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- The Towns Outsmarting Airbnb https://reasonstobecheerful.world/the-towns-outsmarting-airbnb/ 108 comments
- Medellín's Green Corridors https://reasonstobecheerful.world/green-corridors-medellin-colombia-urban-heat/ 87 comments
- Some U.S. cities are banning gas-powered leaf blowers https://reasonstobecheerful.world/make-america-rake-again-leaf-blower-bans/ 120 comments
- For Indigenous Peoples with Deep Ties to the Land, Climate Change Is Personal https://reasonstobecheerful.world/indigenous-peoples-climate-change-mental-health/ 2 comments
- Waste coffee husk turned into a wonder material key to mitigating climate change https://reasonstobecheerful.world/netzero-coffee-husks-biochar-climate-reduce-emissions/ 10 comments
- Bamboo, ‘The Green Steel of the 21st Century’ https://reasonstobecheerful.world/bamboo-building-construction-hong-kong/ 7 comments
- Our Solar Powered Future Is Already China’s Reality https://reasonstobecheerful.world/china-solar-power-green-transition/ 2 comments
- When Stockton gave people cash, they got jobs https://reasonstobecheerful.world/when-a-city-gave-people-cash-they-went-out-and-got-jobs/ 80 comments
- The Era of the Wood Skyscraper Is Arriving https://reasonstobecheerful.world/the-age-of-the-wood-skyscraper-is-arriving 40 comments
- Europe Is Guaranteeing Citizens the Right to Repair https://reasonstobecheerful.world/europe-guarantee-right-to-repair-ifixit/ 356 comments
- Japan’s ‘Disaster Parks’ https://reasonstobecheerful.world/japans-disaster-parks-help-explain-its-coronavirus-response/ 11 comments
- Pontevedra, Spain’s Happy Little Carless City https://reasonstobecheerful.world/spains-happy-little-carless-city/ 81 comments
- The Necessity of Nuclear https://reasonstobecheerful.world/divest-update/ 188 comments
- The EU Just Banned Microplastics. How Are Companies Replacing Them? https://reasonstobecheerful.world/microplastics-europe-ban-natural-alternatives/ 35 comments environment
- Cars are vanishing from Paris: the share of journeys made by car in the city has fallen by nearly half, and the trend is only accelerating https://reasonstobecheerful.world/cars-are-vanishing-from-paris/ 54 comments europe
- For Indigenous Peoples With Deep Ties to the Land, Climate Change Is Personal https://reasonstobecheerful.world/indigenous-peoples-climate-change-mental-health/ 2 comments environment
- Wind Power's Explosive Growth Is Blowing Past Green Energy Goals https://reasonstobecheerful.world/texas-wind-power-renewables-future/ 4 comments worldnews
- The New Livestock Farm Is a Forest, Too https://reasonstobecheerful.world/silvopasture-ancient-farm-practice-renaissance/ 4 comments worldnews
- Bicycles Now Outnumber Cars in London's Rush Hour https://reasonstobecheerful.world/bicycles-now-outnumber-cars-in-londons-rush-hour/ 15 comments environment
- Seed-Planting Drones Are Reforesting Canada With Lightning Speed https://reasonstobecheerful.world/drone-tree-planting-reforesting-after-wildfires/ 7 comments environment
- The New Generation of Hydropower Dams Let Fish Swim Straight Through https://reasonstobecheerful.world/hydroelectric-dam-turbines-fish-friendly/ 17 comments futurology
- “Floatovoltaic” Power Plants — Floating Solar Farms Are a Game Changer https://reasonstobecheerful.world/floating-solar-farms-green-energy-portugal/ 14 comments renewableenergy
- How Norway Popularized an Ultra-Sustainable Heating Method - No other country has more heat pumps per capita, a cheap, highly efficient tool to keep homes warm — and carbon footprints small. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/heat-pumps-norway-efficiency-emissions/ 27 comments energy
- How Norway Popularized an Ultra-Sustainable Heating Method - No other country has more heat pumps per capita, a cheap, highly efficient tool to keep homes warm — and carbon footprints small. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/heat-pumps-norway-efficiency-emissions/ 7 comments climate
- What Growing Up in Rural Germany Taught Me about Guns https://reasonstobecheerful.world/what-growing-up-in-rural-germany-taught-me-about-gun-control/ 43 comments europe
- Shifting Winds - A new kind of cash crop is turning gusty Iowa into a renewable energy juggernaut — and preserving a rural way of life. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/shifting-winds/ 4 comments energy
- How Sweden Sends Just 1% of Its Trash to Landfills - The country incinerates nearly half its garbage to create the energy that powers its homes and buildings. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/waste-to-energy-sweden-power-plants/ 166 comments environment
- In Austria, the Government Pays to Repair Your Stuff - Taking the “right to repair” one step further, a Viennese repair bonus is going national — and keeping thousands of items out of the junkyard https://reasonstobecheerful.world/in-austria-the-government-pays-to-repair-your-stuff/ 3 comments environment
- In Austria, the Government Pays to Repair Your Stuff - Taking the “right to repair” one step further, a Viennese repair bonus is going national — and keeping thousands of items out of the junkyard https://reasonstobecheerful.world/in-austria-the-government-pays-to-repair-your-stuff/ 8 comments technology
- A Republican Suburb Designed for Cyclists https://reasonstobecheerful.world/a-republican-suburb-designed-for-cyclists/ 10 comments bicycling
- For the First Time, Scientists are Mimicking the Sounds of a Healthy Ocean to Help Rebuild Reefs and Underwater Habitat https://reasonstobecheerful.world/fish-sounds-ocean-coral-reefs/ 132 comments futurology
- Doctors Are Soothing Pain with Virtual Reality Worlds - Some patients are undergoing difficult procedures while surrounded by fluffy bouncing bears and winter wonderlands. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/doctors-are-soothing-pain-with-virtual-reality-worlds/ 4 comments technology
- Would this actually work well? It seems too good to be true https://reasonstobecheerful.world/reflective-white-streets-urban-heat-island-effect/ 8 comments environment
- L.A.’s New Reflective Streets Bounce Heat Back into Space - The air in these neighborhoods is getting cooler — with huge implications for sweltering cities worldwide. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/reflective-white-streets-urban-heat-island-effect/ 813 comments futurology
- World's Largest Seagrass Project Proves "You Can Actually Restore the Oceans" https://reasonstobecheerful.world/worlds-largest-seagrass-project-proves-you-can-actually-restore-the-oceans/ 23 comments environment
- Don't Toss It, Fix It! Europe Is Guaranteeing Citizens the "Right to Repair" https://reasonstobecheerful.world/europe-guarantee-right-to-repair-ifixit/ 16 comments worldnews
- Europe Is Guaranteeing Citizens the "Right to Repair" https://reasonstobecheerful.world/europe-guarantee-right-to-repair-ifixit/ 20 comments europe
- Don't Toss It, Fix It! Europe Is Guaranteeing Citizens the "Right to Repair" https://reasonstobecheerful.world/europe-guarantee-right-to-repair-ifixit/ 487 comments europe
- Don't Toss It, Fix It! Europe Is Guaranteeing Citizens the "Right to Repair" https://reasonstobecheerful.world/europe-guarantee-right-to-repair-ifixit/ 11 comments technology
- Vancouver Gave Its Homeless $5,800. It Changed Their Lives. https://reasonstobecheerful.world/vancouver-gave-its-homeless-5800-it-changed-their-lives/ 87 comments worldnews
Linking pages
- Fun is dead. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2023/12/23/fun-is-dead/ 35 comments
- Fun is dead. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/of-interest/2023/12/23/fun-is-dead/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzAzNzM5NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzA1MTIxOTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDM3Mzk2MDAsImp0aSI6IjA5MDFlM2JkLTE2NDgtNGU3MC1hOTFlLTc3NGQ2NmQ5ZTY0OSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9zdHlsZS9vZi1pbnRlcmVzdC8yMDIzLzEyLzIzL2Z1bi1pcy1kZWFkLyJ9.oIeMSl5tBAjQF6kU6o4TkXrHp3QIEXAhaBx455L_R3s 1 comment
- How Taiwan's 'civic hackers' helped find a new way to run the country | Technology | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/27/taiwan-civic-hackers-polis-consensus-social-media-platform 0 comments