UnkNuk Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 9 hours ago, Ilunga said: It upsets me that people go hungry. It upsets me that one third of the food we produce does not get eaten. So this makes me very happy. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/rescued-food-market-vancouver-sells-food-saved-from-landfills-at-pay-what-you-feel-prices/ In your hometown. From the article: "...58% of all food produced in Canada becomes waste." That is incredible. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 4petesake Posted September 30, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2021 Simple gestures with big meaning to little kids. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 As the story states in the midst of all the BS good can be found https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/taliban-gives-permission-for-afghan-youth-scout-program-to-continue/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 12:52 PM, UnkNuk said: From the article: "...58% of all food produced in Canada becomes waste." That is incredible. That's why some stores started those "imperfect veggies" section. When I worked at a compost site, we used to get peppers, etc that looked, felt, and probably tasted perfect but they didn't pass quality control set by stores as a funny shaped or colored pepper would end up never getting grabbed and thrown out anyways. Used to get 40 yards bins of them all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 11 hours ago, Ilunga said: As the story states in the midst of all the BS good can be found https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/taliban-gives-permission-for-afghan-youth-scout-program-to-continue/ From the article: Quote After the Taliban resumed power, refugees poured into parks around Kabul. It was a situation Hamkar and his scouts were born to solve. Gathering up tents, sleeping bags, and other emergency supplies, they created a safe, functioning campsite where 45 displaced families could get shelter, and receive food and water. When the Taliban heard about what was going on, they accused Hamkar of teaching Christianity, an allegation that was easy enough for him to disprove. Soon after, the Taliban government issued the all-clear for PARSA to continue its work, which included the scouts returning to the streets and outskirts of Kabul to lend a helping hand, and presumably, to continue stacking up their merit badges. Okay, as long as it's not a Christian that's helping out suffering people. That's the important thing here! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 48 minutes ago, UnkNuk said: From the article: Okay, as long as it's not a Christian that's helping out suffering people. That's the important thing here! I created this thread to find the good- positive things our species is capable of. The important thing to me about that article was that the kids were still allowed to be scouts and they were helping others. Social media is $#@$## up. All people want to talk about is the bad things that happen. Posters continually insult other teams and their players saying things they would never courage to say to their faces. We have been back in lockdown for months now. Mine and many others mental health is deteriorating. My 8 year old son is suffering severe anxiety,he has had a meltdown each of the last 3 days he has been with me for the school holidays. Please try and keep things positive in this thread. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 27 minutes ago, Ilunga said: I created this thread to find the good- positive things our species is capable of. The important thing to me about that article was that the kids were still allowed to be scouts and they were helping others. Social media is $#@$## up. All people want to talk about is the bad things that happen. Posters continually insult other teams and their players saying things they would never courage to say to their faces. We have been back in lockdown for months now. Mine and many others mental health is deteriorating. My 8 year old son is suffering severe anxiety,he has had a meltdown each of the last 3 days he has been with me for the school holidays. Please try and keep things positive in this thread. Noted. I didn't mean to rain on anyone's parade. But that part of the story irked me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 1 hour ago, UnkNuk said: Noted. I didn't mean to rain on anyone's parade. But that part of the story irked me. No offense intended my friend. I understand your frustration. I have a great deal of respect for you. I myself am guilty of finding the worst of our species at times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/laurie-fenby-reunited-a-farm-worker-with-his-lost-wallet/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/a-kilt-a-cart-and-a-husky-scotsman-learning-lots-about-kindness-canada-on-adventure-of-a-lifetime/ar-AAP5SFw?ocid=msedgntp With around 5,000 kilometres under his kilt, Michael Yellowlees is on his third pair of shoes. His dog Luna trotting at his side, Yellowlees has been pushing his improvised cart along the shoulder of the Trans-Canada highway since March. "We'rewalking 40 or 50 kilometres every day," Yellowlees said. "But we're living an adventure of a lifetime. Canada is such a beautiful country in so many ways." Man and dog are walking west to east, from Tofino, B.C., to Cape Spear, N.L., which they hope to reach sometime in December. Their journey is to raise money for Trees for Life, a charity based in Scotland dedicated to "rewilding" the Scottish Highlands. According to the charity, only 2 per cent of the original forests in the highlands of Scotland remain. "If you ever go to Scotland, you walk in the Highlands and you'll see it's a very barren landscape," Yellowlees said. "I've always found it a very sad landscape, walking through it. And then you find out it should be forested from coast to coast and be bursting with life, and you start to go, 'OK, well, we need to fix this.'" Yellowlees hopes to do exactly that, and so far he's collected more than $25,000 on his walk. Why Canada? Yellowlees, who turned 32 on the road and celebrated with a steak each for him and Luna, got the idea for the walk last year when he was working at a sled dog company on the west coast. That was also when he met Luna — a seven-year-old Alaskan husky and former lead dog of a sled team. "This is a kind of retirement for her," Yellowlees said with a smile. %7B© Nick Purdon/CBC Yellowlees and Luna walk along a trail beside the Trans-Canada highway near Petawawa, Ont. Man and dog left Tofino, B.C., last March and hope to reach Cape Spear, N.L., some time this winter. Yellowlees says the reason he decided to walk across Canada is pretty simple. "You've got wilderness here, and that we don't have in Scotland anymore," he said. "We've lost it over the last few hundred years. The ecology in Scotland has been eroded and we're kind of left with the bare bones." His eyes light up as he explains one of the greatest experiences he's had to date on the walk. "Just the other night I'm hearing wolves howling, and for me that's like a bucket-list moment. That was spine-tingling and something that I really hope that Scotland will have in the future." Rock star on the road The journey is striking a chord with people across Canada. Theresa-Jane Snyder drove a couple of hundred kilometers down the highway to take a care package to Yellowlees and Luna after she found out about them online. "I think it's just brilliant," Snyder said. "I'm just inspired by him, by choosing Canada to walk across!" This is the effect Yellowlees has. All day long people honk and holler and stop to offer him food or water. "People have just been glorious — right from the get go," Yellowlees said. "The amount of times they've just lifted us up in our spirit — it's totally just carried us along." Darla Stewart recently spent the day peeking out her windows and watching the road from her home in Point Alexander, Ont., so as not to miss Yellowlees and Luna. When she finally caught sight of them she waved them across the highway to her house. %7B© Nick Purdon/CBC Yellowlees chats with Darla Stewart on her driveway in Point Alexander, Ont. Stewart found out about Yellowlees and Luna online and spent the day waiting for them to pass her house. As they chat, Stewart fills Luna's bowl three times with water. "This is what we do. This is the Ottawa Valley," Stewart said. "We call people in. We feed them. We put them on their way. That's what people do here." Stewart invites Yellowlees for a meal, but he declines as he has already fallen a little behind schedule. He and Luna have to keep walking. Stewart waves from her driveway — smiling. "He's had long days, hard days, hot days, cold nights, and it's going to get worse before he gets where he's going. It's just uplifting," Stewart said. "I'm like a mom. You want to make sure they're safe along the way and they're not hungry." Yellowlees continues on his way, and as the sun begins to set he turns down another stranger's offer — this time a place to stay. %7B© Nick Purdon/CBC Yellowlees speaks with Peter Selander, a.k.a. Bicycle Pete, in Deep River, Ont. Dozens of Canadians stop to chat and bring food and water to Yellowlees and Luna every day. 'I knew this would be a trip of human kindness,' Yellowlees said. Still, after only a few more kilometres Yellowlees and Luna are exhausted. It's anything but glamorous, but Yellowlees turns his cart away from the highway and finds a secluded spot of grass just behind a gas station. He pulls out his sleeping pad and lies down under the stars. He calls Luna over and she lies down next to him. "You think of giving up all the time you know — all the way across," he said before shutting his eyes. "You have moments of going, 'Oh, I don't know if I can do this,' especially early on when you have such a long road ahead of you," he said. "There's always these doubts. So you dream about giving up." Four-legged inspiration After only a few hours of rest, Yellowlees is awake. Each morning he carefully wraps Luna's front paws and slips on the booties she's started to wear to protect her from the hard pavement. Then they're back on the road committed to walking another 40 to 50 km. On days like this when he's tired, Yellowlees says with a smirk that he tries to convince himself that he's just taking his dog for a walk — a very very long walk. In the end, Yellowlees says it's Luna who keeps him going. "She's the motivator in all of this. She's the one pulling us along," Yellowlees said. "The mornings where I'm laying in bed just sort of wanting to give up, she's the one licking me in the face and telling me, 'Hey, come on, let's get. Let's get moving.'" There have been lots of highs and beautiful moments on the road, but Yellowlees is clear about when he hit rock bottom. He was on remote stretch of road east of Fort Frances, Ont., and Luna ran off. Yellowlees searched for days in the deep bush but he couldn't find her. "It was the worst week of my life," he said. "I was grieving her. I thought I'd lost her. And I've got to be honest, I was a mess." Yellowlees says he never gave up hope that he'd be reunited with his companion, and he put the word out on social media. Finally, on the seventh day, someone found Luna and they were reunited. "I just got the most beautiful, beautiful hug from her. She came over, just gave me the most beautiful hug," remembers Yellowlees. "Then she fell asleep, fell asleep in my arms. What an amazing dog, you know?" %7B© Nick Purdon/CBC Luna is an Alaskan husky Yellowlees met in Tofino, B.C., where he worked for a dog-sledding operation last winter. 'Luna is absolutely everything to me,' he said, 'she's been a superstar through it all.' Luna was in rough shape when she returned — thin, exhausted and dehydrated. She was still wearing her leash and Yellowlees wonders if she got it snagged somewhere in the forest and that was why she didn't come back. What is it that people say about absence and the heart? "I just couldn't imagine life without her now. My life wouldn't be the same going forward," Yellowlees said. He plans to take Luna back to Scotland with him when he finally returns. State of the planet Yellowlees has had plenty of time to think on his journey, and he says his thoughts often turn to climate change and the state of the planet. He says there's a parallel between his journey and the work that needs to be done to solve the issue. "We've got a long road ahead of us to get things back in balance," he said. Yellowlees says he is part dreamer and part realist. He understands that raising money by walking across Canada won't solve the climate crisis, and so he tries to raise awareness of the issue with the people he meets on the road. %7B© Nick Purdon/CBC Yellowlees shakes hands with a couple who brought him a care package along Highway 17 near Pembroke, Ont. 'People have just been glorious - right from the get go,' said Yellowlees. Nancy Rose read about Yellowlees' journey online and drove out to find him. On the side of the highway they chat about Scotland and the Canadian wilderness, and then Yellowlees nudges the discussion toward climate change. "With the climate crisis maybe we can blame the government, we can blame whomever," Yellowlees said. "But until we start to say 'we need to change this,' nothing will really happen." Rose nods her head. "You are just an amazing person," she said. "I think there should be more Michaels and Lunas in the world!" %7B© Nick Purdon/CBC While Yellowlees has raised more than $25,000 for a charity called Trees for Life, he also hopes his walk will raise awareness about climate change. 'We've got a long road ahead of us to fix things and get things back in balance,' he said. 'We can't give up.' Soon enough, dog and redhead are back on the road heading east, one step at a time. Yellowlees says he feels blessed to have witnessed the beauty of Canada from a unique perspective, and he has a message for Canadians about our wilderness. "Look after what you have here. It's so, so precious and so important, and not only just look after it. Give back to it as well, be proactive in restoring it and looking after it. "We can't give up. This is the future of the planet, so we can't give up." 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 57 and still giving and getting great..... And I'm an Aussie https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/4-in-10-older-americans-say-theyve-had-best-sex-of-their-lives/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 This makes me feel really good. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/prison-inmates-learned-to-quilt-and-now-make-foster-kid-gifts/ Criminal's actually being rehabilitated and giving back to society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Monahan Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 10/3/2021 at 9:01 AM, gurn said: Their journey is to raise money for Trees for Life, a charity based in Scotland dedicated to "rewilding" the Scottish Highlands This sounds like a plot line from Arrested Development or something 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 People looking after people. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/non-profits-build-tiny-homes-for-homeless-in-volunteers-own-backyards/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4petesake Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 How about a little good or at least hopeful news on the renewable energy and climate change front. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyjack Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 (edited) cool movies make me feel good. I love fapping and often watch adult videos at https://www.foxporn.me with hot cheeks. Personally it's the best way for me to get rid of stress and relax. Plus all vids are free, what could be better. Edited December 13, 2021 by luckyjack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 This makes me feel good.... https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/02/americas/australian-police-cleo-smith-intl/index.html Quote A 4-year-old girl allegedly abducted from her family's tent at a campsite in remote Western Australia more than two weeks ago has been found alive. Cleo Smith was found by police in a house not far from her own home in Carnarvon, a small town about 30 miles (48 kilometers) from the campsite, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, Western Australia police said. A 36-year-old man with "no family connection" is in police custody, WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson told ABC Radio Perth. Cleo had been missing since October 16, when her mother woke to find her gone at the start of a family camping trip to the Quobba Blowholes, a popular recreational spot on the coast. She had been sleeping just feet away from her mother, stepfather and baby sister. Cleo's disappearance triggered a massive police search that initially covered several square kilometers around the site and later extended nationwide as alerts were issued for sightings of the girl. Weeks of painstaking detective work uncovered a clue late Tuesday, which prompted officers to execute a search warrant on the home in the early hours of Wednesday, on what would have been day 19 of Cleo's disappearance. "We were looking for a needle in a haystack and we found it, that led us to what happened at 12:46 a.m. this morning," Deputy Police Commissioner Col Blanch told 6PR radio. Earlier Blanch said in a Facebook video that police broke into a locked house in Carnarvon about 1 a.m. local time (1 p.m. ET) and found a child who identified herself as Cleo. One of the officers who found her picked the child up and asked her name, Blanch said. She replied, "My name is Cleo," he said. "This is the outcome we all hoped and prayed for," he added. Cleo Smith's mother, Ellie Smith, posted to Instagram: "Our family is whole again." In the days after Cleo's disappearance, her tearful mother described the last moment she saw her daughter in the tent. Smith said Cleo had woken at 1:30 a.m. and asked her for a drink of water before going back to sleep. When Smith woke again at 6 a.m., Cleo was gone. Cleo's sleeping bag was also missing and the zip on the tent was at such a height that police surmised she had been abducted. Cleo was last seen sleeping in a red and black sleeping bag and was wearing a pink/purple one-piece sleep-suit with a blue and yellow pattern. Smith and her partner, Jake Gliddon, made public appeals for help to find their child. Less than one week into the search, the Western Australia government also offered a reward of 1 million Australian dollars ($750,000) for information leading to her. Few clues emerged in the weeks leading up to Cleo's discovery. Police had issued calls for the driver of a vehicle seen heading south on the main road from the campsite to Carnarvon to come forward. As of Tuesday, police hadn't revealed if they had found the vehicle. Earlier this week, police sorted through hundreds of bags of trash collected from roadside bins north and south of the campsite where Cleo went missing. Officers also started visiting homes in the Carnarvon area, looking for any sign of the girl. Blanch, the deputy police commissioner, told 6PR radio that Cleo's rescue marked the end of 18 days of painstaking investigative work, involving a taskforce of 100 officers who gathered "massive amounts of evidence." A lead emerged late on Tuesday night, which led officers to the Carnarvon address, he said. Cleo was alone in the house at the time and appeared to be in good physical health. "They were using public support and the pressure that they were leveraging through the media, to put pressure on people or maybe around the offender who may have known something," she said. It's unclear if anyone has claimed the reward offered by police for information. Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan said he received a message from the state's police commissioner in the middle of the night informing him Cleo had been found. He also sent an image of Cleo sitting in a hospital bed, smiling, McGowan added. "This is great news and uplifting for the entire country and especially for those people who put their heart and soul into finding little Cleo," McGowan said. "And I know they're so proud and pleased of what has been achieved." Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison described the news as "wonderful" on his official Twitter account. "What wonderful, relieving news," he said. "Cleo Smith has been found and is home safe and sound. Our prayers answered. Thank you to the many police officers involved in finding Cleo and supporting her family." "When she said 'My name is Cleo,' I don't think there was a dry eye in the house," he added. "I have seen seasoned detectives openly crying with relief. I am speechless which is very rare ... this is something we all hoped in our hearts, and it has come true." Blanch said Cleo was being examined by medical professionals and support was being offered to her relieved parents. Xanthe Mallett, a criminologist from the University of Newcastle in New South Wales, said Cleo's recovery after so long was "extraordinary" and that the chances of finding a missing child after a suspected abduction by a stranger were "very low." "When a child goes missing, especially after this length of time, everyone was thinking the worst, and it's just such an amazing outcome," she said. Mallett said Western Australia Police appeared to be closing in on Cleo earlier this week by releasing only small and apparently strategic amounts of information to the public. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share Posted November 3, 2021 1 hour ago, RUPERTKBD said: This makes me feel good.... https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/02/americas/australian-police-cleo-smith-intl/index.html Yes I have been anxious myself about this family. What a freakin nightmare. It brought up memories of Lindy Chamberlain and her family. So glad Cleo has been found and she is according to reports, alright. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted November 4, 2021 Author Share Posted November 4, 2021 These kind of stories always pull at my heart strings https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/after-senior-had-no-candy-for-trick-or-treaters-the-kids-returned-with-gifts-for-her/ 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 On 11/2/2021 at 11:55 PM, Ilunga said: Yes I have been anxious myself about this family. What a freakin nightmare. It brought up memories of Lindy Chamberlain and her family. So glad Cleo has been found and she is according to reports, alright. Thought you might be interested in this, my friend: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now