It’s hard to not feel worried, angry, and helpless with everything going on in the world right now. The pandemic, protests, Putin, the planet. Here are 22 pieces of positive news to save you from Climate Doom as we start 2022.
- Solar Powered Bikes are stopping poachers in South Africa
- A Dutch company has designed an AI robot that can pick up beach rubbish
- Kenya is turning invasive plants into biogas for cooking
- Sri Lanka is sinking decommissioned boats and buses to create artificial reefs for fish breeding sites
- Online conferences (like Zoom) could help extend the 1.5 degrees global warming limit by 1.5 years
- EPA ruled to phase out HFCs found in refrigerators and air-conditioners.
- Estonia’s capital, Talliin, has a 10km meadow Highway for bees and butterflies so they can make their way around the city
- Researchers have found a way to make jet fuel from mustard plants, reducing airline emissions by 68%
- In California, Old Nissan electric vehicle batteries are being used for energy storage
- 30,000 types of enzymes have been found to break down plastic
- UK has banned trophy hunting imports
- Paraguay uses 100% renewable energy
- Beijing met their 6 air quality targets for 2021
- California is starting to roll out a state-wide composting mandate
- Seed-firing drones are fighting deforestation in Australia
- Bleached coral can still provide nutrition to fish and then us
- A large coral reef off Tahiti found unaffected by humans
- The Mexican Tequila Fish has been saved from extinction
- Detroit is planning a road that can charge electric cars
- Research shows blasting bananas with a powerful light can produce renewable energy
- The White House has organized a meeting to address climate denial
- Iceland will ban whale hunting by 2024
