In a call to action for social democracts, Mick Hume wrote, "We need to reassert an optimism of the will if our pessimism of

"He was stubborn, optimistic, generous and kind." Yvonne Moore on her husband former New Zealand prime minister Mike Moore.How would you prepare a eulogy for an optimist?Read eulogies for optimists on the @Centre4Optimism website https://www.centreforoptimism.com/Optimists-Eulogies

PNG is the Pacific's worst performing country in Transparency's Corruption Perceptions Index ranked at 137 out of 180 countri

The European Union plans to implement legislation on a universal charger for mobile devices by the summer of 2020, to decrease electronic waste accumulated as a result of different chargers. It's not just smartphones; they insist that this universal charger be applicable for tablets, e-books, smart cameras, wearable gadgets, and a lot more. http://www.inkl.com/newsletters/morning-edition/news/european-union-votes-in-favor-of-universal-charger-for-mobile-devices?

Many countries used to send their dirtiest recycling to China, where cheap labor sorted through the mess extracting valuables and dumping the rest. Plastic waste is a particular problem. But in 2017, China severely tightened rules for taking contaminated trash.The Recycling Partnership in the US tested  a program that educates citizens on what materials had value to recyclers. They found that what worked best was sending a mailing that educated residents on the rules, then following up by enforcing those rules uncompromisingly. This included putting a team of inspectors out to evaluate each recycling bin and leave Oops cards on bins they rejected for collection. https://www.bloomberg.com/ne