Not All News is Bad!

A new chemical process can liquify plastic. The next challenge? Creating a machine that can recycle the sludge on an industrial scale

Source: A chemical breakthrough could eat the plastic pollution crisis | WIRED UK

That’s pretty promising!

Three men are being hailed as heroes after rescuing a blind man who fell onto the train tracks at a Toronto subway station.

Source: Blind man who fell onto Toronto subway tracks rescued by 3 bystanders | CBC News

“‘It was the human thing to do” … indeed.

Guests were in tears earlier this month as a toddler walked down the aisle at the wedding of the woman who saved her life.

Source: 3-year-old cancer survivor is flower girl at her bone marrow donor’s wedding

Be the match: bethematch.org.

Orphaned by a wildfire, a bear cub is being treated for burns by Colorado Fish and Wildlife staff after firefighters found her wandering alone.

Source: Orphaned Bear Cub With Paws Rescued From Colorado Wildfires –Photos

If I recall correctly, that’s how Smokey Bear got his start as well. 🙂

As Toys “R” Us stores across the country prepare to close for good Friday night, an employee at the Raleigh location said the store would not be open on the final day of business.

Source: Person buys $1M worth of remaining toys at Toys ‘R’ Us store to donate to kids

Great way to take advantage of the opportunity.

According to a new report by the Brennan Center for Justice, the overall crime rate fell in the 30 largest cities by 2.1 percent compared to 2016, the violent crime rate by 1 percent, and the murder rate by 3.4 percent.

Source: Chicago and other major US cities saw drops in crime and murder in 2017 – Vox

Thing crime’s only getting worse? Think again.

India has in the past year witnessed a drastic drop in the number of poor. Studies suggest that 44 Indians come out of extreme poverty every minute, resulting India dropping down and thereby shedding the dubious distinction of being home to the largest number of poor, according to a Times of India report. Nigeria has now taken top spot.

Source: 44 Indians come out of extreme poverty every minute; Nigeria overtakes India as nation with most poor: Study

Important: this is just one part of a larger trend you rarely hear about: across the planet there are fewer people in extreme poverty than there have ever been.

Isabella Dryden is over a century old, and she says she hasn’t stopped teaching for 81 years.

Source: ‘Teaching is a calling’: Meet the 101-year-old teaching computers to seniors | CBC Radio

101 and teaching technology. What a marvelous example.

This adventurous 15-year-old corgi finally made it home, thanks to a mother’s gut instincts and a Twitter star. Hear the Good News Guru tell the tale.

Source: Lost Corgi Goes Viral on Twitter, But Old-Fashioned Fate Brings Him Home

You know you had me at “Corgi”, right? 🙂

Research shows domestic violence victims often delay leaving abusers because they cannot take their animals but fear what will happen if the pets are left behind.

Source: Little by little, domestic violence shelters become pet-friendly

This is a lesson emergency workers have learned as well: pets matter. Allowing pets increases the ability to help their people.

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