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Reasons to be Cheerful is a nonprofit online magazine that is tonic for tumultuous times. We tell stories that reveal that there are, in fact, a surprising number of reasons to feel cheerful. Many of these reasons come in the form of smart, proven, replicable solutions to the world’s most ...

Hello! And welcome to Reasons to Be Cheerful, a nonprofit solutions journalism project I started a couple of years ago as I was creating the show you’re about to see. While putting together American Utopia, I started to realize that there are people out there who are working to make...

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Aug 24, 2019 · Nearly two years after first announcing the project, David Byrne has launched an online magazine named Reasons to Be Cheerful that aims to be a “tonic for tumultuous times.”

Jan 2, 2025 · The South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project has been underway since 2003. Credit: Cris Benton. The Hopi tribe’s 2,000-year-old dry farming method allows them to grow a wide range of crops in an area that usually gets less than 10 inches of rain per year.. Forty-one heat pumps have been installed in Juneau, Alaska, thanks to the Alaska Carbon Reduction Fund.

Jan 1, 2024 · Working Bikes donations at Doffa Shop in Tanzania. Credit: Working Bikes. Eighty percent of new cars sold in Norway are electric.. The biggest dam removal project in US history — currently underway on the Klamath River — will open up 400 miles of fish habitat.. A New York program switching public housing tenants from gas to electric stoves led to a 35 percent drop in indoor NO2 concentrations.

Jan 1, 2021 · Credit: Pierre Prestat / Flickr. The hole in the ozone layer is expected to heal completely by 2030 in the northern hemisphere and mid-latitudes, by 2050 in the southern hemisphere and by 2060 at the poles.. In a 25 year period, homicides in North America and Western Europe fell by 46 percent.. In 2016, the only country in Europe to reimburse for PrEP, the once-a-day pill that can prevent HIV ...

Aug 21, 2023 · “The Great Recovery” illustration by Callie Ware. T he narrative we’ve been given is that countries across the world are buckling under the weight of a mental health crisis. But that’s not the full story. Yes, a mental health crisis is enveloping countries, cities and individuals, fueled by widespread system failures exacerbated by a multiyear pandemic.

Dec 18, 2024 · Readers! It’s our winter membership drive, and we’re very close to reaching our goal of raising $40,000 before the end of the year. Will you help us get there? Click here to become a member Click here to make a one-time donation During our winter membership drive, we’ve been asking...