Thijs#SomeGoodNews #Solar and #wind outpaced demand growth as #renewables overtook coal in the first half of 2025:
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/global-electricity-mid-year-insights-2025/
Ian RoseIf you live in northern Arizona, you can go to this and have my eternal envy. This Saturday, FIVE young California Condors are being released into the wild at Vermillion Cliffs national monument, and the public can come see them fly! (It's also going to be livestreamed, which is how I will watch!)
#birds #vultures #SomeGoodNews
https://peregrinefund.org/event/2025-california-condor-release-sep27
Global Renewable Energy Investment Still Reaches New Record as Investors Reassess Risks | BloombergNEF
BloombergNEF’s annual Electric Vehicle Outlook (EVO) expects nearly 22 million battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales this year, up 25% from 2024, as the cost of lithium-ion batteries falls and production of more affordable EV models ramp up. China accounts for nearly two thirds of those sales, followed by Europe at 17% and the US at 7%.
#Japan has opened its first #osmotic #power plant #SomeGoodNews
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/25/japan-osmotic-power-plant-fukuoka
#SomeGoodNews Timor-Leste certified #malaria-free by WHO
https://www.who.int/news/item/24-07-2025-timor-leste-certified-malaria-free-by-who?ref=fixthenews.com
https://www.who.int/news/item/24-07-2025-timor-leste-certified-malaria-free-by-who?ref=fixthenews.com
#SomeGoodNews on the front of policies. As many scream that many governments are ineffective and policies are overblown. Let's share one of the good example - maybe not perfect but it is sth I guess.
In the Netherlands each municipality is supposed to have a #library. Especially interesting as libraries increasing become more then just a place to lend books. But a meeting place - even a place were #social #capital is made!
In that context I recommend the book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_Alone
How #Spain’s radically different approach to #migration helped its #economy #soar:
DoomsdaysCW"#SomeGoodNews Tiny urban forests, inspired by the Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, are transforming urban landscapes and contributing to the fight against climate change."
https://www.demagazine.co.uk/2024/08/23/rewilding-cities-how-tiny-urban-forests-are-combating-climate-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rewilding-cities-how-tiny-urban-forests-are-combating-climate-change
#SolarPunkSunday #MiyawakiMethod #Rewilding #UrbanForests #ClimateChange
Suzanne Whitby#SomeGoodNews Tiny urban forests, inspired by the Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki, are transforming urban landscapes and contributing to the fight against climate change.
