💚 The Spirit of Giving Back 🤝
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Happy Friday 👋
Great news: Just this week we broke a big milestone with our Impactful Advent Calendar and have now raised more than $10’000 for all good causes!
Thanks so much to all of you, again, for deciding to make a positive impact this holiday season 💚
And with December 1st just around the corner (ok, we still have a bit over two weeks to go), let’s see how much more we can increase our collective impact!
Here are the impactful insights that I have for you today:
- Choose to give back and make a positive impact 🤝
- Amazon deforestation drops to lowest reduction levels 🌳
- How the UK aims to slash emissions by 81% 💪
- And more… 💚
🤝 How Giving Back Resonates With the Holiday Spirit
You’ll most likely have seen that we are currently offering The Most Impactful Advent Calendar for you, to provide an impactful alternative to the mainstream Advent calendars…
But did you know that we’ve been testing a few different ad creatives to figure out which messages resonate best with our audience?
Up until only a few days (aka, this week’s Monday), it used to be the following one:
“Sorry, no chocolate or toys in this Advent Calendar – only 24 acts of kindness delivered by 24 great organizations”
But starting just a few days ago, it looks like a more festive message with a design that fits the holiday season resonates even more!
How does this message resonate with you?
And if you are still unsure about which Advent calendar to get this year (or whether you should get one), did it help nudge you toward getting the calendar that delivers 24 acts of kindness for you?
Related: Learn more about The Most Impactful Advent Calendar here and get your very own Advent calendar that gives back this year!
📢 Three More Good News
🌳 Amazon deforestation drops to lowest reduction levels of 30%:
- Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon has reached its lowest-ever level in 8 years, having been reduced by 30.6% over the past year. This marks the first year of data under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who pledged to combat deforestation as part of Brazil’s climate action plan.
- The drop in deforestation reveals significant progress in preserving the Amazon and will help curb climate change, protect biodiversity and overall benefit our global ecosystems. Deforestation in the Cerrado savanna has also dropped by 26%, showing similar improvement.
- Now, Brazil is aiming to eliminate deforestation by 2030, with President Lula promising a major increase in environmental enforcement. These plans include hiring 800 environmental agents next year, and for Brazil to host COP30 in the Amazon region next year, advocating for further climate action and international support.
🌍 How the ozone layer could fully recover by 2066:
- Scientists have confirmed that the hole in the ozone layer is shrinking, after collecting data from several satellites and weather balloons for full assessment. This progress in healing is largely due to international agreements such as the 1987 Montreal Protocol, which slashed CFC emissions.
- After decades of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) emissions, the air pollution had created a hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica. Now, the ozone layer is finally recovering, providing greater protection from UV rays and radiation.
- Scientists will continue to track the ozone’s health. Currently, the data has scientists believe the layer could make a full recovery by 2066. This requires continuous global cooperation in combating environmental damage, climate change, and air pollution.
💪 How the UK aims to slash emissions by 81% by 2035:
- The UK Prime Minister has pledged to cut the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by 81% by 2035 and strengthen climate commitments.
- These commitments include reducing reliance on fossil fuels, attracting global investment, and including more wind power, nuclear power, and carbon capture. This sets a strong example of climate leadership.
- Moving forward, the UK will need detailed strategies to attract green energy companies and ensure steady, funded progress toward their new goal.
📢 Even More Good News Headlines From This Week
🛤️ Swiss start-up trials the first removable rail track solar panels
🔥 Researchers develop low-cost wildfire detection system
🧑🔬 Researchers develop new plastics with improved toughness and biodegradability
🌳 How Colombia is protecting mangrove ecosystems
✊ A labor rights win for UK drivers
🤝 Important Awareness Events at a Glance
🫁 November 15, World COPD Awareness Day:
- World COPD Awareness Day honors those who are living with COPD and fundraises for research.
- COPD is a debilitating, but largely preventable condition, and so the more people know about its dangers, the more we can fight it!
🤝 November 16, International Day for Tolerance:
- The UN has designated the International Day of Tolerance as a celebration of tolerance as an acknowledgment of diversity and differences between cultures.
- This is an incredibly important diplomatic value, as it allows many cultures of different values to coexist peacefully.
👶 November 17, World Prematurity Day:
- World Prematurity Day is the most important day for raising awareness about the complications of premature births.
- As a leading cause of death amongst infants and children, prematurity is very important to raise awareness about.
Related: You can discover all the 95 most important awareness events (for the month, days, weeks) in our awareness calendar for November 2024!
📜 These Days in History
👨🏾 November 15, 1998: Stokely Carmichael died at the age of 57. He was a prominent civil rights activist and is often called the leader of Black nationalism in the US.
🏢 November 16, 1945: UNESCO was brought into force, standing as an agency for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to build durable peace.
👩🏾💼 November 17, 1992: Audre Lorde, American feminist poet and author, passed away. Her work, Cables to Rage, passionately confronted multiple injustices and served as a voice for others.
💭 Quote of the Day
“Without community, there is no liberation.”
― Audre Lorde; American feminist poet, professor, author, and civil rights activist
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Stay impactful 💚
