Episode 52: Good news from across the globe from Proof Positive

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Episode 52: Good news from across the globe

22 minutes Posted May 27, 2020 at 11:00 am.

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On today’s show I share good news from across the globe. These stories serve to affirm my positive outlook on our future and hope it will do the same for you.

It’s easy to get pessimistic particularly given our current battle with the coronavirus but mankind has faced far greater challenges and each and every time we have preserved.

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In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/climate/coronavirus-coal-electricity-renewables.html?goal=0_b0e357ccff-e36ea3a1c6-105218361&mc_cid=e36ea3a1c6&mc_eid=a353de97ed

Critically endangered Hainan gibbons return from brink of extinction, thanks to Hong Kong group’s conservation efforts

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3084722/critically-endangered-hainan-gibbons-return-brink?goal=0_b0e357ccff-e36ea3a1c6-105218361&mc_cid=e36ea3a1c6&mc_eid=a353de97ed

Australia Fires: Rescue dog Bear saves scores of koalas

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-australia-52643540/australia-fires-rescue-dog-bear-saves-scores-of-koalas?goal=0_b0e357ccff-e36ea3a1c6-105218361&mc_cid=e36ea3a1c6&mc_eid=a353de97ed

Sri Lanka newlyweds cancel wedding party, help poor instead

https://apnews.com/d11cd2ab9c248d0226cdb520e5c52d36?goal=0_b0e357ccff-e36ea3a1c6-105218361&mc_cid=e36ea3a1c6&mc_eid=a353de97ed

Adopt a grandparent: Young help the old in Bolivian pandemic

https://apnews.com/43e255580de5103583795666b0899f79

The end of plastic? New plant-based bottles will degrade in a year

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/16/the-end-of-plastic-new-plant-based-bottles-will-degrade-in-a-year?goal=0_b0e357ccff-e36ea3a1c6-105218361&mc_cid=e36ea3a1c6&mc_eid=a353de97ed