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.

More info: Instagram

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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Marc
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yet big parts of the Rainforest are burning these days...

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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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Nea
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3 years ago Created 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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Raine Soo
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had read about this in the news earlier this year. Good job, mate!

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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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Foxxy
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, that is a huge rise. Fantastic efforts.

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Marc
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is getting more and more common in some countries and supermarkets. Loose fruits and vegetables and also non-perfect ones. It's a good trend!

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3 years ago (edited) Created 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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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ducks will also be providing some fertilizer. Win Win

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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is amazing! The Netherlands are an amazing example when it comes to society and community. We all can learn from them!

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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Every country needs to do that - and stop whaling.

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Nea
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3 years ago Created 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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Sonja
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh...thats sooo sweet, that should be everywhere..

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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is especially important in the fight against so called puppy mills.

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Iggy
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or buzz stops, as they should now be known.

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Marc
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's sad that in 2019 equal pay has to be enforced. It should be just normal... should.

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Sonja
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oooh.love this...why it is not everywhere...

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3 years ago Created 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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Raine Soo
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3 years ago Created 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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Magpie
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3 years ago Created 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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3 years ago Created 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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3 years ago Created 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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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes but they are in danger of climate change now like many species

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Marc
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Palm oil is in so many products. I try to avoid them but it is not always easy. Palm tree farms did destroy a lot of animal habits and nature environments.

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Jon Garrett
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3 years ago Created 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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3 years ago Created 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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Zach Tan
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3 years ago Created 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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3 years ago Created 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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3 years ago Created 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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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The best snoots on the planet's best critters.

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3 years ago Created 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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Juliana Kessler
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3 years ago Created 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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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is a good sign. Break the circle! That is the only way.

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arjelio mas
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3 years ago Created 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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Kathy Baylis
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3 years ago Created 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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Slinkman
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3 years ago Created 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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3 years ago Created 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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3 years ago Created 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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Alethia Nyx
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3 years ago Created 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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3 years ago Created 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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3 years ago Created 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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