The Norwegians decided not to drill oil wells on the Lofoten Islands (with oil reserves worth $53,000,000,000,000,000) in order to preserve the islands’ ecosystem.
For the first time in Malawi’s history, a woman was elected speaker of the country’s parliament. Esther Chilenje annulled 1,500 marriages to underage girls and sent them back to school.
Swedish donors receive text messages of gratitude every time their blood saves lives.
Thanks to the Endangered Species Act, the nearly endangered sea turtle population has increased by 980%
Thai supermarkets have given up plastic bags and started wrapping purchases in banana leaves.
Holland became the first country without stray dogs.
South Korea organizes dance parties for people after the age of 65. To combat dementia and loneliness;
In Rome, you can pay for your subway ticket with plastic bottles. 350,000 bottles have already been collected in this way.
California restricts the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in stores so that people will take pets from shelters;
Rice farmers around the world start using ducks in their fields instead of pesticides. The ducks eat insects and pinch weeds without touching the rice;
Canada passed a law banning the use of orcas and dolphins in the entertainment industry;
Holland is seeding the roofs of hundreds of bus stops with flowers and plants – especially for bees;
Iceland became the first country in the world to legalize equal wages for men and women;
German circuses are using holograms instead of animals to stop the exploitation of animals in circuses;
LarvalBot underwater robot seeds the bottom of the Great Barrier Reef with microscopic corals grown specifically to restore the ecosystem
To reduce the number of suicides, Sweden organized the world’s first psychiatric ER
4,855 people queued for hours in the rain to take stem cell tests to save the life of a five-year-old boy;
An Indian village celebrates the birth of every girl by planting 111 trees. 350,000 trees have already been planted in this way
A ban on hunting humpback whales has increased their population from a few hundred to 25,000.
The Netherlands built five artificial islands specifically for bird and plant conservation. Two years later, there are already 30,000 birds and 127 plant species growing there.
NASA satellites have recorded that the world is greener than it was 20 years ago. Since 1994, suicide rates have dropped 38%. That’s saved about four million lives.
For the first time in Malawi’s history, a woman was elected speaker of the country’s parliament. Esther Chilenje annulled 1,500 marriages to underage girls and sent them back to school.
Swedish donors receive text messages of gratitude every time their blood saves lives.
Thanks to the Endangered Species Act, the nearly endangered sea turtle population has increased by 980%
