Kansas Farmer Plants 1.2 Million Sunflowers for His Wife–A ‘Perfect’ 50th Anniversary Gift (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
Founder of Tiblur is gathering prayers to destroy Elon's Starlink constellation (tiblur.com)
'You're Not Alone': How one suicide survivor spreads the message that help is out there (www.usatoday.com)
A Berlin bus gets lifted with the help of 40 people to free a young man pinned by a rear wheel (www.sandiegouniontribune.com)
Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care (apnews.com)
Elusive baby creature spotted in California creek for first time in 160 years, video shows (www.sacbee.com)
Solar installations are set to break global, US records in 2023 (www.canarymedia.com)
Routinely Greeting Six Neighbors Maximizes Wellbeing Outcomes (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
EU Steps in to Boost Amazon Rainforest Protection Plan (www.voanews.com)
Greta’s school strikes led 30% of Swiss citizens to change habits (www.euronews.com)
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Getting the Soil Right: How Carbon Farming Combats Climate Change (reasonstobecheerful.world)
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[US] Feds spread $1 billion for tree plantings among US cities to reduce extreme heat and benefit health (apnews.com)
Because of innovations in LED technology, the amount of electricity used for lighting is down drastically (www.bloomberg.com)
Biden administration restores the power of states and tribes to review projects to protect waterways (abcnews.go.com)
Calif. passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring 7 years of parts (arstechnica.com)
Mark Dickey: US explorer freed from one of Turkey's deepest caves (www.bbc.co.uk)
12-Year-Old Saves Man Who Passed Out Underwater, Credits CPR Learned from ‘Stranger Things’ (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
Potentially the world's largest lithium deposit has been found in a US volcano (www.techspot.com)
[BBC] The bacteria that can capture carbon: Could minuscule organisms help the world meet its climate goals? (www.bbc.com)
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12-year-old saves drowning man, credits CPR learned from 'Stranger Things' (abcnews.go.com)
"Indiana Jones of the Art World" helps Dutch police recover stolen van Gogh painting (www.cbsnews.com)
Philly cleans up its waters: Clean water? We’ve got a mussel for that (thephiladelphiacitizen.org)
British Museum Sends Totem Pole Back to its Indigenous Home in Canada (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
California Lawmakers Unanimously Pass Right to Repair Legislation (www.404media.co)
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