> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://primonatura.co.uk/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # 44 Positive Environmental Success Stories — October 2026 - URL: https://primonatura.co.uk/positive-environmental-stories-031/ - Published: 2026-11-01T11:00:51.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-01T11:00:50.000Z - Author: Primo Natura - Tags: Positive News The media has an important role to play in combatting climate doom. Therefore, this monthly news round up of positive environmental and climate change news, is designed to spark joy and show that progress is being made. We pick two positive headlines a day, ranging from renewable energy and preservation to eco-innovation, and arrange the articles according to their publication date. We also include some dates related to nature and wildlife for your calendar. 💡 **Under each day is a few positive news articles posted on the same day. Sadly, we have excluded weekends, as media outlets report less on these days.* ### Environmental and Animal Awareness Days In The Next Month **World Vegan Month** – (Sunday 1st to Monday 30th November 2026) Created by the Vegan Society, the month is celebrated worldwide pushing vegan cooking, clothing and more. **World Kindness Day** – (Friday 13th November 2026) Formed in 1998 this annual day promotes kindness throughout the world. You could help the environment, a friend, colleague, or someone else. **Buy Nothing Day** – (Friday 27th November 2026) Buy Nothing Day is a global anti-consumerism demonstration day, held in the United Kingdom on the day following American Thanksgiving. The rationale is that this lets Buy Nothing Day coincides with Black Friday, the day stores typically run major discounts to draw in customers. --- ### Positive News Round up — Thursday, 1st October ![green tree on green grass field during daytime](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1584986098866-92f42410e9f7?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fHN5Y2Ftb3JlJTIwdHJlZXxlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTExMzU2MzJ8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Yaopey Yong](https://unsplash.com/@yaopey) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Three years after the illegal felling of Britain's well-known Sycamore Gap tree, fresh aerial pictures show how the stump is flourishing and the basal sprouts that have emerged are developing quickly.** ([Good News Network](https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/flourishing-sycamore-gap-tree-has-ring-of-new-shoots-already-3-feet-tall/)) **Rising 365 meters (1,197.51 feet) above the sparsely inhabited terrain of Eastern Germany, a wind turbine claimed by its developer as the tallest in the world surpasses the height of the Eiffel Tower.** ([Mongabay](https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/wind-turbine-taller-than-the-eiffel-tower-aims-to-boost-german-electricity-production/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Friday, 2nd October ![an underwater view of a colorful coral reef](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1708649290066-5f617003b93f?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDJ8fGNvcmFsJTIwcmVlZnxlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTI5Mjc1NTV8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [NEOM](https://unsplash.com/@neom?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) Two treatments of beneficial bacteria each guarded reef corals from bleaching during a Red Sea heat wave, according to a new field study. ([Mongabay](https://news.mongabay.com/2026/10/probiotics-prevented-coral-bleaching-during-a-red-sea-heat-wave-study/)) **Three Canadian classrooms demonstrate how small-scale net-zero building projects can begin far outside the schoolyard.** ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/youth-are-retrofitting-their-schools-and-taking-the-receipts-straight-to-power/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Monday, 5th October ![A small bird perched on a thin branch](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1767288832044-c522467b24e1?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDN8fGJpcmRzfGVufDB8fHx8MTc5Mjk0MDcxN3ww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Doncoombez](https://unsplash.com/@coombez?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Here are six things you can implement to bring more birds to your garden.** ([Optimist Daily](https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/10/6-things-that-will-bring-more-birds-to-your-backyard-this-autumn/)) **A recent study by researchers observing garden and wild flowers across northern Thailand has revealed 16 hitherto unidentified species of black, yeast-like fungus living inside the flowers.** ([Mongabay](https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/16-new-fungal-species-found-hiding-in-thailands-flowers/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Tuesday, 6th October ![white and black wolf in tilt shift lens](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1607350999170-b893fef057ea?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDJ8fGdyYXklMjB3b2xmfGVufDB8fHx8MTc5Mjk0NDAzNnww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Milo Weiler](https://unsplash.com/@miloweiler?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **In Colorado, a gray wolf which was reintroduced just added a new pack and its first litter of pups in three straight years.** ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/gray-wolf-reintroduction-in-colorado/)) **Long-snouted crocodile fossils from 45-million years ago have been identified by researchers who found a new species. The fossils were found in the same limestone formation used to build Egypt’s Great Sphinx.** ([Mongabay](https://news.mongabay.com/2026/10/new-crocodile-species-found-fossilized-in-stone-used-to-build-egypts-great-sphinx/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Wednesday, 7th October ![monarch butterfly perched on green leaf](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1623612374192-bb28178ed476?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDd8fGJ1dHRlcmZsaWVzfGVufDB8fHx8MTc5Mjk1MjE1OHww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Joshua J. Cotten](https://unsplash.com/@jcotten?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Vibrant and patterned butterflies are the subject of more studies, and receive more conservation funding.** Therefore, we also need to consider the less looked at butterflies to help every species. ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/07/beautiful-butterflies-more-attention-public-scientists-conservation)) **The largest battery in France has become operational.** ([PV Magazine](https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/10/07/frances-largest-battery-goes-online/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Thursday, 8th October ![The flag of Brazil waving on a pole against a clear blue sky](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1662692735672-544412d65934?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDR8fGJyYXppbHxlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTAyMzI0MDR8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Samuel Costa Melo](https://unsplash.com/@samuelcm) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Eight canopy bridges installed in Alta Floresta have allowed 15,000 safe animal crossings including marmosets and spider monkeys – and more bridges are scheduled elsewhere.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/09/animals-crossing-simple-solution-roadkill-amazon-brazil-alternatives)) **The next banknotes in the UK are to feature barn owls, bumblebees, puffins, and hedgehogs.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/08/uk-banknotes-new-design-barn-owl-bumblebee-puffin-hedgehog)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Friday, 9th October ![white windmill during daytime](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1562519990-50eb51e282b2?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fHdpbmQlMjB0dXJiaW5lfGVufDB8fHx8MTc5Mjk1Mjc4M3ww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Thomas Réaubourg](https://unsplash.com/@thomasreaubourg?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Painting just one of the three blades a different colour, has the ability to reduce annual bird fatality rates by nearly 74%.** ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/restoring-the-thames-estuary/)) **Originally seen in an Instagram picture, researchers have identified a new species of giant water lily.** ([Yale E360](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/new-giant-waterlily-instagram)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Monday, 12th October ![Assortment of clothing hanging on a rack](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1769981281734-4d8cf9fe7b75?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDN8fGNsb3RoZXN8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzkzMDAyNDMyfDA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Kamilla Isalieva](https://unsplash.com/@kamillaisalieva?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **As declining prices for used clothing and increasing collection and sorting costs strain the industry, WRAP has started a project to overhaul the post-consumer textile collection system used in the UK.** ([Edie](https://www.edie.net/wrap-launches-uk-textile-collection-and-recycling-programme/)) **Freshwater turtles rescued from a dried-up water hole in western New South Wales following state government cuts in environmental water supplies are being returned home.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/13/rescued-turtles-return-home-after-nsw-government-cut-flows-to-wetland)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Tuesday, 13th October ![the flag of the state of florida flies high in the sky](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1654217516168-eb3cb97d4073?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDJ8fGZsb3JpZGElMjBmbGFnfGVufDB8fHx8MTc5MzAwMzI2M3ww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Andy Johnston](https://unsplash.com/@ajdesignco?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **For one of the rarest cats in America, wildlife crossings in Florida are transforming deadly highways into safe passageways.** ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/wildlife-crossings-in-florida-are-saving-panthers/)) **With new studies demonstrating that preserving monkey and ape habitat in China could simultaneously protect thousands of other species, primates as umbrella species provide a potent new conservation strategy.** ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/primates-as-umbrella-species/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Wednesday, 14th October ![Mangrove trees with tangled roots growing in calm dark water](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1589556183130-530470785fab?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fG1hbmdyb3ZlfGVufDB8fHx8MTc5MzAwNDA1MXww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Timothy K](https://unsplash.com/@t%5Fkiman?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Despite some uneven gains, between 1985 and 2025 global mangrove cover has grown by 477 square kilometres (184 square miles) helping turnaround from the losses that have predominated for years.** ([Mongabay](https://news.mongabay.com/2026/10/mangroves-gain-ground-globally-marking-turnaround-after-decades-of-loss/)) **New research suggests it is possible to teach birds lost songs, which is helpful when bird populations decline thus affecting fledglings who may struggle to learn the songs they need to attract mates.** ([Yale E360](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/teaching-birds-lost-songs)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Thursday, 15th October ![clear blue body of water](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1530053969600-caed2596d242?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDExfHxvY2VhbnxlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTMwMDQ4MzJ8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Cristian Palmer](https://unsplash.com/@cristianpalmer?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **As part of the countries' commitment to protect thirty percent of its ocean, Belize has established three offshore marine protected areas.** ([Mongabay](https://news.mongabay.com/2026/10/belize-looks-to-the-deep-sea-to-complete-its-30-ocean-protection-pledge/)) **From laboratory concept to working prototype, silk bicycle tires have progressed from laboratory idea to major gains in durability, puncture resistance, and environmental impact relative to conventional nylon-reinforced tires.** ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/silk-bicycle-tires-outperform-nylon/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Friday, 16th October ![brown and yellow maple leaves](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1606840493062-47f440e8619c?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDIwfHxsZWF2ZXMlMjBhdXR1bW58ZW58MHx8fHwxNzkzMDA1MjYxfDA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Susan Jones](https://unsplash.com/@florian%5Fjack%5Fdesigns?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Leaves falling is a common sign of autumn, yet while many of us rake the leaves away, what could we do instead to support American bees?** ([Optimist Daily](https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/10/what-to-leave-alone-in-your-garden-this-october-to-help-overwintering-bees/)) **A “Pac-Man enzyme” that can devour certain types of plastic might be used to help against plastic pollution, after being discovered recently by scientists.** ([Science Daily](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261014015509.htm)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Monday, 19th October ![a white bird standing on top of a sandy beach](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1685754425681-aad7785a077d?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fCUyMHNhbmR3aWNoJTIwdGVybnMlMjB8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzkzMDA1NjM1fDA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Paul Crook](https://unsplash.com/@goldenplover31?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **In 2022, bird flu wiped out a colony of sandwich terns nesting at Pagham harbour, West Sussex. However, numbers have bounced back from zero to 756 breeding pairs in just three years thanks to conservation work in the Solent region.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/19/seabird-numbers-bounce-back-solent-region-avian-flu-rspb)) **The best design award in Australia went to an Australian gadget that distributes rooftop solar power across a whole flat complex, the device also won the sustainability award at the same ceremony.** ([Optimist Daily](https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/10/how-one-small-device-is-solving-the-apartment-solar-access-problem/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Tuesday, 20th October ![blue ocean water during daytime](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1457195740896-7f345efef228?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDEwfHxtYXJpbmV8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzkzMDA2NjQxfDA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [yucar studios](https://unsplash.com/@yucar?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **The Isle of Jersey announced in late August it would increase its percentage of protected waters by 15%.** ([Good News Network](https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/isle-of-jersey-expands-marine-protections-to-cover-21-of-territorial-waters/)) **A two-year trial found that giving the equivalent to £2 a day, to 211 people in three communities in Peru’s Asháninka region led to almost 90% of participants adopting environmentally beneficial practices.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/20/unconditional-basic-income-amazon-rainforest-peru-study)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Wednesday, 21st October ![white windmill during daytime](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1562519990-50eb51e282b2?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fHdpbmQlMjB0dXJiaW5lfGVufDB8fHx8MTc5MzI3Mzk3N3ww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Thomas Réaubourg](https://unsplash.com/@thomasreaubourg?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Germany now has the world's tallest wind turbine, reaching 1,197 feet (364.85 m), making it Germany’s second-tallest structure after Berlin’s TV tower.** ([The Optimist Daily](https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/10/worlds-tallest-wind-turbine-reaches-1197-feet-in-germany/)) **Offering a model for desert restoration globally, Cuatro Ciénegas conservation efforts in Mexico's Chihuahuan Desert are revitalizing ancient pools and bringing bison back to the ground.** ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/cuatro-cienegas-conservation/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Thursday, 22nd October ![orange butterfly on purple flower](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1568472839678-b76fa72a5b34?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fGJ1dHRlcmZseSUyMHVrfGVufDB8fHx8MTc5MzI3NDI5NHww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Neil Fedorowycz](https://unsplash.com/@fedweb?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Land equating to 133 hectares (330 acres) of intensively farmed land in West Sussex has been turned into a commercial nature restoration project. It now supports an “amazing” abundance of 5,290 butterflies, in just two years.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/22/thousands-of-butterflies-surprise-experts-on-restored-west-sussex-farmland)) **Using electricity instead of heat, a new battery-like technology created by University of Illinois and Toyota engineers pulls carbon dioxide straight out of open air.** ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/battery-like-technology/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Friday, 23rd October ![electric vehicle charging cable plugged into car](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1593941707874-ef25b8b4a92b?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDJ8fGVsZWN0cmljJTIwdmVoaWNsZXxlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTMyNzUyMzl8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [CHUTTERSNAP](https://unsplash.com/@chuttersnap?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Based on most recent statistics from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), new-energy vehicles (NEVs) accounted for 67% of new car sales in China in September.** ([Carbon Brief](https://www.carbonbrief.org/chart-a-record-two-thirds-of-car-sales-in-china-are-now-electric-vehicles)) **Ontario's Tree Trust commemorated a century-old Cucumber Tree in St. George, celebrating the community's increasing appreciation for mature trees and the decades of stewardship of a single family**.([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/provincial-tree-pageant-reminds-communities-to-honour-their-big-trees/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Monday, 26th October ![an underwater view of a colorful coral reef](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1708649290066-5f617003b93f?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDJ8fGNvcmFsJTIwcmVlZnxlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTMzODg4NDJ8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [NEOM](https://unsplash.com/@neom?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Concrete blocks are being used to cement new life, allowing places for coral and algae to take root, helping create a new reef.** ([Optimist Daily](https://www.upworthy.com/concrete-coral-reef-before-and-after-ex1/)) **Burrowing owls are demonstrating that clean energy and wildlife habitat can coexist on the same piece of land by nesting on solar farms.** ([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/burrowing-owls-nesting-on-solar-farms/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Tuesday, 27th October ![yellow and red fireworks](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1560986752-2e31d9507413?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fGZpcmV3b3JrfGVufDB8fHx8MTc5MzUyNjE1NXww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [DESIGNECOLOGIST](https://unsplash.com/@designecologist?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **Switzerland is putting a vote at the end of November to ban fireworks.** ([Euro News](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/27/animal-panic-and-air-pollution-why-switzerland-is-set-to-vote-on-a-nationwide-firework-ban)) **According to a major five-year study, urban woodlands and mental health are closely linked; well-kept city woods have been linked in Scotland's poorest areas to lower antidepressant prescriptions**.([Happy Eco News](https://happyeconews.com/urban-woodlands-and-mental-health/)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Wednesday, 28th October ![green trees covered with fog](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1583470790878-4f4f3811a01f?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDF8fHRyb3BpY2FsJTIwZm9yZXN0fGVufDB8fHx8MTc5MzUyNjc4NXww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Lingchor](https://unsplash.com/@lingchor?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) **The Netherlands has pledged $500 million to help conserve tropical forests.** ([Mongabay](https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/netherlands-pledges-500-million-to-help-conserve-tropical-forests/)) **Artificial nest boxes are giving one of the most endangered parrot species protection and research possibilities in Hong Kong's urban environment. (**[**Mongabay**](https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/10/artificial-nests-help-hong-kongs-rare-cockatoos-cope-with-a-housing-crisis/)**)** --- ### Positive News Round up — Thursday, 29th October ![a humpback whale swims beneath the surface of the water](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1698551007683-7226dc6f4e85?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDN8fHdoYWxlc3xlbnwwfHx8fDE3OTA5NzI0OTl8MA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Oliver Tsappis](https://unsplash.com/@otsapp) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) For the next ten years, Kenya has pledged $160 million to guard 173,000 square kilometres (about 67,000 square miles) across the least-disturbed land in Africa: the Great Rift Valley, the Maasai Mara, and surrounding biodiversity hotspots.([Optimist Daily](https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/10/kenya-unlocks-160-million-to-protect-the-maasai-mara-and-tsavo-ecosystems/)) **Nearly 200 scientists have been studying the marine environment off Madeira's Desertas Islands; monitoring how fishing bans are restoring ocean life. Their current opinion is that the 'Protection is working.'** ([Euro News](https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/29/madeira-scientists-study-how-marine-protection-is-restoring-ocean-life)) --- ### Positive News Round up — Friday, 30th October ![a butterfly sitting on top of a purple flower](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1649013529208-deba73ed47b5?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDR8fHVrJTIwYnV0dGVyZmxpZXN8ZW58MHx8fHwxNzkwOTcyNzA4fDA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=2000) Photo by [Heather Wilde](https://unsplash.com/@heather%5Fwilde) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm%5Fsource=ghost&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=api-credit) Deemed 'one of the most ambitious nature recovery projects ever undertaken in England' campaigners have announced they had raised £30m to buy a 3,800-hectare estate in Northumberland, thanks to 25,000 members of public gifting £17 million combined**.** ([The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/30/wildlife-trusts-northumberland-nature-recovery-rothbury-estate)) A new study found potted plants and living walls, can help reduce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from common household items such as furniture and cleaning products.([Phys](https://phys.org/news/2026-10-indoor-air-quality-cooling.html)) --- Support If you have read the entire article, I hope you enjoyed what I wrote. 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