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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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