📈 Human Progress
🥤 “Plastic deposit” cleans up the sea
The Indonesian government has introduced a reward deposit on plastic floating around in the sea.The authorities are paying 1,700 local fishermen to collect plastic from the sea instead of fishing for four weeks.The government expects to remove around eight tons of...
😡 The fear mongering news media is ruining our society with anger and sadness
Sorry about the angry headline, but I'm just following the trend. Angry headlines have increased dramatically in the last 20 years. So has headlines that with fear, sadness and disgust. Neutral headlines have decreased as well as headlines with joy.In a new paper...
🦘 30 percent of Australia’s surface will become nature reserves
Australia becomes the latest in a series of countries to join the 30×30 initiative, pledging to protect at least 30 percent of its land so that animals and plants can live in peace there.In total, there are 20 different locations and 110 threatened species that...
🦬 Bison returns to Romania after more than two centuries
The bison is once again an inhabitant of Romania’s Carpathian Mountains after 200 years of absence. Making the bison's comeback happen is a result of long-term conservation work. Even though spotting a bison in Romania is a less common sight than it was a...
