day :)

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They also do this at some South African vineyards. https://youtu.be/2p0xmfx-JHw

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not the ducks I had. They root up plants in their search for the bugs.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good news should be celebrated, bad news should be taken seriously as they point out danger and destruction which should be addressed, not ignored.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

and they're such enthusiastic little workers -they run to work for heaven sake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skdp94ZHMB4

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some Californians have been introducing more goats to clear weeds and undergrowth instead of pesticides.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just had a thought, what other crops could benefit, as I have read about some farms that use pesticides, then the rain washes the chemicals into all of our water systems, harmful for us, as well as all animal life, it's poison !!!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I saw this and was really taken with this whole idea it is amazing the ducks are great - no pesticides - and all the fertiliser they need for good healthy rice.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In Japan, many farmers use ducks and frogs in the rice fields.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just came back from South East Asia (I travel a lot!) and they were talking about this great symbiosis between ducks and rice farmers that benefit everyone.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's good to see that some people in this world know that Mother Earth always has an answer if we would just take the time to understand and not inundate the world with toxins! Great news!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It took a long time to get to that, but great that it's happening.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To all rice farmers, many thanks for a fantastic idea, I believe your crops will be the best ever !!!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We raise ducks to be garden helpers on our organic farm. They are voracious insect eaters.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Organic rice! Fantastic I wonder if this could be applied to many other crops in Australia?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Carp does similar thing. And farmers in my hometown put carp in their rice field for hundred years

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wonderful news. Maybe we can put that into practice in Australia.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How come they don't touch the plants? Our ducks definitely ate plants, they were gluttons!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Interesting that the ducks don't go for rice. What do they know that we don't?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Doctor says rice is (or can be) nutritious! The more I read, the more encouraged I become!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

we get ducks in our field every fall/winter when there's a tidge too much water and temporary ponds form..........They're beautiful, noisy, and yes fertilizing that grass to make the horses happy most of the year ;-)

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

good idea but won't work in India because: a) theives will steal the ducks; b) foxes will eat those ducks

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not if you keep a dog raised with the ducks. My best friend has a similar set up with similar possible issues, but the dogs protect the farm and animals on it. The farm is their home, and they were raised with the livestock, so that’s just part of their family.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A friend of mine has a goatscaping business...no chemicals and gets rid of all of the weeds!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And in the end of planting season, the duck can be sold for food. Triple win!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Happy" ducks, look how they'll get rewarded for all that help they provided. No, it's not triple win, miten sasmita. Maybe, you would feel differently if you were reincarnated into a duck.

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Niffler: and you eat cows raw? I believe they're still processed. And my rice patty doesn't scream when it's pressed into shape. I'd also like to see some reports on that

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's still a step in the right direction..... You can't always just opt to do nothing, because the solution isn't a fix-all cure.

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There's no such thing as harmful pesticides. This is an antivaxxer saying this. You can't go from saying there's a vaccine for bees and than say the words "harmful pesticides"

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Your comment makes absolutely no sense. It contains one logical fallacy after another. Not surprising it comes from an antivaxxer. Self enforced ignorance.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hm, I think Sweden must have forgot to apply then. We dont have stray dogs, at least for decades. Any lost dog gets collected, if no owner is found it gets adopted via Animal Protection. I have seen one or two lost dogs, where we found the owner, but never a genuine stray.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Steps like these show the power of the State in achieving large scale sustainable results if there is a will.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

SOOOO not against this! But....shouldn't it be equal pay for equal skill? (meaning, no race, gender, age, or any discrimination at all!) If you have more skill in the task, you get paid more, if you have less you get paid less. Plain and simple (yet I know it is more difficult to prove wrong-doing that way too)

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a great contrast to all the negativity we hear about women's value in India.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you, thank you, thank you! The bees thank you, and I thank you.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have always hated circuses. Even when I was so young I did not have the words to explain why I was crying. So good to see this!!!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll believe it when I see it. There have been stories of oil eating bacteria, and all sorts of magical things that eat the bad stuff. I hope to see it, but until then....

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is fantastic. Sooooo many people end up in jail or dead because we fail them as a society.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nairobi has a baby elephant orphanage. So I guess not. Of course, if they are brought up in the orphanage, which is by Nairobi National Park, then they are not sold to a zoo or circus.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's adorable. Not sure how something involving grown adults and the most massive terrestrial animals can be adorable, but somehow it is.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great for packaging! For almost everything else, not so much. But still a great step forward!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is brilliant! And this research has taken a very long time to bear fruit. Thank god for scientists ;p

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is great! This is what us grown ups need to do for the climate strike kids.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So wonderful to see compassion making the law. * cries just a bit *

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is definitely a good thing, but be careful to remember that fortnite is known for an especially toxic crunch culture. Employees are expected to work insane hours with no pay. Planting forests is good, but he should also be held responsible for the unfair and harmful working conditions his company creates.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The rabid, right-wingers still spewing their nonsense that renewables will drive prices up so high no one will be able to have electricity will not be noticing this development. The belief disconfirmation paradigm is too powerful for some people to overcome.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Glad to see them come back. Sad that they died out there in the first place.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ironic to place greenery on the exact place where ice and snow should be.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is nice, but it would be better if children being educated wasn’t contingent on their parents paying any sort of fee.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sweet! Now they just need to do something about the cattle ranchers.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*one of mathematics most prestigious awards. The Abel prize for mathematics. The most prestigious is the fields medal, was first (and so far only) won by a woman in 2014, Maryam Mirzakhani.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe so but what research has been made to find out the effects seaweed has on the cows body. We already know that corn isn’t very good for them yet they are still fed a high corn diet in some countries (US particularly).

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Although the use of solar panels is green, many solar panel manufacturing processes are not. To create a solar panel, caustic materials will emit greenhouse gases. Plus less than 11% of each panel has salvageable metals so they're not very recyclable once they're usable life has expired. Most people aren't aware that the 'green' alternatives often aren't.

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