If you ever need some more good news, here are some places to find it:

• https://www.goodgoodgood.co/
• https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
• https://fixthenews.com/
• https://positivenewsfoundation.org/
• https://www.onlygoodnewsdaily.com/

And here’s 35 more: https://news.feedspot.com/good_news_websites/

• https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/press-centre/2024/09/biggest-ever-tree-planting-year-for-northern-forest/

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartwood_Forest

Some key figures from the 2024 Forestry research summary:

https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/publications/forestry-facts-figures-2024/

• There are now 3.28 million hectares of woodland in the UK (as of March 2024)

• Woodland area in the UK now represents 13.5% of total land area

• 20,660 hectares of new woodland were created in the UK in 2023/24 (compared to 12,960 in 22/23)

• There was a 59% increase in new planting and 28% increase in restocking in the UK in 2023/24

Hopefully that’ll make you feel slightly happier :)

Russia or Musk?

Business groups accuse ministers of introducing a thicket of red tape as the government bans exploitative zero-hours contracts, ends “fire and rehire” tactics, introduces basic rights from day one and protects workers against unfair dismissal.

Amazing how it’s always businesses complaining when the regulations are designed to improve things for their employees, eh?

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=What+does+OECD+stand+for%3F+

To be honest, yes I do. It’s been less than a year and already Labour has ‘failed’. At least give them time. I’m not saying they’re going to fix everything, but they’ll be a damn sight better than the Tories.

You can contribute funding to Greenpeace legal defence here:

https://donate.greenpeace.org.uk/stop-shell-appeal-n-too/~my-donation?ns_ira_cr_arg=IyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyMjIyPw7Ect235ai5hAk0GW7J2f43V%2FrqosAN5vHS0uhTlqLvxwVSl%2FWn9pcidMCBOUpb2DL9x36zx5m44X2%2BgwR4mC&_cv=1