Good News Headline 2/18/20
Cherokees Become The First US-Based Tribe To Deposit Traditional Heirloom Seeds In The Arctic Vault
by Leah Asmelash, CNN
No Native American tribe has ever received an invitation to store its traditional heirloom seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault… Read More
A Plastic Bottle Can Get You A Blessing At This Temple In Thailand
by Vaishnavi Gupte, Condé Nast Traveller
At the Wat Chak Daeng Temple—located just south of Bangkok— plastic bottles are recycled into fabric for the monks’ robes… Read More
Bees Are Benefiting From Hemp Pollen As More Legal Cannabis Is Grown Since 2018 Farm Bill
by Andy Corbley, Good News Network
Since the 2018 Department of Agriculture Farm Bill finally legalized industrial hemp in the United States, scientists have discovered an unexpected benefit to the new fields of green sativa: it’s is helping dwindling bee populations… Read More
Old And Discarded Mattresses Are Being Used To Replace Soil And Grow Vegetables For Refugees In Desert Environments
by Ryan Morrison, DailyMail.com
A team of experts in hydroponics from the University of Sheffield have been working with refugees in Jordan to create 'desert gardens' using foam from mattresses… Read More
Energy-Related CO2 Emissions ‘Flatlined’ Last Year, IEA Says, Raising Hopes About Climate
by Anmar Frangoul, CNBC
The agency cited several factors, including a drop in emissions from electricity production in advanced economies due to the “expanding role” of renewables like wind and solar… Read More
Program Allows Inmates To Earn College Degrees While Behind Bars
from BlackNews.com
Upon release from prison, inmates who earned a degree through the program have just a 2% chance of being re-incarcerated compared to the 43% general rate of recidivism in the state… Read More
An ‘Unhappy Marriage’ That Has Saved Thousands Of Lives
by Vikas Pandey, BBC News
Uma always dreamed of a perfect wedding in a traditional south Indian temple. She imagined it decorated throughout with colourful flowers – and a big party by the beach… Read More
Finland’s Women-Led Government Has Equalized Family Leave: 7 Months For Each Parent
by Laurel Wamsley, NPR
People often ponder how the world might be different if more women were in political power… Read More
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