Around the world, scientists are using AI to understand and protect animals, like a California AI-powered system that prevents ship strikes by alerting the vessels to the mammals’ presence.
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These massive sea creatures communicate in complex, techno-like patterns. Listening in could prove key to saving them.
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By making manufacturing technology available and affordable, maker spaces like BLOQS are knocking down barriers.
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⚖️ What We’re Reading: Climate Seniors’ Victory, Surging Solar and More: reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-read…

In my latest work for Reasons to be Cheerful, I write about the emergence of garbage cafes in Delhi and how they are helping people get free food in exchange for plastic waste.

Municipal Corporation of Delhi

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At schools in Germany, students learn various skills like woodworking and culinary arts, paving the way for diverse career paths.
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Welcome back to #StatsSunday — your statistical fix, pulled from this week’s stories.⁠ Read this stat’s story here: reasonstobecheerful.world/the-towns-outs…

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To promote plastic waste reduction, India introduced “garbage cafes” in 2020. When they drop off plastic waste, individuals receive meal vouchers at participating cafes. Similar initiatives have spread across India and around the world.
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Designated eateries in India’s capital are addressing the problem of plastic waste while providing warm meals for those in need.
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Salt ponds form a vast mosaic spanning thousands of acres in California’s South Bay. But a 50-year transformation is underway.
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⚽️ What We’re Reading: Sustainable Soccer, Curbing Deforestation and More reasonstobecheerful.world/what-were-read…

“The presence of female drivers in public transit helps female passengers feel safer in the face of high levels of gender-based violence. 84.3% of women in Bogotá have experienced sexual harassment while using public transit.”👩🏽‍✈️🚍 Peter Yeung Reasons to be Cheerful
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Communities across the US are finding clever ways to crack down on the short-term housing market, making more homes available for residents.
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Millions of barriers underlie American roadways, blocking the passage of fish. The US is working to fix them.
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Welcome back to #StatsSunday — your statistical fix, pulled from this week’s stories.⁠ Read this stat’s story here: reasonstobecheerful.world/befriend-vilni…

Welcome back to #StatsSunday — your statistical fix, pulled from this week’s stories.⁠ Read this stat’s story here: reasonstobecheerful.world/fishermen-feed…

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When the pandemic hit, Fishermen Feeding Mainers found a way to bring new life to the state’s groundfish industry – and feed those in need.
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