Saw this article about how they are reforesting the ocean near Australia. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/reforesting-the-ocean/
@michele-b-here-in-the-forum
Thank you for sharing the story about the teacher from Ayer (near my neck of the woods) who adopted her student after his mother died. There are so many amazing people in this world.
Here is some FANTASTIC news we all will appreciate.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg has announced she is cancer free right now. YEA!!!
Also, the cancer death rate fell 2.2%, the biggest single-year drop ever!!!
RBG is one amazing human being and seemingly invincible woman!
She has battled and beat lung cancer, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer and a broken hip which when it occurs in post-menopausal women has a 30% possibility of death due to a high rate of infection.
This woman is stronger than a Ford Truck and a bulletproof Tesla combined.
May she live on and on! And may researchers find not only better and more effective treatments for all cancers but discover new ways of using immunotherapy, our own altered DNA or other CRSPR therapies or new findings to treat-- if not cure-- all forms of cancer in the future so our rates will continue to drop.
This is fantastic news!
"The U.S. Navy says it will name an aircraft carrier after Doris "Dorie" Miller, the African American mess attendant who heroically leapt into combat during the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It marks the first time that an aircraft carrier has been named for an African American, and the first time a sailor has been so honored for actions taken as an enlisted man."
His story is beautiful. Cuba Gooding Jr. portrayed him in the movie Pearl Harbor.
Great News!
But...I wish it was for the right reason.
"The world’s largest manufacturer of chlorpyrifos, an agricultural pesticidelinked to brain damage in children, has announced that it will stop producing the chemical by the end of the year.
The announcement on Thursday by Corteva, the corporation formed from a Dow Chemical and DuPont merger, comes after the Trump administration reversed regulatory plans to ban the pesticide and rejected the scientific conclusions of US government experts.
Corteva said it was ending production due to declining sales. Susanne Wasson, the president of Corteva’s crop protection business, told Reuters it was a “difficult decision”.
No! This should not be a difficult decision. It should not be based upon money.
It should be based on ethics and what is right.
Here is a great story about a taxi cab driver who saved an elderly woman from withdrawing $25,000 for a (non) IRS scam. He even drove her to the police station to have an officer tell her it was a scam.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/16/us/taxi-driver-prevents-scam-trnd/index.html
Thanks to The Arizona Republic and their in-depth coverage last year of hospital patient "dumping" a new program was created to find homeless people recover in a safe place instead of being "dumped" back onto the streets with no help. It is a trial program but hopefully it will remain.
The media can inspire great things.
This is the BEST news and idea I have heard in ages!!!
Spencer's Place just opened.
What is Spencer's Place you ask?
Spencer's Place is a 501(c)(3) coffee cafe which just opened (officially tomorrow) in my home state of Arizona. it is the dream of a high school special ed teacher who realized that her former students with disabilities could not find employment although they had been well prepared in school and had good skill sets. Employers did not want to take a chance on them. (80% of disabled adults can not find employment nationally). Her former students were frustrated. She also had a son who was disabled (Spencer, now a young adult with Down syndrome) who was facing similar challenges.
So, she decided to open a coffee cafe to employ these beautiful adults and help give them a positive experience, employment, confidence and excellent work skills.
The coffee house sells coffee, lavender lemonade, salads, simple lunch items and desserts like cookie dough bars.
I can't wait to go! I am taking my whole family!
We need to do more of this!!
My heart is so filled right now!
https://spencersplaceaz.com/#1886fd5c-9f85-4e7a-b3a9-58c449765914
They are amazing! We had our first one start up about 10 years ago here in Salem and now they just started a second one after a popular downtown bistro closed and the spot became available to rent. I've no doubt it will be just as
They are excpopular if not even more. Eptionally popular for teens and adults alike and give a lot of local bands an opportunity to perform in a popular venue besides serving lots of cool coffee, tea and healthy bottled drinks along with lunch and healthy snack options and provide start up job opportunities for young and old alike who have not always had an opportunity for work.
I know Portland has full scale restaurants that have been around a long time that provide similar work opportunities and one even has a "pay what you think it was worth" or "pay what you can afford" and that is pretty amazing.
Proceeds all go to great local causes to support similar ideals or training.