All Points of Progress
Points of Progress: Breakthrough in plastic recycling, and moreIn good news this week: A new enzyme that fully breaks down PET plastics could revolutionize the recycling industry, plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Hawaii’s state bird makes a comeback, and moreIn good news this week: A 60-year-long breeding program has ensured that nene populations are recovering in Hawaii – plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Ireland will ban certain tobacco products, and moreIn good news this week: Menthol and rolling tobacco will be banned in Ireland as the country adopts EU directives – plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Tapirs return to Brazilian forest, and moreIn good news this week: Tapirs, sometimes called “forest gardeners,” return to an endangered Brazilian ecosystem – and more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Reparations for Guam islanders, and moreIn good news this week: Women will make up half the playing field at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, reparations come to Guam islanders, and more.
Points of Progress: Serbia’s tech boom draws workers, and moreIn good news: A tech renaissance in Serbia is keeping skilled workers in the country, global carbon emissions from electricity use dropped, and more.
Points of Progress: Gender equality goes up worldwide, and moreIn good news: Gender equality increases globally, conversion therapy is banned in Virginia, South Korea recycles 95% of its food waste, and more.
Points of Progress: From Alaska to Nepal, edging towards equityIn good news: Alaskan employers can no longer pay disabled workers subminimum wages, Senegal opens West Africa’s largest wind farm, and more.
Points of Progress: ESA plans to clean up space trash, and moreIn good news this week: Women lead top 16 law school journals, China commits to reducing smog, and more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: US life expectancy increases, and moreIn good news this week: U.S. life expectancy increased for the first time in four years, Maryland unveils new monuments to abolitionists, and more.
Points of Progress: Yellowstone wolves bounce back, and moreIn good news this week: Yellowstone celebrates a conservation success, South African women see property rights win in courts, and more.
Points of Progress: Gender parity in top-earning films, and moreIn good news this week: Women led almost as many top-earning films as men did in 2018, neighbors work to stop foreclosures in Detroit, and more.
Points of Progress: Oslo records zero pedestrian deaths in 2019, and moreIn good news this week: Norway’s capital Oslo creates pedestrian-friendly streets, Africa nears polio elimination goals, and more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: US foster child adoption rates peak, and moreIn good news this week: U.S. foster children are being adopted at all-time highs, the Irrawaddy river dolphin is making a comeback in Asia, and more.
Points of Progress: Low-cost 3D-printed neighborhoods, and moreIn good news this week: A nonprofit delivers on the dream of low-cost 3D-printed towns, more refugees are finding employment in Germany, and more.
Points of Progress: Mountain gorilla population grows, and moreIn good news this week: Data suggests that the population size of mountain gorillas is growing, despite threats – plus more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: UK elects record number of women, and moreIn good news this week: Record numbers of women were elected to the U.K. House of Commons, scientists trapped carbon in stone, and more progress.
Points of Progress: Where good news happened in 2019Our correspondents report on significant steps of progress their regions have made headed into 2020.
Points of Progress: Egyptian woman challenges inheritance laws, and moreIn good news this week: A legal challenge to Egyptian inheritance laws may help women receive equal treatment, and more positive headlines.
Points of Progress: Humpback whale populations rebound, and moreIn good news this week: There are 25,000 humpback whales in the Western South Atlantic, up from 450 whales in the 1950s – and more positive headlines.
