Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
Image credit: en.wikipedia.org1. Hollywood Superstar Keanu Reeves has secretly been financing countless children’s hospitals. – Source
2. Cheers to Corona, it’s the first major beer brand to test plastic-free 6-pack rings. – Source
3. All 16,000 buses in the fast-growing Chinese megacity Shenzhen are now electric, and soon all 22,000 taxis will be too. – Source
4. Australia slashes plastic bag use by 80 percent in just 3 months. – Source
5. Tyler Perry pays over $400,000 to pay off layaway for 1,500 Walmart customers: “It’s hard times”. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Scottish wind power smashes 100% production threshold. Scottish wind power produced more than 100% of the threshold for the first time, generating enough energy to power 6 million homes. – Source
7. World’s biggest container shipper commits to carbon neutrality by 2050. Danish container shipping giant Maersk has pledged to become a carbon-neutral business by 2050, the first commitment of its kind from the global maritime shipping sector. – Source
8. Workers in the video games industry have formed a union for the first time in the UK. – Source
9. With scientists warning that the Northwest’s beloved killer whales are on the brink of extinction, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced dramatic plans Thursday to help the population recover including $1.1 billion in spending and a partial whale-watching ban. – Source
10. After his best friend died, a 12-year-old Michigan boy raised $2,500 to pay for the headstone. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. “It’s the only way forward”: Madrid bans polluting vehicles from the city center. Only vehicles producing zero emissions will be allowed to drive freely in downtown Madrid making it a pollution pioneer in Europe. – Source
12. Hollywood actor Gary Sinise pays to send almost 2,000 children of gold-star families on a trip to Disney World. – Source
13. Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she’s almost repaired after last month’s fall. – Source
14. More than 1000 institutions pledge to withdraw investment from fossil fuels. – Source
15. Deaf and blind puppy (Chapel) rescued in Kentucky after being thrown into the frozen creek. – Source
