A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
More than 73,000 people in Kebbi and Sokoto States have gained access to improved water supply following the construction of 19 new solar-powered boreholes
Source: USAID Provides Clean Water To Over 73,000 In Nigerian States
You had me at “solar powered boreholes”. 
Twenty unhoused people in Phoenix are set to move into a new, solar-powered shelter constructed out of shipping containers next week.
Source: See the solar-powered homeless shelter made from shipping containers
Cool idea.
University of Missouri researchers are on the leading-edge of developing sustainable plastic waste road pavement mixtures.
Source: Driving innovative solutions for advancing use of ‘plastic’ roads
Cool idea.
When Everett Kalin was 91 years old, he decided to try skydiving. This year, Kalin, now 93, thought he’d climb Half Dome in Yosemite.
Source: ‘He’s stubborn as a mule’: 93-year-old summits Yosemite’s Half Dome
Inspiring.
The herbivores snacked on plant overgrowth at an 18th-century graveyard in Cork County, revealing long-hidden burial markers
Source: Grazing Goats and Sheep Help Uncover Historic Headstones in Ireland
Love it.
Preliminary results from major trial show use of technology almost halves human workload
Source: AI use in breast cancer screening as good as two radiologists, study finds
More important than the workload, it was more accurate. This is the positive side of AI.
Instead of dismissing a young boy going door-to-door in a neighborhood a police officer took the time to understand.
Source: Officer surprises young boy with PS5 after neighbors ask for him to be removed
Nicely done.
A Manchester woman’s pioneering retrofit academy is doing what our politicians can’t seem to – insulating homes across Britain
Source: The construction firm training up ex-prisoners in retrofit skills
Great idea.
The electricity made at this farm can power around 250 households, and the hops get shade they’ll need more often as climate change turbocharges summer heat.
Source: Hops for beer flourish under solar panels. They’re not the only crop thriving in the shade.
Very cool.
95-year-old Bert Edlin was determined to stay alive to be the “flower grandpa” at his granddaughter’s wedding, and he did!
Source: 95-Yr-Old Fights For Life So He Can Be Bride’s “Flower Grandpa,” As Promised. – InspireMore
I love it!