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Monthly Good News #1: September 2022

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Monthly Good News #1: September 2022

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As we hit the end of September, it’s about time to start up the new, monthly post on the sustainability blog – one that I have personally been wanting to write for a while.

This is the first edition of Monthly Good News, in which I round up all the good news I can find from the month to remind you that the world is not actually ending this exact moment, and good things still exist. And I promise you, good things do still exist.

We’re going to focus mainly on social and environmental sustainability (because we are, after all, a sustainability blog), so buckle up and get ready to feel a little bit better about the world you live in.

Today’s good news blog, as the first of the year, is also going to mention a few things from over the summer too – just so you’re hit with a big enough dose of serotonin to make it through to the end of October.

June

July

  • Stockholm, Sweden, has announced a new electric “flying” ferry, that will use hydrofoil technology to go faster and produce less emissions than traditional ferries. It will be trialled throughout 2023 and is another step to Stockholm’s emission-free ferries by 2025 goal
  • Eurasian beavers will be a legally protected animal in the UK from the 1st of October
  • There are 40% more tigers in the world than in 2015
  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced plans to plant 1 billion trees in the next decade
  • Sydney, Australia, now runs on 100% renewable energy, using locally sourced clean energy from wind and solar farms

August

September

See? As promised, lots of good things happening in the world right now! It’s not all doom and gloom. But, just in case you don’t believe me (or my lovingly curated headlines) – this is going to be a monthly event. At the end of every month, a round up of all the good news I can find (and some I probably missed before) to remind you that there’s a lot of great things in this world, and a lot of people striving to do better.

You just don’t always get to see them.


By Bethany Climpson, Sustainability Engagement Assistant

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