WILD LIFE PROTECTION:

1. Canada bans captivity of whales, dolphins and porpoises for entertainment

2. Spain bans Bull Fighting at annual Toro festival. Thanks to pressure from PETA & PACMA 

AIR POLLUTION:

3. Germany to close all 84 coal-fired power plants 

HEALTH:

4. Mandatory Vaccinations baned in Sweden 

5. Meditation part of 370 British schools 

6. Vegan Options in New York hospitals 

7. Tim Hortons goes with plant-based breakfast sandwiches in 4000 locations 

8. Poland’s Prime Minister sings Global Appeal to stop 5G 

9. Louisiana calls for study on health impact of 5G 

10. Hungary destroys 1000 acres maize fields contaminated with Monsanto corn. All GMO is banned in Hungary. Banff cancels Canada Fireworks to protect wildlife 

11. Germany opens 62 miles of car-free highway 

12. Netherlands using polluted silt to build artificial islands creating new habitat in Markermeer Lake 

SOCIAL:

13. Tennessee makes community college free 

AGRICULTURE:

14. Plant Based Meats - $300,000,000 plant being built in Indiana as market doubles in 2 years.

15. Beyond Meat Shares jump as news of beef contribution of CO2 is realized 

16. New Brunswick promises a 30% reduction in herbicide spraying on power lines 

LEGAL:

17. $3,800,000 fine to Husky Energy for 2016 pipeline leak of 225,000l of heavy oil into North Saskatchewan River. (where does that money go?) 

FEMALE LEADERSHIP:

18. First female president in Slovakia Vowing to fight impunity and champion justice in a country shaken by a journalist's murder. 

19. Iceland elects 41 yr female environmentalist 

SPEAKING OUT:

20. Robert Kennedy goes public against Big Pharma 

PLASTICS:

21. Maine bans styrofoam food containers 

22. Canada bans single use plastics accessories like straws - (it’s a start) 

23. Water refill stations on streets in Glasgow to prevent single use plastic use. 

24. Japan makes it illegal to through away appliances as part of recycling regime 

TREES:

25. Ethiopia begins planting 4,000,000,000 trees with 200 donators giving $173,000US each for the project 

26. Scotland planted 22,000,000 trees last year covering 11,200 hectares and will continue for 6 years. 

BEES:

27. Ohio planting wild flowers along highways throughout the state. Also reduces mowing and approx. 3000 tons of CO2 emissions each year. 

28. Virginia offers free beehives to residents 

HOMELESS the HOUSING FIRST PRINCIPLE:

29. Tiny houses in Whittier Heights Village in Seattle created by women carpenters 

30. Finland, has created 3500 homes reducing the homeless rate by 35% by adopting the theory that a secure foundation makes it easier to solve the rest. 

31. Homeless Pods in Newport England 

PROMISING TECHNOLOGIES:

32. Philip Ross develops growing bricks from fungi 

33. Transparent Solar Panel Windows using organic molecules to absorb light. Michigan State University 

34. Clothing from pineapple and bananas instead of leather and cotton saving, water, co2, and animals. 

35. Turning desert in fertile soil by spraying clay and water. 

Saving Earth calls on each of us to do 4 things:

1. Stay wise to anti-planet actions
2. Celebrate our small victories
3. Know that we are making a difference
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Social Change:

1.  Marianne Williamson is paving the way for a new paradigm on running a nation and has qualified for the Democratic debate, June 26 or 27th.

https://www.marianne2020.com/video-posts/marianne-williamson-for-president

2.  Home delivery of Reusable Household Containers for products in New York and Paris. It’s called ‘Recommerce’.   

https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/nation-and-world/the-milkman-model-returns-this-time-for-shampoo-and-haagen-dazs-20190529

Individuals Making a Difference:

3.  One man started ‘The Lake Revivers Collective and is Saving one lake at a time in India

https://www.thebetterindia.com/183887/tamil-nadu-lake-revival-hero-water-conservation-india/

Mature Agriculture:

4.  Kernza - an alternative to wheat that does not need to be reseeded

https://krishijagran.com/agripedia/kernza-an-alternative-to-wheat-that-doesnt-need-replanting/

5.  Agrihoods becoming a reality in the US. 

Detroit can feed 2000 families. Other US cities joining in the shift. 

https://theheartysoul.com/first-sustainable-urban-agrihood/?fbclid=IwAR152-9m_fymP_ljiTkRqUp0FlkgnxrPflgcuRfHaQsal3vCwffGWFZEeZM

6.  Atlanta converts 7 acre into public fruit orchard

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/445202-atlanta-to-transform-7-acres-of-vacant-property-into-countrys-largest

Philanthropist:

7.  124 acre Bee Sanctuary in Mississippi

Morgan Freeman’s contribution

https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/03/20/morgan-freeman-converted-his-124-acre-ranch-into-a-giant-honeybee-sanctuary-to-save-the-bees/#7bcdc12fdfa5

Political Will:

8.  Kenya joins 39 African countries to ban plastic bags

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/28/kenya-brings-in-worlds-toughest-plastic-bag-ban-four-years-jail-or-40000-fine

9.  Getting paid to cycle to work

Luxembourg, Belgium Netherlands & France

http://cycling.today/more-than-400000-belgians-get-paid-to-cycle-to-work/

10.  India doubles it’s renewable energy in 3 years

https://qz.com/india/1475736/india-is-now-a-world-leader-in-renewable-energy/

11.  Switching to popular vote majority in 14 US states 

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/21/politics/nevada-senate-electoral-college/index.html

12.  Salvador bans round up - yet still for sale in Canada

https://sustainablepulse.com/2013/09/19/el-salvador-government-bans-roundup-over-deadly-kidney-disease/#.XO_EZi0ZNn0

Combating Pharma Greed:

13.  Colorado caps price of insulin

https://www.kcra.com/article/colorado-is-the-first-state-to-cap-skyrocketing-insulin-co-pays/27573802

Business Consciousness:

14.  Kingo Energy bringing solar to 60,000 low income and remote communities for $15/mnth

http://www.kingoenergy.com

15.  Morrisons, Britain’s  supermarket ban plastic from produce

https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/morrisons-the-first-supermarket-to-ban-fruit-plastic-packaging-1-4931199

16.  Dutch company can dye clothing without water by using CO2

http://www.dyecoo.com/co2-dyeing/

17.  Hemp wood factory in Kentucky, under construction saving Oak trees

https://hempwood.com

18.  1000 mopeds for rent in NYC

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-revel-moped-startup-launch-20190529-4r7zuj36ura6bnuqomli3eif2a-story.html

Hopeful Initiatives:

19.  Hamilton Ontario offering tiny homes to homeless

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/tiny-houses-1.4320161 

20.  Kroger. USA largest grocery chain plans to eliminates plastic bags in all 2779 stores

https://triblive.com/news/world/kroger-largest-grocery-chain-in-u-s-to-eliminate-plastic-bags/

21.  East-Timor will stop burning waste plastic by building a $40m plant to collect and convert it into liquid or gas

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-east-timor-to-become-worlds-first-plastic-neutral-nation/

22.  Philippines requires all graduates to plant 10 trees

https://www.sciencealert.com/philippines-passes-bill-requiring-graduating-students-to-plant-10-trees-before-graduating

23.  Vietnam converts wild grass into straws

https://www.greenmatters.com/p/wild-grass-straws-vietnam

24.  Costa Rice set to become the 1st Carbon Free country

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/7/17/17568190/costa-rica-renewable-energy-fossil-fuels-transportation

Saving Earth calls on each of us to do 4 things:

1. Stay wise to anti-planet actions 
2. Celebrate our small victories
3. Know that we are making a difference and Nature is on our side
4. Make your own action plan

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