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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 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).

 

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Chimpanzees Could Be Treated As ‘Legal Persons’ For First Time [UPDATED]

April 20, 2015, www.thedodo.com | “The move is significant because it’s the first time that a motion to recognize chimps as legal persons — and therefore to allow them to benefit from legally protected bodily autonomy — has been acknowledged so directly in a court.” The Nonhuman Rights Project filled a petition to give the two chimpanzees, being held at Stony Brook University, bodily liberty.

 

 Juliann Adiastri Rubijono

 

Seattle mayor: Port needs new permit for Arctic oil fleet

May 4, 2015, www.omaha.com  | “Mayor Ed Murray threw a wrench into plans for a 400-foot oil-drilling rig to arrive in Seattle when he announced Monday that the Port of Seattle can’t host Shell’s offshore Arctic fleet until it gets a new land-use permit.

Robert Brothers shared a link to GoodNews FortheEarth‘s Timeline.Mayor challenges Shells’ use of Seattle for it’s Arctic oil fleet

SEATTLE (AP) — Mayor Ed Murray threw a wrench into plans for a 400-foot oil-drilling rig to arrive in Seattle when he announced Monday that the Port of Seattle can’t host Shell’s offshore Arctic fleet until it gets a new land-use permit.
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Zumwalt Prairie Trail Cam Slideshow

Zumwalt Trail Cam Coyote

July 9, 2014, www.nature.org | “Trail cameras installed across Zumwalt Prairie have captured quite the diversity of life.”

Robert Brothersposted toGoodNews FortheEarthWOLVES for the first time in decades return to Zumwalt Prairie in northeast Oregon.
For more photos from The Nature Conservancy‘s trail camera, go here:
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/oregon/our-priorities/zumwalt-prairie-trail-cam-slideshow.xml

 

Two crane chicks hatched at Slimbridge

May 20, 2014, www.itv.com | “These pictures confirm Slimbridge cranes are the proud parents of two chicks – the first to be born in the west of Britain for 400 years.”

FIRST TIME IN 400 YEARS!
Two new Slimbridge Cranes, the first to be born in the wild in the west of Britain for 400 years.
For more info, see
http://www.itv.com/news/west/update/2014-05-20/two-crane-chicks-born-on-the-somerset-levels/

Thanks to Ishtar Babilu Dingir for letting us know.

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22nd Navajo Nation Council Votes Down Water Settlement Act

Water Settlement Protesters in Window Rock

July 5, 2012, www.nativenewsnetwork.com | “In one of the most significant votes the Navajo Nation Council will make this session, the Council today voted down the Navajo-Hopi Little Colorado River Water Settlement, known commonly as S 2109.  S 2019 was introduced by Arizona US Senators Jon Kyl and John McCain on February

14. The essence of the bill sought to settle a 33 years of litigation on the Navajo Nation’s usage of water of the Little Colorado River.”

Breaking News
22nd Navajo Nation Council Votes Down Water Settlement Act
15 -6 Vote