Good News Notes: “Vegas Pet Rescue and Retriever Rescue of Las Vegas are 501-c3 non-profit pet rescues in Las Vegas who work so hard to save the homeless and neglected or abused animals locally and abroad. Their goal for this event is to raise much needed funding that will allow them to continue to do…
Month: May 2021
Indoor Vertical Farming Expands Retail Presence
Good News Notes: “Indoor vertical farming company AeroFarms is expanding the retail presence of its leafy greens in the Northeast with current long-time customers – Whole Foods Market, FreshDirect and Amazon Fresh – and with Walmart in the Mid-Atlantic region. AeroFarms’ retail brand of leafy greens is grown using proprietary aeroponics and indoor vertical farming technologies, which yield annual…
Las Vegas teen’s nonprofit has donated 2,000 duffel bags filled with clothes to foster youth
Good News Notes: “Since learning that many foster kids don’t have clothes or shoes that fit them, Nijel Murray has made it his mission to solve this problem. Four years ago, Murray’s family welcomed a foster son, and when he arrived at their Las Vegas home, he carried his ill-fitting clothes and shoes in a…
How the Gates Foundation and Seattle nonprofit PATH are helping get oxygen to India
Good News Notes: “ The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has teamed with two Chicago financial groups to channel $5.5 million into efforts by Seattle-based nonprofit PATH to bring more oxygen to COVID-19 patients in India. “Lack of access to medical oxygen is one of the defining health challenges of our age,” said Chris Elias,…
Kentucky nonprofit delivering groceries, essential items to people in need during pandemic
Good News Notes: “A Kentucky-based nonprofit born as a result of the coronavirus pandemicis hand-delivering groceries and other essential items to community members who otherwise can’t get to a food pantry. Maria Accardi and Constance Merritt created Bringing Justice Home last year after recognizing that food pantries were hit hard by the pandemic, losing both supplies and needed volunteers. They…
The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation Announces Second Innovation Fund Cohort
Good News Notes: “The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation (“Foundation”) today announced the second cohort of its Innovation Fund (“Fund”). From a pool of more than 145 applicants, the Fund selected 10 startups to receive a total of $2.5 million in funding to launch innovative new consumer products made with surplus food or…
China lands on Mars in major advance for its space ambitions
Good News Notes: “China landed a spacecraft on Mars for the first time on Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a moon landing, in the latest step forward for its ambitious goals in space. Plans call for a rover to stay in the lander for a few days of diagnostic tests before rolling…
Vestas develops ‘gamechanger’ wind turbine blade recycling method
Good News Notes: “A team of Danish technology companies and universities aims to present a way to commercialise their solution within three years. Vestas and a team of epoxy producers and academic institutions have developed a new technological solution to recycle thermoset composites, the material used to make wind turbine blades. The partners – also…
Rare Owl With Bright Orange Eyes Seen for the First Time in More Than 125 Years
Good News Notes: “An easy way to find and identify a bird species is to listen for their unique calls. But Otus brookii brookii, a Bornean subspecies of the Rajah scops owl, hasn’t been observed by scientists since 1892, and its song is unknown, making it that much harder to find. Now, for the first time…
Samsung starts official smartphone upcycling program
Good News Notes: “Samsung on Wednesday kicked off something genuinely innovative in the smartphone market: an official consumer upcycling program. Samsung’s “Galaxy Upcycling at Home” initiative was announced at CES 2021, and today it enters a “beta” release. The program allows users to transform old phones into smart home devices that work through Samsung’s SmartThings…