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I’m Honestly Fed Up With All The Bad News, So I Illustrated 50 Of The Best Ones From 2019
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.
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.
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.
Unfortunately, probably not as positive as one might hope: Instead they're going to Drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight, and Australia is going to pay for it whilst the Norwegians keep the profit. Note that 85% of Great Australian Bight marine life is found nowhere else on earth.
Why oh why do we let know-nothing. no-caring politicians get away with so much. It is disgusting and getting worse. I contribute to the organizations who actively support our environment and all our fellow creatures on Earth. I salute the countries who pass the laws, and take a stand. Right now, Earth is the only planet we have! We have to protect her.
Alas, they're pushing ahead for oil drilling in the Great Australian Bight in a very sensitive marine ecological system. Any mishap would be absolutely disastrous to thousands of square kilometres of ocean and shoreline.
well done Norway now if you could stop killing Wales that would be great!!
But dammit Norway's equinor still wants to drill in the Great Australian Bight, just as pristine and threatened
They have to be the ultimate NIMBYs!!! (Not In My Backyard for those who don't know!)
Load More Replies...Yes, but Norway now wants to drill for oil and gas off the coast of southern Australia. No thank you, Norway.
WTF? SUPER unimpressed if they're protecting their own land while raping mine. Having said that... we can't stop our corrupt politicians handing an infamous Indian company a coal mining licence in Queensland. Cause we aren't the lucky country anymore, we're the greedy country.
Load More Replies...Thank you, Norway for protecting one of the most pristinely beautiful ecosystems!
Good for that region but shame and hypocrisy that a Norwegian company thinks it is OK to detonate and drill in the Great Australian Bight
It is a shame that they have no such sensitivity regarding the Great Australian Bight where Equinor plans to drill....
So they plan to drill in the Australian Bight instead. One of the cleanest and purest places on earth far from their homeland and news headlines. Total hypocrisy.
Yeah, they've decided to destroy Australia's ecosystem instead and drill for oil on our coast. Norway can get stuffed. They've also ignored pleas for decades to stop whaling and never had.
Instead it wants to drill in the great Australian bight a pristine whale nursery in the southern ocean
There's often two sides to every story. In this week's news Norwegian energy company Equinor was given environmental approval to drill for oil in Australia's environmentally sensitive Bight. This is an authoritative news source. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/18/great-australian-bight-norwegian-energy-company-given-environmental-approval-to-drill-for-oil
Shame the can’t be said for their disregard for the pristine Great Australian Bight. Seems their ecosystem, because it’s in their back yard is safe
But Equinor what about South Australia's ecosystems? #fightforthebight
But drills in the Great Australian Bight instead and screws up Australian eco-systems
I hope our President should join this great idea to protect our environment....
Good news - still doesn't offset their continued whaling which they increased by 28% last year.
Good news which foes unreported. Good for them - pity they announced a 28% increase in Norway's self-awarded annual whaling quota.
Brilliant Norway! How come you plan to drill in the pristine Great Australian Bight! Please change your minds!
Wonderful idea but keeps the oil producers in the drivers seat.....
Isn't it wonderful that some politicians can see beyond the dollars and cents and look at what we are doing to our world.
The rest of the world would do itself great lengths to emulate Norway, in this issue.
Well, we are opening a bunch of other New Oil fields, so don't worry.
Hmm great news except I’ve just signed a petition against the Norwegian oil companies that are currently planning to drill in a very precious ecosystem here in Australia - The Great Australian Bight.
Hmmm, great news except that there are currently Norwegian oil companies planning to drill for oil off the coast of Sydney, which will be detrimental to our sea life 😔
I think they are planning to drill the Great Australian Bite instead. A place that of great beauty and inhospitable seas due to Rich’s and high winds called the roaring 40’s. An oil spill there would be catastrophic for the unique wildlife of the region.
But that's not enough. We have to stop drilling all over the world, not just in the Lofoten Islands, and make the change to renewable energy. All of us. Every single car, every single factory, every single building, every single house. And to do that, governments have to show and implement the political will and courage they currently are not showing Otherwise, you'll have to broadcast your happy news from some refuge surrounded by the tides of rising sea level.
If only we were so smart! Meanwhile, Trump wants to sell Alaskan Forests for oil drilling!
but still deep in amazonian forests! i hope this changes soon too!
That's all very well, but their companies drill elsewhere - like in Australia!!! https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/11/norway-set-to-gain-more-from-drilling-in-great-australian-bight-than-australia
That's not true ... their companies just drill elsewhere ... https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/11/norway-set-to-gain-more-from-drilling-in-great-australian-bight-than-australia
Yes but they ARE trying to drill oil in the Great Australian Bight instead. So f**k those guys.
Bless you Norway, you have set a great example, other countries can do the same, money, does not bring happiness, especially if there was destruction, from a possible spill !!!
They can expect the USA to start sniffing around at any time. Prefer for anti-norwegian propaganda!
Good news. If only they would also stop the barbaric dolphin slaughter.
If only the U.S. were a little more like Norway, to choose protection of fragile ecosystems over profit. And we could all help by driving less, choosing cars with higher gas mileage per gallon, and voting for people who believe in these choices.
can Norway (Equinor) now not drill in the Great Australian Bight to protect that ecosystem
From fortune: This year, Norway is forecast to drill 130 wells—an uptick of 16% compared to 2018—with 55 of those wells for "exploration drilling", or drilling for fresh sources of oil, according to Rystad Energy, an Oslo-based consultancy. They just drill near our shores.
Norway should not be looking at drilling in the Great Australian Bight. It's a NIMBY situation.
That's good but can they please stop trying to drill in the Great Australian Bight, we don;t want them damaging our ecosystems either!
The Lofoten Islands are amazingly magnificent! Well done, Norway!!!
It's not that hard anymore since petroleum is being replaced by plant based products more and more.
priorities...not just about money ! do we have what it takes, i.e. courage!
that's so daft, think of the much larger good they could do with all that money and surely with today's modern safety methods they could drill without damaging the ecosystem
Norway is just about the ideal country!! I hope they do away with whaling and toxic salmon farming off our coast!
And that's why Scandinavia is one of the most pristine groups of countries to live in.. they care about their environment and they act. Good on you Norway!
So is this the same Norwegian company trying to get permits to drill in the Great Australia bight ????
so A norwegian company decides Australia needs offshore oil platforms, don't want to mess up their own backyard but happy to come and trash ours
Pardon my cynicism - when it is the last reserve left, American will engage in a 'freedom from Socialist Tyranny action' and funnily enough the drilling will commence.
The Scandinavian countries are far ahead of most of the world when it comes to the environment and empathy for both animals and people.
They have a museum dedicated to Oil Drilling, it's so much a part of their economy. so to do this is a tremendous commitment. Bravo!
Go Norway! This makes me want to put visiting you on the top of my travel bucket list!
Norway, my hero, fantastic news, let's hear the same from other countries !!!
And yet a northern European company wants to drill for oil in the southern ocean...Great Australian Bight🙄
Someone is smart, brave, and wise! What happened to example in United States!
Setting a brilliant example to the rest of the world, but will other countries follow or put money first?
Now they need to stop their proposal to drill in the Australian Bight!
Norway have an exit plan to move over from oil, which is where their current wealth has come from. It is an admirable move.
Thank god for Norway . I am lucky to be 30% Norwegian and very proud .
That's silly. In every state where there is reasonable democracy (so not the US, but definitely Norway), oil extraction has proven over and over it CAN be a way of sustaining the local community more environmentally friendly than most other. It's just that usually governments are just as greedy as oil companies and are fine with suppressing the locals' concerns with police violence.
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".
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
Glad to see them come back. Sad that they died out there in the first place.
This is nice, but it would be better if children being educated wasn’t contingent on their parents paying any sort of fee.
*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.
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.
Note: this post originally had 143 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
And I'm glad that I read it yesterday when there were over 100 posts and not just the 50 that are left now...
Load More Replies...Posts like these give me faith in humanity. Don't get me wrong, it's important to be informed about world issues, but it's nice to escape that every once in a while and know how far we've come.
Life is calmer when people take care of their little spheres in the world and stop obsessing about the whole world. People who mire themselves in the world's problems start to see people as the enemy.
Load More Replies...WOW!!!! This may be the best boredpanda post EVER!!!! Boredpanda needs to post more like this.
Thank you. I really needed this. My faith in this world and humanity has been at an all time low lately. We all could do with more good news in the world.
quick share these for when they suddenly don't exist anymore
When BP shortens a story, you can still access the full version using the link at bottom.
Load More Replies...This is a great post and many of these are amazing things, the problem is that the more we keep people alive and the longer they live the bigger the population gets which isn't sustainable. So it's a double edged sword. It's a catch-22.
Really fun, informative, and feel-good post. Needed this today.
Thank you, these are great. I would love to have each meme linked to a reliable source so I can happily spread them around with the source link! What you think??
Thank you very much to make me happy today! Btw, #39 and #46 are the same...
It's good to see someone wanting to spread good news! Sad that so many people had to add negative comments to many of them, kinda missed the point didn't they?
This is the most amazing post I read in the last few years!! Thank you for gathering such valuable content and making such beautiful, interesting illustrations!! Love the way each pic is designed. Please make it a video and I'm sure many will watch it.
What about stop complaining about bad news, and get to work to fix what's bad in the world; then, there would be only good news to report. Get involved.
Thanks Bored Panda, much good news, also, great information !!!
I think a balance is better. Transparency reduces corruption. Confidentiality "divides and conquers" unity in humanity. All CULTures reduce free thinking and truer happiness. Imagine developmentally disabled having equal power and wealth to intellectuals.
When I read these good news headlines, it helps me realize that we are making progress. Yes, there's a lot of bad news in the world, but good news is just as plentiful when we look for it. Good news is healing. I'm sharing this on all my social media pages!
Lifted me ... made me smile. Thank you for sharing such great news.
Best news I've read in a long time. Thank you this has given me hope for the future and made me happy.
Love the illustrations and news they represent. Would like to have a link to the original news story for reference plz
Thank you Mario. A good effort was put into this and it was very interesting. Just a pity our world is so distorted that these things happen once in a blue moon. We can have the world be mostly fantastic and turn things around. But we have to withdraw from bank issued money. This is imperative if we want peace in the world and in our lives because banksters will bleed you dry. Yes even you.
Awesome post -- I agree that there's WAY too much negative bias on the internet. One of my favorite pieces of "good news" from this year is that the European Investment Bank, the world's largest multilateral lender, recently announced that it will stop funding fossil fuel projects by 2021 and divert those funds to renewables instead. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-europe-eib-idUSKBN1XO2OS
I love it, now this should inspire all countries to follow, not just one!
Thank you! If we keep this up maybe the future generations will actually have a planet
There's been a ton of great news lately though, communists got BTFO'd in a lot of western countries, the US economy is doing great, brexit is finally going to go through without impedance. Overall SJW's are losing and the people are regaining some of their power.
This made me feel good!! I do wish I hadn't read some of the comments though. Just be happy with the good stuff!!
That was a tonic. I am going to save it to look at when I get down about the state of the planet.
This should be printed and bound into a children’s book annually! I would totally buy it for my nieces and nephews
Reading this just made me feel sadder! How can homo sapiens have developed so much technology and yet remain so stupid! So sad...
Thank you sooooo much. I bet there are plenty more of these positive news. If we could concentrate on those instead of bad news, scandals, fake news and all the bs we are exposed to everyday, the world would be a better place. I applaud your dedication.
This was ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. Thank you so much for taking the time to put together and share this positive news with the rest of us.
Nice list of happy events except don't see why Taiwan would be happy about joining the morally depraved countries that support homosexuality.
I have been plagued with depression for weeks. Blah. I cry every morning. This morning, it was finally about something good. Thanks Bored Panda for making this the top story in my email.
When you are bombarded with stories of decline, loss, and hopelessness it is easy to think "Why bother" - this is why we should bother! Perhaps the news channels should take a leaf out of Mauro Gatti's post and throw us a sucess story once and a while. Thank you
I've been reading a lot of pessimistic stuff lately, so this really helped me out. Thanks. :)
Love these happy, good-news stories; keep them coming to preserve our sanity!
Thank you for Real life giving News Strange to Feel so starved Overwhelmingly Grateful for a glimpse of life giving World issues included in the news For the eyes ask us to consider: the addiction to trauma can be Starving this species Reading what feeds us life may be more critical to survival than Tracking the enemy.
3 things to say! 1. All of this is magnificent! Bravo to all 😊👏🏻 2. It’s so sad to see the differences between parts of the world-some make fake islands for flora and fauna while some are getting electricity. 3. People are awful. To even come to this state,to destroy everything on their way... In any case,kudos for all the positivity here 😊
I am sad to see the us very low on the list of contributions. We as a people need to start to fight again for the rights of our children, grandchildren, etc. We expect them to respect us, when we do not have any respect ourselves. Let us make 2020 a year where there is more good news than bad.
Fantastic !!! Thank you for this very welcome GOOD NEWS ✨⭐️🌟💛 I love positive movements !!! Signed: a Dutch artist living in the midst of the frequent strikes in Paris.
This gives us all hope and inspiration to make a difference. Thank you. Plus the drawings are so adorable. Had a smile on my face the whole time while reading the piece!
Thanks. I sometimes think networks, including weather channels, search out the most Godawful stuff they can find. A little "fair and balanced" would be nice . This helps.
LOAN BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS ONLINE FREE OF CHARGE A VERY DYNAMIC TEAM TO THE TASK. Need I say more a hand to quit a financial stalemate that has lasted for a while because of your bank's refusal for a loan or financing, no problem even if you are stuck in your country and do not have access to financing leave an email : greniernathalie1@yahoo.com * Financial * Real estate loans * Investment loans. Ps: Know that we work to your satisfaction, you can follow your file to know its evolution.
And I'm glad that I read it yesterday when there were over 100 posts and not just the 50 that are left now...
Load More Replies...Posts like these give me faith in humanity. Don't get me wrong, it's important to be informed about world issues, but it's nice to escape that every once in a while and know how far we've come.
Life is calmer when people take care of their little spheres in the world and stop obsessing about the whole world. People who mire themselves in the world's problems start to see people as the enemy.
Load More Replies...WOW!!!! This may be the best boredpanda post EVER!!!! Boredpanda needs to post more like this.
Thank you. I really needed this. My faith in this world and humanity has been at an all time low lately. We all could do with more good news in the world.
quick share these for when they suddenly don't exist anymore
When BP shortens a story, you can still access the full version using the link at bottom.
Load More Replies...This is a great post and many of these are amazing things, the problem is that the more we keep people alive and the longer they live the bigger the population gets which isn't sustainable. So it's a double edged sword. It's a catch-22.
Really fun, informative, and feel-good post. Needed this today.
Thank you, these are great. I would love to have each meme linked to a reliable source so I can happily spread them around with the source link! What you think??
Thank you very much to make me happy today! Btw, #39 and #46 are the same...
It's good to see someone wanting to spread good news! Sad that so many people had to add negative comments to many of them, kinda missed the point didn't they?
This is the most amazing post I read in the last few years!! Thank you for gathering such valuable content and making such beautiful, interesting illustrations!! Love the way each pic is designed. Please make it a video and I'm sure many will watch it.
What about stop complaining about bad news, and get to work to fix what's bad in the world; then, there would be only good news to report. Get involved.
Thanks Bored Panda, much good news, also, great information !!!
I think a balance is better. Transparency reduces corruption. Confidentiality "divides and conquers" unity in humanity. All CULTures reduce free thinking and truer happiness. Imagine developmentally disabled having equal power and wealth to intellectuals.
When I read these good news headlines, it helps me realize that we are making progress. Yes, there's a lot of bad news in the world, but good news is just as plentiful when we look for it. Good news is healing. I'm sharing this on all my social media pages!
Lifted me ... made me smile. Thank you for sharing such great news.
Best news I've read in a long time. Thank you this has given me hope for the future and made me happy.
Love the illustrations and news they represent. Would like to have a link to the original news story for reference plz
Thank you Mario. A good effort was put into this and it was very interesting. Just a pity our world is so distorted that these things happen once in a blue moon. We can have the world be mostly fantastic and turn things around. But we have to withdraw from bank issued money. This is imperative if we want peace in the world and in our lives because banksters will bleed you dry. Yes even you.
Awesome post -- I agree that there's WAY too much negative bias on the internet. One of my favorite pieces of "good news" from this year is that the European Investment Bank, the world's largest multilateral lender, recently announced that it will stop funding fossil fuel projects by 2021 and divert those funds to renewables instead. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-europe-eib-idUSKBN1XO2OS
I love it, now this should inspire all countries to follow, not just one!
Thank you! If we keep this up maybe the future generations will actually have a planet
There's been a ton of great news lately though, communists got BTFO'd in a lot of western countries, the US economy is doing great, brexit is finally going to go through without impedance. Overall SJW's are losing and the people are regaining some of their power.
This made me feel good!! I do wish I hadn't read some of the comments though. Just be happy with the good stuff!!
That was a tonic. I am going to save it to look at when I get down about the state of the planet.
This should be printed and bound into a children’s book annually! I would totally buy it for my nieces and nephews
Reading this just made me feel sadder! How can homo sapiens have developed so much technology and yet remain so stupid! So sad...
Thank you sooooo much. I bet there are plenty more of these positive news. If we could concentrate on those instead of bad news, scandals, fake news and all the bs we are exposed to everyday, the world would be a better place. I applaud your dedication.
This was ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. Thank you so much for taking the time to put together and share this positive news with the rest of us.
Nice list of happy events except don't see why Taiwan would be happy about joining the morally depraved countries that support homosexuality.
I have been plagued with depression for weeks. Blah. I cry every morning. This morning, it was finally about something good. Thanks Bored Panda for making this the top story in my email.
When you are bombarded with stories of decline, loss, and hopelessness it is easy to think "Why bother" - this is why we should bother! Perhaps the news channels should take a leaf out of Mauro Gatti's post and throw us a sucess story once and a while. Thank you
I've been reading a lot of pessimistic stuff lately, so this really helped me out. Thanks. :)
Love these happy, good-news stories; keep them coming to preserve our sanity!
Thank you for Real life giving News Strange to Feel so starved Overwhelmingly Grateful for a glimpse of life giving World issues included in the news For the eyes ask us to consider: the addiction to trauma can be Starving this species Reading what feeds us life may be more critical to survival than Tracking the enemy.
3 things to say! 1. All of this is magnificent! Bravo to all 😊👏🏻 2. It’s so sad to see the differences between parts of the world-some make fake islands for flora and fauna while some are getting electricity. 3. People are awful. To even come to this state,to destroy everything on their way... In any case,kudos for all the positivity here 😊
I am sad to see the us very low on the list of contributions. We as a people need to start to fight again for the rights of our children, grandchildren, etc. We expect them to respect us, when we do not have any respect ourselves. Let us make 2020 a year where there is more good news than bad.
Fantastic !!! Thank you for this very welcome GOOD NEWS ✨⭐️🌟💛 I love positive movements !!! Signed: a Dutch artist living in the midst of the frequent strikes in Paris.
This gives us all hope and inspiration to make a difference. Thank you. Plus the drawings are so adorable. Had a smile on my face the whole time while reading the piece!
Thanks. I sometimes think networks, including weather channels, search out the most Godawful stuff they can find. A little "fair and balanced" would be nice . This helps.
LOAN BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS ONLINE FREE OF CHARGE A VERY DYNAMIC TEAM TO THE TASK. Need I say more a hand to quit a financial stalemate that has lasted for a while because of your bank's refusal for a loan or financing, no problem even if you are stuck in your country and do not have access to financing leave an email : greniernathalie1@yahoo.com * Financial * Real estate loans * Investment loans. Ps: Know that we work to your satisfaction, you can follow your file to know its evolution.