Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. Outdoor company Burton announced that it changed all female athletic contracts to include language that protects women during and after pregnancy. – Source
2. A homeless teen named Valedictorian earns $3 million in scholarships. – Source
3. Costa Rica has doubled its forest cover in the last 30 years; half its land surface is now covered with trees, a huge carbon sink and a big draw for tourists. – Source
4. James Holzhauer wins 25th Jeopardy! the game starts donating the prize money. – Source
5. Grateful Parkland students honor therapy dogs with yearbook page. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Chile has reached its 2025 clean energy targets six years ahead of schedule and says it’s now on track for 70% electricity from renewables by 2030. – Source
7. New York is now the second state after California to ban plastic bags. – Source
8. “Like Christmas, every day”: A billionaire’s pledge to erase this class’s college debts could echo for decades. – Source
9. Planting two trees now mandatory for everyone building a house in Pakistan. – Source
10. Freeze-dried gut bacteria could be the key to tackling asthma, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and even cancer. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. The world’s largest car supplier, Bosch, says it will be fully carbon neutral by 2020, making it the first major industrial company to take that step. – Source
12. A Minnesota woman donated her kidney to a firefighter who rushed to help her daughter after a seizure. – Source
13. Whole Foods will ban plastic straws and offer smaller produce bags. – Source
14. Exoneree Band brings light to the issue of wrongful convictions. – Source
15. Authorities find 123 missing children in just one day during a Michigan sex trafficking operation. – Source
