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hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 8m

Many facilities need steam, but making it is CO2-intensive. AtmosZero is working to scale production of its heat-pump boiler to help decarbonize industrial heat.

Inside the Colorado factory where AtmosZero is electrifying steam

Many facilities need steam, but making it is CO2-intensive. AtmosZero is working to scale production of its heat-pump boiler to help decarbonize…

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hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 10m

Cities and community groups are piloting new designs — wellness-focused campuses, intentional communities and policy shifts — to address the failures of the traditional shelter system.

How Cities Are Reimagining Shelter for People Who Are Homeless

Cities and community groups are piloting new designs — wellness-focused campuses, intentional communities and policy shifts — to address the failures of the traditional shelter system.

nextcity.org

hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 31m

A powerful image is emerging from the helicopter crash in East Sacramento, a group of strangers coming together to lift a helicopter and save lives after a crash on a local freeway.
Video from the night of the crash shows more than a dozen people working side by side to free trapped crew members.

www.9news.com

hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 34m

In 2022, the company rolled out the special LEGO kits and donated them to radiology departments around the world. Since then, over one million children have used the toys, which feature a scanner, patient bed, waiting room, procedure room, staff minifigures, and medical accessories.

LEGO donates MRI scanner toys to children in hospitals. New research finds they really reduce anxiety

New data shows that doctors were 46% less likely to need to sedate patients after they played with the toys.

www.goodgoodgood.co

hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 36m

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation announced a $50 million donation to Atlanta’s historically Black colleges and universities on Monday, aiming to close financial aid gaps that might otherwise prevent students from completing their degrees.

Home Depot founder Arthur Blank donates $50 million to Atlanta’s historically Black colleges and universities via foundation | Fortune

The billionaire has committed to giving at least half his wealth away via the Giving Pledge and his family foundation has donated over $1.5 billion to date.

fortune.com

hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 39m

Norway's soccer federation says it "cannot remain indifferent" to humanitarian suffering in Gaza and will donate any profits from an upcoming World Cup qualifying game against Israel to aid work there.

Norway to donate profits vs. Israel to Gaza aid

Ahead of a World Cup qualifier with Israel, Norway's soccer federation says it "cannot remain indifferent" to humanitarian suffering in Gaza.

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hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 41m

While we're most familiar with fungi's mushrooms and moldy fuzz, these are actually the organism's reproductive parts. Fungi comprise mainly of a network of filaments called mycelium.... It's this fibrous, layered network that has made fungi such an exciting biomaterial to explore.

Bandages Made From Living Fungi Could Be The Future of Wound Healing

Fungi are best known for returning dead, organic matter to the Earth, but materials scientists are exploring whether they could someday help our bodies repair, in the form of special hydrogels.

www.sciencealert.com

hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 44m

The closure of the New Hampshire facility paves the way for its owner to press ahead with an initiative to transform the site into a clean energy complex including solar panels and battery storage systems.

New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule

Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.

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hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 48m

More than 2.5 million North Carolina residents are getting over $6.5 billion in medical debt eliminated through a state government effort that offered hospitals extra Medicaid funds if they gave low- and middle-income patients the financial relief and policies to discourage future liabilities.

North Carolina effort wipes out $6.5B in medical debt for 2.5M people

Officials say a North Carolina government initiative is eliminating over $6.5 billion in medical debt for more than 2.5 million residents.

apnews.com

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hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 2h

Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley has been identified as India’s first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Program .... India now has 13 sites in UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

Spiti valley becomes India’s first cold desert biosphere reserve

Spiti valley becomes India’s first cold desert biosphere reserve Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley has been identified as India’s first Cold Desert Biosphere Rese

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hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 2h

Our study used smartphone photography to collect data. We connected with peatland researchers around the world via social media and word of mouth and asked them to collect photographs of their peatlands during 2021 and 2022. We gathered more than 3,700 photographs from 27 peatlands in 10 countries.

Harnessing technology and global collaboration to understand peatlands

The PeatPic Project used over 3,700 smartphone photographs from 27 peatlands in 10 countries to gather data about how climate change is impacting them.

theconversation.com

hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 2h

Though the native population disappeared more than 100 years ago, recent events lead me to believe that flamingos may be coming back to the Sunshine State, and that their return has been facilitated by the concerted effort to restore the Everglades and coastal ecosystems.

Flamingos are making a home in Florida again after 100 years – an ecologist explains why they may be returning for good

The gradual return of flamingos to Florida coincides with long-term efforts to restore the Everglades and the state’s coastal ecosystems.

theconversation.com

hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 2h

Victoria will be among 130+ cities in 21 countries to host a Giving Machine...
with 30 gift ideas ranging from a hot soup lunch or protein shake for a student or unhoused stranger to safety aids for a senior or water purification tablets for someone in need on a different continent.

Oct 15 - Orca numbers treading water

Tiny Town to close

newsletter.capitaldaily.ca

hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 2h

The Light the World Giving Machine initiative will continue in the 2025 Christmas season.

Light the World: 490,000 Donations in 2024 Bring Hope to Many Worldwide

From November through December 2024, the bright red Light the World Giving Machines illuminated 107 cities across 13 countries on five continents, inspiring over 850,000 visitors to donate more than 4...

newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org

hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 2h

The beer industry has come a long way in making room for women and people of color, Blair said. But there's still a long way to go, and it starts with breweries looking inward to identify barriers and discriminatory practices in hiring, professional development and daily work.

These women are changing the boys' club of beer

Some women working in beer say they have to work harder to make their voices heard, but say the industry is changing for the better.

www.usatoday.com

hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 3h

Edwin Castro is one of the biggest investors snapping up destroyed properties—and he wants to lead in rebuilding his hometown of Altadena/

He Won the $2 Billion Powerball. Now He’s Buying Up Lots Burned in the L.A. Fires.

Edwin Castro is one of the biggest investors snapping up destroyed properties—and he wants to lead in rebuilding his hometown of Altadena.

www.wsj.com

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hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 3h

“By working with BioNTech and the European Commission, we’re supporting a future where vaccines are produced in Africa, for Africa. This partnership is a major step forward for health, jobs, and innovation across the continent.”

EIB and European Commission join forces with BioNTech to build a sustainable vaccine ecosystem in Africa

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission (EC) are teaming up with BioNTech to help advance a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine manufacturing facility in Kigali, Rwanda. To support thi...

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hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 3h

Rainforests are powerful carbon sinks and crucial to climate stability. A pioneering effort to protect them involves providing cash to forest communities so they don’t need to accept offers from loggers

The bold model stopping deforestation in its tracks

A pioneering effort to protect rainforests involves providing no-strings-attached cash to forest communities

www.positive.news

hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 3h

A pioneering drone seeding initiative in southwest England – one of the largest of its kind using native tree seeds to date –
has seen high-tech drones scatter 75,000 seeds across the Bodmin landscape in Cornwall.

Drone tree-seeding trial could ‘revolutionise’ the expansion of rainforests say exponents

The UK’s largest woodland conservation charity is enlisting technology's help to plant thousands of trees

www.positive.news

hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 3h

The trust has announced a £2.8m appeal to buy the forest and fund its restoration. The habitat is one of two locations in the UK that are home to an internationally rare lichen, and has the potential to support threatened species such as bats, otters and dormice.

From Brazil to Britain: rainforest guardians unite in a bid to heal the land

Indigenous leaders from the Amazon have joined UK conservationists in Dartmoor, offering a message of hope for rainforest restoration

www.positive.news

hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 3h

They were inspired by The Size of Wales, an environmental charity founded as an antidote to repeated media use of ‘the size of Wales’ as a unit to measure the destruction of natural habitats.

Planting English trees to protect the Peruvian rainforest - Positive News

When a group of Positive News readers in Herefordshire found themselves despairing at the destruction of the rainforest, they decided to do something about it

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hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 9h

“Green turtles had a strong August, bringing the season total to 61,708 nests,” Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute shared in a Facebook post. “While still behind the record 72,982 nests set in 2023, this is the second-highest green turtle total on record for Florida.”

Florida’s leatherback sea turtles rebound to record high, following devastating hurricane season

An annual report from Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute is giving experts hope for turtle populations after the triple impact of Debby, Helene, and Milton.

www.goodgoodgood.co

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hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 10h

"A unique community in Chester in northern England, brings multiple generations together to encourage learning and connection. We explore how young children in the onsite nursery benefit from the time, attention and vocabulary skills offered by the older adults."

BBC Audio | People Fixing the World | The preschool in a retirement home

How young and old can benefit from living side by side

www.bbc.com

hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 10h

Clean energy jobs grew three times faster than the rest of the economy last year, according to a new analysis. But growth slowed markedly compared to the previous year as clean tech firms braced for a shift in U.S. energy policy.

More Americans Working in Clean Energy Than as Servers or Cashiers

e360.yale.edu

hopebuilding @hopebuilding.bsky.social · 10h

Once a whale surfaces, the drone’s petri dishes collect mist from its blowhole, capturing genetic material, reproductive hormones and signs of disease.

Dogs and drones: how scientists are saving Washington’s endangered orcas

Experts are finding new and more humane ways to protect the last 74 southern resident killer whales

www.theguardian.com