{"id":15718,"date":"2022-10-28T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/?p=15718"},"modified":"2023-11-29T15:30:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T15:30:34","slug":"monthly-good-news-2-october-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/monthly-good-news-2-october-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Good News #2: October 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>And we\u2019re back!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To remind you of how things work here, Monthly Good News is your monthly reminder that not everyone is terrible and perhaps \u2013 <em>just perhaps<\/em> \u2013 humanity is redeemable. Yes, even after this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you missed September\u2019s round up, you can find it <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/monthly-good-news-1-september-2022\/\">here<\/a>, and if you\u2019ve already read through that then let\u2019s get started! Here is a whole load of excellent positive very good things that have happened in October \u2013 plus a few I missed from the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/2-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15722\" width=\"840\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/2-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/2-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/2-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/2-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/2.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">July<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happy-headlines.com\/blog-posts\/100-000-kg-of-plastic-removed-from-great-pacific-garbage-patch\">100,000kg of plastic has been removed<\/a> from the biggest Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch<\/li><li>Disused Berlin airport to be turned into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2022\/07\/28\/berlins-tegel-airport-to-be-transformed-into-environmentally-friendly-10000-person-communi\">10,000 person eco community<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/3-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15726\" width=\"840\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/3-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/3-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/3-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/3-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/3.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">August<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Germany launched the world\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happy-headlines.com\/blog-posts\/first-hydrogen-powered-train-launched-for-use-in-germany\">hydrogen-powered passenger train<\/a><\/li><li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2022\/aug\/05\/incredibly-promising-bubble-barrier-extracts-plastic-from-netherlands-river\">\u2018bubble barrier\u2019<\/a> is currently at work in the Netherlands to stop plastic pollution<\/li><li>Scotland\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.langholminitiative.org.uk\/news\/community-makes-history-as-south-scotland%E2%80%99s-biggest-land-buyout-gets-over-the-line-to-double-size-of-nature-reserve#:~:text=A%20historic%20agreement%20for%205%2C300,by%20the%2031%20July%20deadline.\">largest ever community buyout<\/a> will double the land of the Tarras Valley nature reserve<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/4-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/4-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/4-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/4-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/4-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/4.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">September<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Canada could hit targets of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happy-headlines.com\/blog-posts\/canada-could-hit-targets-of-100-zero-emission-electricity-by-2035\">100% zero-emission electricity<\/a> by 2035<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/cheetahs-return-to-india-70-years-after-being-declared-extinct-12699478\">Cheetahs have returned to India<\/a> after 70 years of being extinct<\/li><li>Denmark has pledged to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/denmark-breaks-ranks-on-paying-for-climate-damage\/\">pay \u2018compensation\u2019 for climate change<\/a> to communities that have experienced losses caused by climate disruptions<\/li><li>Australia\u2019s most polluting coal plant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2022\/sep\/29\/agl-to-unveil-plan-to-close-coal-fired-power-station-loy-yang-a-a-decade-early\">will shut a decade earlier than planned<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/5-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/5-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/5-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/5-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/5-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/sustainability\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/669\/2022\/10\/5.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">October<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A Normandy apple orchard is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/environment\/why-ancient-apple-orchards-are-at-the-cutting-edge-of-carbon-capture\/\">removing more CO2<\/a> from the atmosphere when making their brandy than they\u2019re emitting<\/li><li>Lloyds Banking Group has<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lloydsbankinggroup.com\/assets\/pdfs\/who-we-are\/responsible-business\/downloads\/sector-statements\/lbg-external-all-sector-statements.pdf\"> pledged to stop funding new fossil fuels projects<\/a><\/li><li>UK cycling levels have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/49eaea8a-4f31-11ed-b120-ca4f3ffbcdc5?shareToken=98294edda2c9938454e05f1f3a5a37f6\">increased 54%<\/a> from pre-pandemic<\/li><li>Endurance swimmer who coined \u2018Speedo Diplomacy\u2019 as a form of climate protest will be <a href=\"https:\/\/lewispughfoundation.org\/news\/2022\/10\/20\/the-worlds-first-swim-across-the-red-sea\">swimming the Red Sea<\/a> to highlight the vulnerability of coral reefs ahead of COP27<\/li><li>The people of the Gaza Strip are returning to their beaches after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/environment\/life-returns-to-gaza-strip-wetlands-and-beaches\/\">successful coastal clean-up initiative<\/a><\/li><li>The world\u2019s first floating city, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/environment\/introducing-the-worlds-first-floating-city-maldives\/\">a solution to overcrowding and rising sea levels<\/a>, is underway in the Maldives \u00a0<\/li><li>A music venue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/positive-news-stories-from-week-41-of-2022\/\">harnessed heat from dancers<\/a> to store for later use<\/li><li>Greece\u2019s renewable power sources managed to cover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/sustainable-business\/greek-renewables-fully-cover-power-demand-first-time-record-2022-10-10\/\">100% of the country\u2019s power usage<\/a> for 5 hours and plans to go further<\/li><li>An \u201caspirational\u201d plan has been put in place to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/positive-news-stories-from-week-41-of-2022\/\">reduce aviation emissions<\/a> to net zero by 2050<\/li><li>Since France <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alexledsom\/2022\/04\/03\/france-travel-many-short-haul-flights-outlawed-from-april\/?sh=27d784977618\">banned short-haul flights where there was a viable rail alternative<\/a>, campaigners are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/positive-news-stories-from-week-41-of-2022\/\">pushing for the UK to follow suit<\/a>, which could potentially cut the UK\u2019s domestic aviation emissions by a third<\/li><li>UK launches a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/society\/positive-news-stories-from-week-41-of-2022\/\">fishing net recycling scheme<\/a><\/li><li>\u2018Asphalt art\u2019 \u2013 murals painted on roads \u2013 are becoming more popular as crashes with pedestrians are found to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.positive.news\/lifestyle\/arts\/asphalt-art-is-making-roads-safer\/\">have been cut 50%<\/a> in locations with the artwork<\/li><li>Sea urchin grown in a lab for the first time could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happy-headlines.com\/blog-posts\/sea-urchin-grown-in-lab-for-first-time-could-help-coral-reefs-survive\">help coral reefs survive<\/a> in future<\/li><li>Naturally occurring lake bacteria <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happy-headlines.com\/blog-posts\/scientists-find-bacteria-that-helps-to-remove-plastic-pollution-from-lakes\">could remove plastic pollution<\/a> from lakes<\/li><li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happy-headlines.com\/blog-posts\/parts-of-new-zealand-see-51-increase-in-native-birds\">51% increase in native bird populations<\/a> have been seen in parts in New Zealand<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, Cheetahs are being rewilded, there\u2019s something called \u2018Speedo Diplomacy\u2019 and the Maldives are making a floating city. A city. Which floats. Don\u2019t you feel a bit better now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, go get yourself a coffee, or a nap, or maybe a cheesy Halloween costume for you to wear this weekend, and share this post with someone you know who could really do with the positive pick-me-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a spooky end to your month, and I\u2019ll see you next month for a rundown of all the good things that happen this November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u270c\ufe0f<br><br><em>By Bethany Climpson, Sustainability Engagement Assistant<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And we\u2019re back! 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