If You Are Depressed With The News…. Here Is Some GOOD STUFF

For example, did you know any of the following?

• The largest dam removal project in history is underway, allowing the Klamath River in California and Oregon to run free again.

• The Thames River was declared “biologically dead” sixty years ago and is now one of the world’s cleanest urban rivers.

• Solar and wind installations are projected to make up over 70% of new electricity capacity in the U.S. this year.

• China has re-greened vast areas of the Loess Plateau, once considered “the most eroded place on Earth.”

• In March, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed on the text of a peace agreement to end nearly four decades of conflict.

Sadly, the mantra for traditional media is “If it bleeds, it leads.”  Market crashes, hate crimes, wars, White House attempts to thwart the rule of law, and on it goes.  

I realized that to lower my blood pressure, I needed to find GOOD factual news. And I have! 

The list above comes from recent editions of Fix the News, a weekly newsletter that presents stories of progress from around the world that delight and inspire. 

Numerous other online sources – daily meditations, podcasts, newsletters, and opinion essays  – expand your sense of possibility and energize rather than depress you. Some of these require subscriptions, and why not pay for these non-mainstream sources? They need our support!

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