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Our weekly roundup of climate good news.
Dear Reader,
Dot has some fascinating Feel-Good news for you today in this, our weekly reminder that inspiration and innovations are everywhere.
Let’s start on the Charles River, which, as Bluedot reported last year, has been cleaned up enough that people (like our reporter Caroline Sörbom) can eat the fish they catch in it. Inside Climate News confirms the river’s improved health, noting an abundance of herring and, consequently, herring gulls, along with other wildlife that’s now populating the river and its shores. Dot loves a good cleanup!
Meanwhile, NPR brings us an incredible story of mutual care. “Sunflower stars are one of the Pacific Ocean's most endangered sea creatures,” the story tells us. “For the past year, University of Washington researchers have worked closely with the Samish Indian Nation to bring this 24-armed creature back from the brink of extinction after a vast underwater pandemic nearly wiped it out.” While many of us have never seen a sunflower star, one researcher describes them as “very charismatic. They have little eyespots at the end of their arms. They’re always looking at you.”
The story is harrowing and the pizza-sized sea creatures need plenty of allies. But the Samish tribe is doing its part!
And let’s cheer for (and also emulate) the Gen Z-led “Flamingo Revolution,” which arose in response to a real estate development threat to Albania’s spectacular Sazan Island and the Narta Lagoon. Roughly a quarter of a million young people took to the streets to say “hell, no!”, and the government took heed, halting construction and now investigating the underlying land deal itself.
And thanks to Bluedot for another great story, this one highlighting a bike bus that’s like a rolling disco for kids. Give it a read!
Positively,
Dot
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