Motivational Monday # 71: There is a lot of good news if you look for it

If you follow the daily media you would think that there is a lot of bad news happening around the world. However, there is actually a lot of good news if you look for it.

One source of regular good news is Future Crunch.
https://futurecrun.ch/goodnews

Future Crunch is a group of scientists, artists, researchers and designers who believe that science and technology are the most powerful drivers of human progress.

Here is some of this good news from Future Crunch.

The UN Security Council has unanimously agreed to a global ceasefire, adopting a resolution that demands a general and immediate cessation of hostilities around the world, to unite efforts to fight COVID-19 in vulnerable countries. UN

This one got swamped by the coronavirus news, but so important – Congo has declared that the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record is over after nearly two years. Channel News Asia

Germany will almost double funding for the WHO this year, contributing more than half a billion euros. “We need a strong, transparent and accountable WHO today more than ever,” said the country’s Health Minister Jens Spahn. DW

A new study from the CDC showed that infant mortality rates across the United States declined from 2000 to 2017, a trend attributed to fewer women giving birth in their teens. ABC

Volkswagen, one of the world’s biggest carmakers, just produced its last ever combustion vehicle at Zwickau, one of its biggest factories in Germany. That factory now claims the title of Europe’s largest electric vehicle plant. Next Web

Amazon India has eliminated all single-use plastic in its packaging across fulfilment centres in the country and local rival Flipkart says that it has cut down the usage of plastic packaging in its own supply chain to about 50%. Reuters

Pakistan has just announced the creation of 15 new national parks, expanding protected areas from 12% to 15% of the country, and creating 5,000 ‘guardians of nature’ jobs for young people within the next three months. Gulf News

More than 2 million people gathered in northern India last week while practicing social distancing, and planted 250 million trees as part of a government plan to tackle climate change. AP

A lot of this good news does not make the daily media.

However it is there if you look for it.

Action Exercise:

Read some positive news each day.

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