With negative news about climate change being published every day, here are five positive environmental stories from all over the world that will brighten your day.

A 16-year-old girl turns plastic into ethical souvenirs

Sydney Steenland has been living on a boat since she was a little child. When travelling the world together with her parents, she noticed that no matter how beautiful the country she was visiting was, there would always be tonnes of unnecessary plastic laying around.

Sydney and her family made the decision to launch a social entrepreneurial project after seeing first-hand the magnitude of plastic waste in the waterways across the world. The Sea Monkey Project recycles used plastic and converts it into morally responsible souvenirs. The project has organised close to 10,000 educational seminars and recycled more than 22,500 items.

(Source: EuroNews.Culture, Image credit: Wen Chen)

A lost species of iguana spotted on Galapágos Islands.

A rare species of iguana has been “reborn” on the Galapágos Islands for the first time in nearly 200 years! It was thought the reptile was locally extinct, as the last available record mentioning the iguana from Santiago Island dates to 187 years ago.

However, thousands of the animals were brought back to the islands three years ago, and recent photos show that the lizard is reproducing again.

Galápagos National Park made the decision to reintroduce the species on Santiago Island in order to help in its protection. Fortunately, the mission ended with great success, resulting in over 3,000 new iguanas.

(Source: EuroNews.Green, Image credit: canva /demarfa)

World’s greenest football club crowned by United Nations

Forest Green Rowers is the world’s first football club to be fully carbon neutral. The English team is fuelled by a plant-based diet, uses a zero-emission electric bus, and is planning to build a 5,000-seat timber stadium, that will have the lowest carbon footprint in the world. In addition, the Nailsworth-based club’s extraordinary zebra kits are made from recycled plastic and waste coffee grounds!

(Source: Positive.News)

Palm oil alternative that will revolutionise the market

CLEAN is a sustainable and locally produced alternative to palm oil with a strong potential to reform the market. All the advantages of palm oil—a popular functional component in food and cosmetics—are present in the CLEAN palm. What’s fascinating about the product is that it doesn’t contribute to global deforestation, the extinction of species, or the loss of biodiversity.

(Source: Clean Food Group)

Red panda has been born in English zoo

Paradise Wildlife Park in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, welcomed a red panda cub in July. The Little Red was born to mother Tilly, and father Nam Pang who sadly died a month before the cub’s arrival. The parents were part of an international breeding programme for red pandas, and it was the first time in four years they had successfully conceived. Due to the passing of Little Red’s father, the zoo has referred its birth to ‘a symbol of hope’. The cub’s sex has not yet been determined by the keepers, but the zoo intends to do so when Little Red turns six months old.

(Source: BBC News, Image credit: Robert Killips)

We hope the positive stories from around the world have inspired you to implement some sustainable tricks into your life. We’ll be back in two weeks with a new round up of positive news.

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