Enjoy some recent positive news from around the world 🌱 🌍

#GoodNews #AmiiIllustrates

In rural Zimbabwe, electric tricycles are empowering women by providing financial independence and boosting self-esteem. Women like Anna are now operating these green energy vehicles, contributing significantly to household expenses and gaining respect in their communities. The initiative by Mobility for Africa offers a lease-to-purchase program at $15 a month, making these tricycles accessible to many.

@goodnews

#GoodNews #WomenEmpowerment #SustainableTransport
apnews.com/article/women-zimba…

Electric tricycles are a ticket to respect and prosperity for some rural women in Zimbabwe

Electric tricycles are transforming the lives of some women in parts of rural Zimbabwe. They offer financial independence and social empowerment in a society long seen as deeply patriarchal. Women were once dependent on their husbands.

^{Farai Mutsaka (AP News)}

#USDA HIRED BACK all employees fired by DOGE last week (about 6,000 of them) WITH BACK PAY.

All #DOGE did was cause #chaos, and pay 6,000 workers full wages to do nothing (except develop an ulcer) for a week.

#goodNews #agentKrasnov

usda.gov/about-usda/news/press…

USDA Status Update on Probationary Employees

^www.usda.gov

The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for Carbon Brief providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.

carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-em…

#climate #GHG #science #GoodNews