Good News Headlines 6/3/2024
Sérgio Carlos Neves, president of the Association of Residents of the Itacuruçá and Pereirinha Communities (Amoip), one of the organizers of the new partnership. Image by Luís Patriani.
For The First Time In History, A Traditional Brazilian Fishing Community Has Been Granted Rights To Manage A State Park
by Luis Patriani, Mongabay
For the first time in Brazil, a traditional community has been awarded the concession to manage and operate visitor facilities inside a state conservation unit. The Caiçaras, a traditional fishing peoples, of Cardoso Island have lived in what is today Ilha do Cardoso State Park since the 19th century, and for decades faced pressure to leave the area. A year ago, when the concession for visitor facilities at the park went up for tender, they won a landmark court decision that found it was unconstitutional to bar them from bidding, given that it was on their territory. That led to the signing of a public-community partnership with the São Paulo state government.
The Negro Leagues Are Officially Part Of MLB History — With The Records To Prove It
by Rachel Treisman, NPR
Hundreds of Black athletes who were shut out of Major League Baseball a century ago are now officially a part of it. The MLB announced on Wednesday that it has incorporated the statistics of more than 2,300 Negro Leagues players from 1920 to 1948 into its records, which are now available in a newly integrated online database. “Today’s announcement is the first major step that makes the achievements of the players of the Negro Leagues available to fans via the official historical record,” the MLB said in a statement. It follows nearly four years of research and a move the league made in December 2020.
He Saved One Of The Largest Forests In India From Coal Mining–And Was Honored With 2024 Goldman Prize
by Andy Corbley, Good News Network
Winning what’s been called the ‘Green Nobel’ an Indian environmental activist has been recognized for saving a 657 square-mile forest from 21 coal mines. From the New Delhi train station to high-end hotels to the poorest communities, virtually no one in India is free from periodic blackouts. As part of the Modi regime’s push for a developed and economically dominant India, power generation of every sort is being installed in huge quantities. GNN has reported this drive has included some of the world’s largest solar energy projects, but it also involves coal. India is one of the largest consumers of coal for electricity generation.
Nature’s Ghosts: How Reviving Medieval Farming Offers Wildlife An Unexpected Haven
by Sophie Yeo, The Guardian
The Vile clings on to the edge of the Gower peninsula. Its fields are lined up like strips of carpet, together leading to the edge of the cliff that drops into the sea. Each one is tiny, around 1-2 acres. From the sky, they look like airport runways, although this comparison would have seemed nonsensical to those who tended them for most of their existence. That is because the Vile is special: a working example of how much of Britain would have been farmed during the middle ages. Farmers have most likely been trying to tame this promontory since before the Norman conquest. The fields have retained their old names, speaking to a long history of struggle against the soil.
‘My Baby Is Still In The House!’ Hero Stranger Dives Into Burning Home Twice To Save Ohio Baby
by Andy Corbley, Good News Network
A Cleveland man is being hailed as a hero for his determination to rescue an infant trapped in a burning house. John Stickovich was on his way to work when the 62-year-old saw a house consumed in fire and smoke, but no fire engines had yet arrived. In front of the house, Stickovich saw who he assumed was the occupant looking on despondently. “The mother was sitting on the… lawn with her one baby and I asked her if she was all right and she said, ‘My baby is still in the house,’ and I was thinking to myself, ‘Oh my God, I have to save the baby.’ That’s how it was going to be,” Stickovich told Nexstar’s WJW.
