Today seems to be a good day for solutions - here's another anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/05/a-surp…

A new place to find solutions in action theanswersareouttherepodcast.net/podcast

Making a difference for #mangroves in #Kenya #OceanOptimism trtworld.com/magazine/the-m…

My news to me good news for May 3 - plastic free oyster farmers are my neighbors! #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism deerisleoysterco.com youtube.com/watch?v=ORse4_…

conservation works! bbc.com/news/science-e…

“Emissions fell by a steep 15.5% in 2023, largely driven by reductions in carbon from electricity generation and industry. eu countries added 17 gigawatts of windmills and covered roofs and fields with 56gw of new solar panels. Officials reckon 2024 will be another record year.”

Good morning with good news: Kenya both increased the share of its population with access to electricity from 5% in 1995 to 76.5% in 2021 AND decreased fossil fuel generation from 60% in 2000 to less than 10% in 2022!

Kenya uses geothermal, hydro, wind & solar!
h/t Nick Hedley

POW! All new houses built in Tokyo after April 2025 must include solar power panels. Let's speed that up. Who's next?

RT if you think more houses should get a solar powered upgrade.

We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables

Newly protected land in #Chile thanks to people fighting for nature is my news to me good news for April 30. #EarthOptimism nytimes.com/2024/04/30/cli…

Women working for themselves, their community and our planet - my news to me good news for April 27 #EarthOptimism news.mongabay.com/2024/04/women-…

Topp team shows up for the National Academy Induction Ceremony: Thank you for all students, postdocs and staff participants of our programs at Stanford, TAG & TOPP!

Congratulations Torben Rick of Smithsonian NMNH, newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS161 #anthropology #archaeology

Seriously, you're going to wake one morning in the 2050s in a home warmed by your wind powered heat pump, open the dividend from your solar farm share, ride to work on an electric bus passing fields of agroforestry brimming with wildlife, and wonder what all the fuss was about.

Chinampas — an ingenious adaptation to the Valley of Mexico’s lake-filled landscape — could hold lessons for cities around the world.
reasonstobecheerful.world/mexico-chinamp…

“In 2023, EU CO2 emissions have finally fallen back to levels apparent in my parents’ generation in the 60s. Yet, over this time period, the economy has tripled....”
– Isaac Levi, CREA
#GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition
impakter.com/eus-carbon-emi…

Good morning with good news: Battery recycling
drops from ~25,500 miles to ~15,000 miles the C02 breakeven point for EVs compared to ICE. That's a 40% reduction in the miles driven breakeven point!

Recycling also recovers 95% of batteries' key minerals!
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Paris is in the middle of a plan to transform into a 100% cycling city. They are also poised to introduce “pedestrian hearts” in each district, inspired by Barcelona’s superblocks, reserving areas for pedestrians, cyclists & public transport. Momentum Mag momentummag.com/paris-to-showc…

Four new #protectedareas across 3 States may now conserve 1 million acres of a variety of habitats including grassland important for species like the Sandhill Crane!

#conservationoptimism #LetNatureThrive Photo: US DOI

doi.gov/pressreleases/…

My news to me good news for April 25th - blow baby blow. #EarthOptimism

The boomers should remember that university protesters are almost always on the right side of history.