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It's here, the big one, the best good news
stories of 2024,
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and what a wild year it's been.
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If you're new here, I'm Sam and I make
videos showing good news and solutions
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to some of the world's biggest problems.
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And I make monthly roundups of positive
stories that you might have missed.
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And that's because this year,
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the average person may have spent six
to seven days doomscrolling,
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so I wanna balance that out a little bit,
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and show you there are reasons to feel
hopeful.
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If you've been here before, thank you so
much my friend.
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And if you've been enjoying these good
news roundups,
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tap that like button and I'll keep them
coming in 2025 too.
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I've also asked a few friends for their
favourite good news story of 2024,
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so keep an eye for who pops up in this
video.
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But let's get into it. Here's some good
news from 2024 that you might have missed.
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2024 started with news that, after years
of decline,
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elephant populations in much of Southern
Africa had stabilized,
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and even begun to recover, thanks to
new conservation strategies,
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like wildlife corridors, that link
protected areas together,
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and provide safe passages for animals.
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And a national park in Republic of Congo,
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even celebrated their first year without
any elephant poaching.
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And groundbreaking research from the
US Department of Energy found that
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when you combine solar farms with native
wildflowers,
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it can triple insect numbers on that
land in five years.
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And one of the awesome things I came
across in January was the Akshar School
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in Assam, India, that lets the students
pay the school fees using plastic waste
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instead of money.
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