Good News Notes: “Apoll commissioned by compostable packaging supplier Tipa has revealed 78 per cent of Australian adults believe the most effective solution to the plastic waste crisis is compostable packaging, not recycling. Some nine-in-ten (89 per cent) of survey respondents are said to be concerned about the plastic waste generated from packaging, and a…
Month: October 2021
Taco Bell is Testing Vegan Meat at Nearly 100 US Locations
Good News Notes: “For decades, Taco Bellhas led the fast-food market in plant-based offerings when most establishments offered few-to-zero vegan options. The international fast-food giant is continuing its reign by diversifying its plant-based portfolio. Taco Bell just announced that it will begin testing its new vegan meat at 95 locations around the Detroit area following a successful…
Growing Crops Under Solar Panels? Now There’s a Bright Idea
Good News Notes: “IN JACK’S SOLAR Garden in Boulder County, Colorado, owner Byron Kominek has covered 4 of his 24 acres with solar panels. The farm is growing a huge array of crops underneath them—carrots, kale, tomatoes, garlic, beets, radishes, lettuce, and more. It’s also been generating enough electricity to power 300 homes. “We decided to…
Striatus 3D-printed bridge “establishes a new language for concrete”
Good News Notes: “Holcim CEO Jan Jenisch explains how 3D-printed concrete bridge Striatus aims to showcase how to build with less material without compromising performance in this video Dezeen produced for the building materials company. Striatus is a 16-metre-long 3D-printed concrete footbridge built by Block Research Group at Swiss university ETH Zurich and the Computation and Design Group at Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA CODE), in collaboration with concrete…
How to Eat to Lower Your Risk of Breast Cancer, from an Expert
Good News Notes: “Soy is not bad for you. Let’s just start with that misconception. In fact, soy, or specifically the phytoestrogen in soy products like tofu and soybeans, functions as a brake that inhibits cell growth, by acting on your beta estrogen receptors, which means it can help suppress cancer. In contrast, actual estrogen acts in the opposite…
St. Cloud Woman Plants Flowers to ‘Let Police Know Someone Cares’
Good News Notes: “The flower beds outside the St. Cloud police station have been a whole lot more beautiful the past two summers thanks to the hard work and passion of one woman. Kathy Dewes says one day early last year during the civil unrest she made a routine visit to the police station just to…
A half-mile installation just took 20,000 pounds of plastic out of the Pacific – proof that ocean garbage can be cleaned
Good News Notes: “It’s been nearly a decade since Boyan Slat announced at age 18 that he had a plan to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. Slat, now 27, is a Dutch inventor and the founder of the Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit that aims to remove 90% of floating ocean plastic by 2040. That…
Impossible Pork Is Now Available in Restaurants
Good News Notes: “After blitzing the restaurant world with Impossible Burger, an actually good ground beef replacement, Impossible Foods is back with plant-based pork, and soon you’ll be able to order it from your favorite restaurants. We first tried Impossible Pork back at CES 2020, and it was good! Nearly two years later, it’ll finally be…
Good news: 10-year-old boy spreads kindness with homemade signs while waiting for school bus in Swansea, Massachusetts
Good News Notes: “Before his school day even starts, one Massachusetts boy is teaching his own lessons – of kindness. For the past several days, 10-year-old Michael Richardson, of Swansea, has been making the most of his morning before the bus comes. While everyone else is waking up or driving to work, Michael heads outside….
Mum ‘lost for words’ by Morrison worker’s act of kindness after food shortages
Good News Notes: “In a year that has largely been missing uplifting news, one kindhearted supermarket worker managed to cheer us all up by working a little magic. Her delighted recipient was two-year-old Roman, who suffers from severe allergies and is currently undergoing numerous tests, Lancs Live reports.