REASONS TO REMAIN OPTIMISTIC IN 2017...
• There's an Ebola Vaccine now • Child Mortality - Down across the globe
• +9% survival rate in pacreatic cancer sufferers • Gene responsible for ALS found
• Volunteers in India planted 50 Million trees in 24 hours • Suicide rates down globally
• The Ozone layer is repairing itself
• The Rabbinical assembly issued a resolution affirming the rights of trans and non conforming individuals • MIND CONTROLLED ROBOT ARMS
• Leo got dat oscar • Wild tigers numbers up FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 100 YEARS
• Giant Pandas - No longer endangered
• A solar powered plane did a world trip
• Global Malaria down by 60% • Measels ERADICATED from the Americas
• 93% of the world's children learned to read and write - the highest percentage IN HUMAN HISTORY • China plans to be completely renewable by 2020 and has a global plan for by 2050
• Huge global push in renewable energy
• Norway committed 0 deforestation, result: 0
• Every major grocer and fast food chain in the U.S pledged to use cage free eggs only by 2025
• Manatees - No longer endangered
• Wild Wolves - Back in Europe
• Wild Salmon spawning in the Connecticut river for the first time since the American revolution
• Columbian white tailed deer - no longer endangered • Green Sea Turtles - NO LONGER ENDANGERED
• Sea World no longer breeding captive killer whales • Humpback Whales - NO LONGER ENDANGERED
• Global aid - up by 7% • Americas most generous year EVER in charity and aid
• China's most generous year EVER in charity and aid at $15 Billion