Good News Notes: “While the world is slowly taking small steps to reduce plastic consumption, it becomes more and more evident how global plastic pollution has alarming effects on humans, wildlife, and the environment. Plastics lose their material value after one use, which is why it is important to find more ways to upcycle them…
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Singapore Inaugurates One of the World’s Largest Floating Solar Farms
Good News Notes: “Singapore inaugurated one of the world’s largest inland floating solar photovoltaic systems, which is being used to convert the city-state’s water system to renewable power. The massive solar farm is part of the country’s plan to use solar energy as a key part of its efforts to reach its sustainability goals under…
PowerZ raises $8.3 million for its video game focused on education
Good News Notes: “French startup PowerZ has raised another $8.3 million (€7 million at today’s exchange rate) including $1.2 million (€1 million) in debt — the rest is a traditional equity round. The company is both an edtech startup and a video game studio with an ambitious goal — it wants to build a game that is…
Canada Goose to end use of animal fur by 2022
Good News Notes: “Canada Goose has pledged to completely phase out the use of animal fur in its products by next year, following a series of other apparel companies that have unveiled similar plans after years of criticism from animal rights groups and activists. The Toronto-based winter clothing company, whose most popular products include its…
Tiverton, R.I., animal sanctuary offers a safe haven — and a chance for a happy life
Good News Notes: “For nearly two decades, staff at West Place Animal Sanctuary have been transporting farm animals and wildlife in their family cars from cases of abuse, neglect, or cruelty to a safe haven. A Land Rover contest may help take the load off their daily drivers. West Place has been named one of…
Wildlife Rescue Center In Ballwin Sees Recent Surge In Creaturely Patients
Good News Notes: “Last year, the Wildlife Rescue Center located in Ballwin, Missouri, saw a significant uptick in the number of patients it cared for: Some 3,500 creatures got assistance from the center’s small staff and army of volunteers over the course of 2020. The increase didn’t come as a total surprise to executive director Kim Rutledge,…
Doomed wild horses find new life at Black Hills Sanctuary
Good News Notes: “You might be surprised to find out one of the premier wild horse sanctuaries in the country is located in South Dakota. Portions of movies, like Hidalgo and Into the Wild were even filmed there. Hundreds of horses and ponies roam the land South of Hot Springs. No barns or outbuildings, they…
Virginia Dog Saves Fawn From Drowning and Refuses to Leave Its Side
Good News Notes: “Ralph Dorn surveyed the lake’s surface behind his home during the early evening of June 2, looking for his Goldendoodle, Harley. Then he spotted the pup about 200 feet from shore; the 6-year-old canine was swimming with another animal that, after a few moments, Dorn realized was a tiny baby deer. “Not sure…
Tour Guides Rescue Wild Horse Stuck on Fence on Outer Banks
Good News Notes: “The Corolla Wild Horse Fund (CWHF) thanked a pair of local tour guides after they freed a wild horse from a dangerous predicament Monday. Craig Young and Paul Swisher were in the Swan Beach area near Corolla when they noticed a young horse stuck on a wooden fence. Witnesses told McClatchy News that the…
India wildlife officials reunite leopard cub with mum
Good News Notes: “Wildlife officials in India have helped reunite a leopard cub that was separated from her mother. Villagers in the north-eastern state of Assam found the two-month old female stuck in a trench in a tea garden. Wildlife vet Khanin Changmai, who was called to attend to the cub, told the BBC that…