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4 days ago · Here’s what you told us. No Matter Who Wins, Health Will Keep Improving on Common Ground. Positive developments in health are unfolding all around us, from the staying power of telemedicine to life-saving naloxone access. No Matter Who Wins, Workplaces Will Keep Getting More Equitable. Workplace conditions in the US have improved drastically ...
Cities Are Becoming More Like Sponges - Reasons to be Cheerful
May 30, 2023 · Adoption of the sponge city model is increasing globally, too. More than 100 “rain gardens” have been built in the Welsh city of Cardiff, which soak up 40,000 square meters of rainwater each year, lessening the burden on the sewer network. Philadelphia’s $4.5 billion Green City, Clean Waters plan, which will run until 2036, is already ...
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Reasons to be Cheerful was founded by artist and musician David Byrne, who believes in the power of approaching the world with curiosity—in art, in music, in collaboration and in life. Under the banner of Byrne’s nonprofit organization, Arbutus, Reasons to be Cheerful embodies this sensibility, applying it now to the future of our world.
The Year in Cheer - Reasons to be Cheerful
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.
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Aug 24, 2019 · David Byrne Launches Online Magazine ‘Reasons to Be Cheerful’. 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.”. As the former Talking Heads singer explains in the introductory video, he founded the website ...
The World Is Changing — So Can We - Reasons to be Cheerful
Mar 28, 2020 · It became a social norm. What is happening now is an opportunity to learn how to change our behavior. For many of us, our belief in the value of the collective good has eroded in recent decades. But in an emergency that can change quickly. During the Great Depression, new policies to protect the public were introduced.
How Giving Up Flying Helped Me Rediscover the World
Jul 28, 2022 · Helen on the Northern Belle from London to Kent and back in March 2020, just before pandemic restrictions took hold. Credit: Oliver Jarvis. Westlake’s Masters dissertation looked at the effect that individuals’ decision to stop flying for the climate had on others. The research looked at both climate leaders — including established environmental scientists and writer and activist George ...
How Four Cities Are Cooling Down Creatively - Reasons to be …
Aug 2, 2024 · A worker sprays a coat of cool paint on the roof of a building at the test site in Singapore. Credit: NTU Singapore. Currently, members of the country’s Institution of Engineers suggest a multifaceted approach to urban heat, including the incorporation of greenery and shade, since reflective paint is only one of the tools that helps to keep an entire city cool.
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Living Paradigms. A series about how the cultural practices of other societies, both past and present, can teach us how to prevent or solve problems.
David Byrne Launches Online Magazine ‘Reasons to Be Cheerful’
Aug 24, 2019 · Reasons to Be Cheerful launched Saturday, with Byrne contributing six stories so far, including “ India’s Tiny, Amazing Art Hub ” about the small city of Kochi and “ Doing the Right Thing Is Good for Business.”. Byrne’s longtime collaborator Brian Eno also penned an article titled “ The Necessity of Nuclear,” a response to Byrne ...