Good News Headlines 10/16/2023
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Broken Zipper? France Will Pay To Get It Fixed
by Klaus Sieg, Reasons to be Cheerful
Mireille Paumier repairs many things. She replaces buttons and jacket linings, renews broken seams, changes waistbands and skirt waists, plugs holes or patches them with a piece of fabric. “People often stop wearing their clothes because some little thing is wrong or broken.” The seamstress, who works by appointment, looks up only briefly through her large glasses. “Because of my work, customers use their clothes longer.” Now, Ms. Paumier’s work will be supported by the French government, which has set up a fund for clothing repairs financed by taxes on manufacturers and retailers in France’s fashion industry.
The Sports Movement Spreading Positivity In War-Torn Yemen
by Abdullah Ali, Positive News
It’s 5am on Saturday morning as men begin to trickle into Sanaa’s al-Thawra Park after dawn prayers, taking in the day’s coolest breeze in an otherwise scorching Arabian Peninsula. By the time the sun casts its first beams on war-ravaged Yemen, hundreds of men will have taken their positions across the park, and the workout begins. Enthusiastic chants of “Ahsan Fareek”, or “Best Team”, boom across the park as members of this daily, free, open-to-all sports club begin a set of 33 exercises designed to work the whole body. For the next hour, they temporarily put aside the stressors from the devastating eight-year civil war.
Largest Dam Removal In History Begins Restoring Salmon And California Tribal Way Of Life
by Andy Corbley, Good News Network
After 20 years of advocacy and legal challenges, the largest dam removal in history is returning the Klamath River in California to its natural state. In partnership with tribal nations, the demolition of four hydroelectric dams will allow wild salmon from the Pacific to run upstream and spawn again as they haven’t done for 100 years. This week, the Klamath River Renewal Corporation began preparing a stretch of the river to flow freely for the first time in a century. The soon-to-be dismantled Klamath Hydroelectric Project has blocked fish passage and altered river flows in a place sacred to the Shasta Indian Nation.
‘The History Of The Climate Movement Is Very White’: How Youth Campaigners Took On A Mining Giant And Won
by Eden Gillespie, The Guardian
Murrawah Johnson was on the phone with a solicitor, preparing for a historic court case, when she suddenly went into labour. The 28-year-old Wirdi woman had been fighting a David-and-Goliath-type battle against a Clive Palmer-owned project for Australia’s largest thermal coal mine in the Galilee basin. “I was in labour and I was on the phone with the lawyers right up to the last minute trying to organise the welcome to country,” she tells Guardian Australia. Months later, a Queensland court would make a historic ruling and recommend the refusal of the Galilee basin coal project on the grounds that it would infringe upon the human rights of future generations.
Running Could Be Just As Effective At Treating Depression As Medication, Scientists Find
by Vishwam Sankaran, Independent
Running could be just as effective at treating depression as medication, a breakthrough study has suggested in findings that could radically alter the way patients are treated. Researchers also found that running showed more benefits to an individual’s physical health than antidepressants, which had a slightly negative effect over time. Despite this, the study found that adherence to running was lower than to medication, meaning more participants found it easier to follow a medical protocol than a fitness regime. The study compared the effects of antidepressants with running for anxiety, depression, and overall health in over 140 patients.
