Good News Notes: “French dairy and nutrition major Danone on Thursday said it aims to achieve 100 per cent recyclable packaging in India by 2025 as part of its ‘One Planet. One Health’ frame of action. The company said the frame of action will further strengthen its capacity across the food supply chain and deliver…
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Coronavirus accelerates global shift to cheaper, more sustainable renewable energy
Good News Notes: “Coal suffered a historic drop in usage last year. Buyers paid producers as much as $37 per barrel of crude oil in April. The price of plastics has fallen by roughly half over the last four years. The fossil fuel economy, which motored happily through one century, is quickly running out of steam. Gas, once considered a…
Can’t Sleep? Behavioral Therapy May Ease Insomnia
Good News Notes: “Sleep expert Rachel Manber, PhD, has seen the pervasive miseries of insomnia. Patients who are frustrated and fatigued tell her they toss in bed all night, seeking that elusive comfortable spot. Others give up evening outings or vacations to avoid messing up their sleep schedules. Still others get anxious at bedtime, pondering…
Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes will play in golf tourney amid COVID
Good News Notes: “Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has proven he can dominate on the football field. Now, the 2018 NFL MVP and reigning Super Bowl MVP will showcase how he fares on a golf course. Mahomes is scheduled to join teammate Travis Kelce as well as a host of former and current superstar athletes and…
Eco-Friendly Junk Removal Company Lines Up Donations to San Antonio Food Bank
Good News Notes: “Nearly 80% of Americans take part in spring cleaning every year, and that was before COVID-19 forced us all to become Netflix-binging recluses. If you’re part of that group, there’s now a San Antonio option to do some good with your COVID cleaning thanks to an eco-friendly junk removal company that promises to find ways…
Gucci Launches Off the Grid, Its First Sustainable Collection
Good News Notes: “Between rising consumer demands for sustainable practices and the secondhand clothing industry estimated to be valued at $64 billion by 2025, you can’t not practice eco-friendly fashion solutions. That’s the Herculean task that Gucci is taking on with Off the Grid, the Italian fashion house’s first environmentally-conscious collection heralded by creative director Alessandro Michele.” View the whole…
Alpyn Beauty Pledges Plastic Neutrality, Partners With Repurpose
Good News Notes: “Alpyn Beauty already favored glass jars in the name of using less plastic, but the brand is taking its efforts to a new level. Looking to offset plastic produced for product lids and actuators, Alpyn Beauty has partnered with Repurpose Global, a company that harvests and processes plastic waste from the ocean for proper…
Coronavirus: More than 14,000 homeless Californians now in hotels
Good News Notes: “In an effort to get people off the streets and out of shelters during the coronavirus pandemic, the state has moved an estimated 14,200 homeless Californians into hotels and motels since April, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday. The state has secured more than 15,670 rooms as part of its Project Roomkey initiative,…
4 chair-based exercises for total-body strength
Good News Notes: “Would you like to get fit while you sit? If you struggle with balance issues or have achy, arthritic joints that make it hard to stand for prolonged periods of time, you will want to find alternative ways to work out safely. This is especially important because being sedentary accelerates muscle atrophy…
For injured turtles, a return to the sea
Good News Notes: “Seven months after washing up on the shores of Cape Cod, Mass., No. 300 stoically scanned the powdery beach while being held aloft by Maryland’s second-highest elected official. It was hardly the strangest thing to befall the young Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, a Gulf of Mexico native, since the animal found itself…