📈 Human Progress
In the last decades humanity has made great progress with less extreme poverty, increased health, wealth and democracy. We follow in the tradition of professor Hans Rosling.
🎆 2022 was filled with progress and optimistic news
Don't be fooled by all the misery in the regular news feed. 2022 was filled with positive events. Animals making a comeback, AI breakthroughs, plastic being cleared from the oceans, smarter children, and many climate entrepreneurs.
🇦🇺 Baby boom for the Quoll in Australia
An animal which became extinct in Australia during the 60’s now bounced back to life in the outback. 63 babies were born in the wild during the mating season this year alone.
🌿 The mangrove forests are doing better than expected
The felling of mangrove forests has sharply decreased.
💡 Optimist's Edge: Famine is not due to a lack of food
Millions of people living in the Horn of Africa are threatened by starvation. The root cause is not drought, conflict or war, but something else.
🏭 The EU's carbon dioxide emissions are decreasing
High energy prices and more renewable electricity have reduced EU countries' carbon dioxide emissions in recent months.
🐢 Endangered Manning River Turtles Released into Wild
Australian conservationists saved 10 of Australia's most endangered reptiles, The Manning River turtle, from the forest fires during 2020. Now they released them back into the wild.
🪶 Scientists find black-necked pheasant pigeon after 140 years
Scientists find black-necked pheasant-pigeon after 140 years of absence. The scientists captured a picture of the bird via a camera trap and described it “like finding a unicorn”.
♻️ Pyramid out of 20 ton plastic inspires clean-ups
A pyramid made of 20 tons of plastic - or about 1 million plastic bottles - from the Nile inspires a plan to fund massive clean-ups.
🐸 New ponds helps endangered frog species
In Switzerland, 422 new ponds have been built and this caused all of the country's endangered frog species to see a “population explosion”.