All Points of Progress
Points of Progress: Urban farming takes off in Seattle, and moreIn good news this week: Community leaders are seeing payoffs in the fight to help urban farmers succeed – plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Solar power use boosts teacher pay, and moreIn good news this week: Savvy school administrators saved money with solar power, then gave teachers a pay bump – plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Norway updates hate speech laws, and moreIn good news this week: Norway’s parliament approved new legal protections for transgender and bisexual people – plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Personal freedoms increase in UAE, and moreIn good news this week: Legal reforms in the United Arab Emirates have given citizens have more personal liberty – plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Lynxes make a comeback, and moreIn good news this week: Iberian lynxes nearly disappeared in the early 2000s, but they’re on their way to recovery – plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Humane shark attack prevention, and moreIn good news this week: Scientists used magnets disguised as kelp forests to stop shark attacks in South Africa – plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: New Zealand elects diverse gov’t, and moreIn good news this week: New Zealand welcomes its most diverse parliament and violent crime drops in the United States – plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Tasmanian devils back in Australia, and moreIn good news this week: Tasmanian devils return to mainland Australia for the first time in 3,000 years – plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: US Navy honors Doris Miller, and moreIn good news this week: Togo has a record number of women ministers and France expanded animal welfare laws – plus more positive headlines.
Progress WatchPoints of Progress: States ban shark fin trafficking, and moreIn good news this week: Florida became the latest state to ban the trafficking of shark fins – plus more positive headlines.
Progress WatchPoints of Progress: Dozens of species saved from extinctionIn good news this week: The Booker Prize finalist list is more diverse than ever, conservation efforts save 48 species – plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Zimbabwe bans mining in parks, and moreIn good news this week: Coal mining companies can no longer extract resources from Zimbabwe’s largest nature reserve – plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Reforestation project smashes goal, and moreIn good news this week: A decade-long project aimed at helping countries restore degraded forests has seen big returns – plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Building a recycled highway, and moreIn good news this week: California partnered with an engineering startup to pave a highway with recycled plastic – plus more positive stories.
Points of Progress: Technology improves water testing, and moreIn good news this week: A suitcase-sized water testing station could become an essential tool for developing countries – plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: New penguin colonies discovered, and moreIn good news this week: Satellite imagery has helped scientists locate a number of previously unknown penguin colonies – plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Esselen Tribe reclaims land, and moreIn good news this week: After closing a $4.5 million deal, the small tribe will regain control over ancestral territory – plus more positive stories.
Points of Progress: Urban rooftop farm bears fruit, and moreIn good news this week: The world’s largest urban rooftop farm is providing lettuce and strawberries thanks to aeroponic growing towers.
Points of Progress: Where women are seeing gains, globallyIn good news this week: There’s still work to be done, but women’s rights are making progress across the world. A look at some recent highlights.
Progress watch: Where dolphins get a second chance at lifeIn good news this week: Vermont bans food waste in trash, malnourishment declines in India, and Australia appoints its first Indigenous consul-general.
