Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. Italy is to become the first country in the world in which the study of climate change will be made compulsory in schools. Under a new law, all state schools will dedicate around an hour a week to sustainability and climate change issues from the beginning of the next academic year. – Source
2. “Jeopardy!” champion donates more than $10,000 to the cancer center in honor of Alex Trebek. – Source
3. Candice Payne, the 34-year-old Chicago realtor who rented hotel rooms for dozens of the city’s homeless during the recent polar vortex, said she found her calling through the experience. – Source
4. “Democracy is awesome”: Former Syrian refugees vote as Canadian citizens for the first time. – Source
5. A WWII veteran got his high school diploma at 95. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Solar costs drop by 7%. – Source
7. Colin Kaepernick feeds, supplies homeless for his 32nd birthday. – Source
8. Hundreds of Oklahoma inmates to be freed, the largest mass release in the US history. – Source
9. Mom from viral overdose photo is now three years sober! – Source
10. 310-year-old violin returned to the owner after the £250,000 instrument was left on a train. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. Metallica pledges $200,000 to aid wildfire relief efforts in California. – Source
12. College student nails half-court shot for free tuition. – Source
13. Budapest declares a climate emergency, aims to go carbon neutral. – Source
14. Renewables meet 50% of electricity demand on Australia’s power grid for the first time. – Source
15. A millennial with thousands in student loans earn $7,500 award for being DC Teacher-of-the-Year. Uses 2/3 of it to start a scholarship for students in his school.- Source
