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Feel-Good Friday, plus a tip for getting out wine stains.
Dear Reader,
We’re celebrating Earth Week this Feel-Good Friday with news of schools that are saving money while doing right by the environment. (No surprise to Dot. My mantra has long been that living “green” should be helping you keep more green in your wallet. Buy less stuff. Don’t waste what you have. Focus on conserving energy.) But Reasons to Be Cheerful reports that, even faced with cuts in government grants for purchasing greener vehicles and building more environmentally responsible buildings, schools around the U.S. are nonetheless finding ways to boost energy efficiency and lean in on renewable energy sources. Even better, they’re using their resulting savings to purchase supplies for students and pay teachers better.
Meanwhile, across the Western U.S., the Land-Back movement is returning ancestral lands to Indigenous communities, according to this article. California has pledged to bring 7.5 million acres (about 7% of the state) under tribal stewardship.
Also, renewable energy in the U.S. hit a record share of electricity, generating more than a third of US electricity in March 2026 for the first time, surpassing gas as wind and solar reached a record 26% combined share. Coal fell to just 12% — one of its lowest levels on record.
And in Canada, off the coast of British Columbia, Financial Times (with a headline Dot wishes she’d thought of — “Poetry in Ocean”) reports that marine life is rebounding in astonishing numbers. Referring just to the humpback whale, one marine biologist said, “It is absolutely extraordinary. It’s population growth coming back from the brink . . . it really is the return of the giants.”
Feel-Good news, indeed.
Positively,
Dot
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