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Plus, a tip for your climate-friendly freezer.
Dear Reader,
Dot delights in hearing from Readers. Last week, I shared Judith’s heartwarming story of treehugging in response to this Daily Dot titled Rooting for Trees. And today, I share a lovely note from Connie “from Cincy,” whose arbor love is a buckeye, transplanted from the compost pile from which it sprung. Connie wrote: “Dear Dot, My husband and I have lived with and planted trees for 61 years. A buckeye tree came up in our compost in the woods. We transplanted it and now it’s 20 feet tall and has 15 blooms. My friend in San Diego says I look young because I live under trees. It pains us to see trees being cut down.” (Dot’s note: Some buckeye is considered invasive in certain states, so if you’re inspired by Connie’s buckeye beauty, check here to ensure it’s safe to plant in your area.)
Here’s another Feel-Good bit of news about help for women in Bogotá, Colombia, where women do more than 10 hours a day of unpaid caregiving. In 2020, the city created neighborhood hubs where caregivers can get supportive care for children or elders, while also finding a bit of time for rest, doing laundry, or getting free legal advice, mental health support, and more. Vox, which reported that the initiative is spreading to Sierra Leone, Mexico, and the U.S., calls it a “radical experiment in caregiving.”
And get a load of this! According to Ember’s Global Electricity Review 2026, for the first time, clean energy has met all of the world’s growth in electricity demand. Even as electricity demand rose by 2.8%, every bit of that new demand was met by clean power, with the percentage of power generated by fossil fuel falling by 0.2%. As Fix the News put it, “The structural turning point we have spent so many decades waiting for has finally arrived. It is really, really good news. Take a moment to savour it.”
In response to the failed COP summits (and against the backdrop of the Iran War’s impact on fossil fuel availability and cost), Colombia and the Netherlands have gathered along with another 50 countries, in what’s being called a “coalition of the willing,” to chart a path toward a clean energy future.
Any Feel-Good news in your community? Tell Dot (and Readers) about it so we can share the joy.
Positively,
Dot
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