She (& her family) plan to start a “fund of support” for those affected by the fire burning in and around Los Angeles.
Jamie Lee Curtis announced the pledge on Instagram and wrote that she had been in touch with state and city leaders about how the money might be distributed “for the most impact.”
The Eden Project National Wildflower Centre
(NWC) and volunteers who are known as the Wildflower Warriors, have been collecting seeds by hand in order to bring color and life to a major new link road being built in Cornwall. Seed sowing along roughly 45 acres of banks and verges began this autumn and will create a corridor of what organizers are saying is “vitally important” wildflower, woodland and heathland habitats.
This law was passed in California but because many baby food manufacturers sell all over the country, the information will likely be available nationwide for those brands.
This new law requires baby food manufacturers to test their products monthly for heavy metals and disclose the results.
This is considered to be a major shift towards more transparency.
The linemen were out restoring power to Kansans who were impacted by a winter storm when they noticed the pair up on the pole frozen stuck. They jumped into action to save them, the whole rescue taking about two hours. One linemen said it took longer to avert the power so they didn’t “fry and everyone lose electricity,” than the actual rescue took. Both mom and baby were lowered safely and ran off in the same direction.
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This comes directly from their website:
“Too Good To Go is a certified B Corp social impact company, on a mission to inspire and empower everyone to fight food waste together.”
Too Good To Go is a mobile app that connects people with restaurants/stores that have extra food for sale. Retailers sell surprise bags of leftover food at a discount.
Download the app to see places in your area & try it out.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness & the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs announced results of the 2024 Point-in-Time (PIT)
Count, it showed a record low in Veteran homelessness since measurement began in 2009 and a 7.5% decrease since 2023. The data also shows a 11.7% reduction in Veterans experiencing homelessness since 2020 and a 55.6% reduction since 2010.
The homes are part of a large $12 million recovery effort, with many skilled workers working tirelessly to provide shelter to those in need. The project is the work of Lowe’s, NASCAR, and a group of local volunteer builders, who all came together to build some of the towable houses in time to provide Carolinians with a place to call their own, some in time for the holidays while more homes will be sent early Jan. NASCAR did the towing portion, getting the homes to where they needed to be.
This will be the 3rd largest national marine sanctuary in the U.S, with more than 4,500 square miles of ocean getting protection off the coast of central California. The sanctuary is also the first to be led by Indigenous people. The new sanctuary called, Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, will be managed in partnership with tribes and Indigenous groups in the area, who will advise the federal government. Members of the Northern Chumash Tribe have worked on this for over a decade to protect their historical homeland.
The new sanctuary will be protected from oil and gas drilling and undersea mining, while fishing is still permitted. It also means more public outreach and monitoring for environmental impacts.
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Over 280 million trees were planted in B.C. forests in 2024.
“2024 was a banner year for tree planting in B.C., including celebrating 10 billion trees planted since 1930,” said Ravi Parmar, Minister of Forests. “Our government’s commitment to sustainable forests has seen us lead the country by planting more than two billion trees since 2017.”
Nearly 1000 vulnerable and endangered lemurs and tortoises have been successfully returned from Thailand to Madagascar. This very complex operation marks one of the largest seizures and repatriations undertaken globally and was made possible by a collaborative effort including many global organizations. The animals were being trafficked through Thailand and were likely to be sold into the international illegal pet trade. The Prince of Wales commented on the effort marking it as an “unprecedented feat for the fight against illegal wildlife trade”. All animals would be assessed and rehabilitated before being released back into the appropriate areas.
On the behalf of Georgia’s 3,500 cotton farming families, the Georgia Cotton Commission recently donated 12,000 pairs of socks to numerous homeless shelters across the state.
Scientists at the Riken research institute in Japan worked to develop a plastic that would still be strong but would also be able to fully break down in environments such as soil and sea water, without leaving behind any microplastics.
Tests showed that the new plastic would start to break down within hours once placed in salt water.
Also, when put into soil, the sheets of the new plastic degraded in 10 days and supplied a chemical similar to fertilizer, which is known to help keep soil healthy.
Takuzo Aida, who led the study, said: “With this new material, we have created a new family of plastics that are strong, stable, recyclable, can serve multiple functions, and importantly, do not generate microplastics.”
