WHAT KIND OF NEWS YOU’LL FIND HERE

 

Successes – court victories, legislation passed, green jobs created . . .

 

Steps towards Success – new people recruited; donations received; petitions signed; demonstrations held . . .

 

Factual Examples of Accomplishments – green buildings, working farms, ecovillages . . .

 

Profiles of Effective People – Vandana Shiva, Bill McKibben and others . . .

 

Positive Trends  – increases in organic farms, solar panels, nature education . . .

 

Positive Earth Facts – increases of endangered species populations, new species . . .

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—  good news that comes from action alerts, not the alerts themselves;
—  good news that comes from the actions of groups, not requests to participate or donate to them;
—  good news that comes from the application of information, not the info itself;
—  good news about help for the Earth directly, rather than helping people (although, of course, since we are all cells in Earth’s body, any good news for humans is good news for the Earth).

 

GOOD NEWS – AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

FOR THE EARTH

Thanks for all the work that you do!


#Landback, 14 Examples

date Tribe and location of land returned acres
proposed Karuk Tribe 1,200
World Renewal Ceremony site
02/22/22 InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council 500
Tc’ih-Léh-Dûñ, Sinkyone Coast, CA
02/05/22 Snoqualmie Indian Tribe 12,000
East King County, WA
12/24/21 Squaxin Island Tribe 125
Puget Sound, WA
12/24/21 Squaxin Island Tribe 875
Puget Sound, WA
12/03/21 Acjachemen Nation 2
Putuidem Village Park, San Juan Capistrano, CA
10/26/21 Narragansett Indian Tribe 5
South Kingston, Rhode Island
10/20/21 Ramapough Lenape Nation 53
Split Rock, New Jersey
11/28/21 Nanticoke Indian Tribe 30
Rosedale Beach, Millsboro, DE
06/14/21 Hawaiian Home Lands Trust 80
Ewa Beach, O’ahu, Hawaii
06/04/21 Passamaquoddy
Kuwesuwi Monihq (Pine Island), ME
12/27/20 Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes 18,800
National Bison Range, Montana
12/23/20 Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe 11,760
Chippewa National Forest, MN
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe 3,000
private land, in Minnesota
07/29/20 Esselen Tribe 1,200
Big Sur, CA
10/21/19 Wiyot Tribe 280
Tulawat Island, Eureka, CA
02/28/18 Yurok Tribe, Klamath, CA 9,000
Blue Creek Watershed
01/01/03 Passamaquoddy 25
Muwinwi Monihq (Bear Island), Big Lake, ME
10/07/97 InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council, 3,900
Lost Coast, Mendocino County CA
Methodology: search internet by year
Sources available, to be uploaded soon.
Someone could write a grant to fill in this history back at least to Edison Chiloquin in the 1970s.
02/17/22 American Bar Association #Landback Conference, Indian Land Tenure Foundation,
 U.S. Department of the Interior’s Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations
https://nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/american-bar-association-considers-land-buy-back-program

Pope apologizes for Catholic church’s crimes against indigenous peoples

July 15, 2015, http://us1.campaign-archive1.com | “‘I want to tell you, and I want to be very clear: I humbly ask your forgiveness, not only for the offenses committed by the Church herself, but also for the crimes committed against the native peoples during the so-called conquest of America.'”

 Robert Brothers
Pope Francis asks forgiveness from indiginous people of Latin America for the suffering the church had caused during the “conquest of the Americas.”
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New Zealand Grants a River the Rights of Personhood

September 16, 2012, www.treehugger.com | “From the dawn of history, and in cultures throughout the world, humans have been prone to imbue Earth’s life-giving rivers with qualities of life itself — a fitting tribute, no doubt, to the wellsprings upon which our past (and present) civilizations so heavily rely. But while modern thought has come to regard these essential waterways more clinically over the centuries, that might all be changing once again.  Meet the Whanganui. You might call it a river, but in the eyes of the law, it has the standings of a person.”

Ami Linden shared a link to GoodNews FortheEarth‘s Timeline.
Meet the Whanganui. You might call it a river, but in the eyes of the law, it has the standings of a person.
treehugger.com
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Sustainable farming will mitigate impact of global warming

September 16, 2015, www.regenerationinternational.org | “Ireland leads the way in developing a national strategy that allows for sustainable agricultural intensification while, at the same time, mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, according to Aidan O’Driscoll, Secretary General of the Department of Agriculture. ‘Last October saw the EU make a landmark decision in adopting many of these principles,’ he said.”

Ami Linden shared a link to GoodNews FortheEarth‘s Timeline.
Ireland recognizes that offsetting emissions through sequestration of carbon is a vital component of their greenhouse gas emissions strategy.
regenerationinternational.org
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Norway pays Brazil $1B to fulfill pledge for curbing deforestation

September 16, 2015, news.mongabay.com | “The Norwegian government has fulfilled its billion dollar commitment to Brazil for the South American country’s success in reducing deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.  In a statement issued Wednesday, Norway announced it would complete payment to Brazil’s Amazon Fund by the end of the year. Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment Tine Sundtoft commended Brazil’s progress and said it has become a model for efforts to combat climate change.”

Robert Brothers shared a link to GoodNews FortheEarth‘s Timeline.
Norway Pays Brazil $1 Billion to Reward Brazil for Reducing Deforestation Norway ponies up $1 billion to fulfill pledge to Brazil for success in reducing deforestation. The money has been paid in the Brazilian Amazon Fund. news.mongabay.com

Reduced deforestation in Brazil saves thousands of lives

September 16, 2015, news.mongabay.com | “Brazil’s rate of deforestation has declined dramatically over the past decade, an undeniable boon for wildlife, forest-dependent communities and the global climate.Now researchers at the University of Leeds have concluded that Brazil’s efforts to reduce deforestation have also saved lives — as many as 1,700 every year, attributable to improved air quality.”

AIR QUALITY has improved because of the reduction in Brazilian deforestation levels over the past decade, preventing thousands of deaths each year, according…
news.mongabay.com
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Hawaii Taps the Ocean to Generate Carbon-Free Power

September 15, 2015, www.takepart.com | “The world’s most abundant source of energy is solar—the sun shines everywhere—and most of that potential power falls on the ocean. Now, a Hawaii-based company has built the world’s largest power plant to harvest that energy from the ocean and convert it into electricity. The 105-kilowatt ocean thermal energy conversion demonstration plant went online last month in Kailua-Kona on the Big Island. It cost about $5 million to build and only generates enough electricity to power 120 homes. But the project is a big step toward a future where ocean thermal energy could replace carbon-spewing fossil fuel power plants.”

Oceanic heat exchange technology, different than wave power.
The ocean thermal technology heralds a new wave of renewable energy projects.
www.takepart.com
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The Leap Manifesto isn’t radical. It’s a way out of Canada’s head-in-the-sand politics

September 15, 2025, www.theguardian.com | “Every political class considers themselves inclusive, diverse, open-minded. But present ideas that stray outside the boundaries of sanctioned debate, imposed by power and a patrolling press, and watch how quickly they stoop to bullying. Consider the response to the Leap Manifesto, a declaration released this week by an unprecedented coalition of Canadian authors, artists, national leaders and activists in the midst of a federal election. It lays out a vision – bolder than anything on offer from political parties – to transition the country off fossil fuels while simultaneously improving the lives of most Canadians. Climate change is presented not just as an existential crisis but an opportunity – indeed, imperative – to make the political and economic system more just and fair.”

A PLAN THAT CAN SAVE THE EARTH !
The Leap Manifesto isn’t radical. It’s a way out of Canada’s head-in-the-sand politics | Martin…
A powerful movement in Canada, animated by a compelling and positive vision for the climate and economy, can force the hand of whichever government comes to…
theguardian.com|By Martin Lukacs
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U.N. data suggests slowdown in forest loss

September 15 , 2015, news.mongabay.com | “Highly anticipated data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) shows that global forest loss has slowed significantly over the past five years relative to the 1990s and 2000s.  The report, released Monday at the World Forestry Congress in Durban, is based on data provided to FAO by 234 countries and territories. Unlike other recent analyses, the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015 relies primarily on self-reported data, rather than satellite data, providing a different view on trends in forest cover and management.”

Pamela Benda shared a link to GoodNews FortheEarth‘s Timeline.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released the Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA), a report published every five years. FRA is based primarily on self-reported data from countries and territories.
news.mongabay.com

 

Millions Of Shade Balls Help Combat Evaporation In Los Angeles Reservoirs

September 14, 2015, blog.therainforestsite.com | “The City of Los Angeles has released 96 million black plastic balls into its reservoirs in an effort to protect the remaining potable water during one of the worst droughts on record. The polyethylene balls, which are 4 inches in diameter, float on the surface of the water and cast shade below, reducing losses from evaporation. According to the Washington Post, the project is expected to reduce water loss by around 300 million gallons a year.”

The City of Los Angeles has released 96 million black plastic balls into its reservoirs in an effort to protect the remaining potable water during one of the worst droughts…
http://blog.therainforestsite.com/