A principal in Nepal saved 900 students before the school was washed away by floods
After receiving a phone call warning him that flash floods were headed toward his school, principal Rajendra Dawadi immediately stopped classes to evacuate the 900 students on campus to higher ground.
Around 13 minutes later, water, mud, and debris swept through the area, destroying the school in seconds. Dawadi also called the bus drivers transporting more of his students to tell them to stay away from the area, likely saving even more lives.
The latest reports say the flash floods in Nepal have now killed more than 1,000 people, and thousands more are still missing.
Even better: Dawadi said rescuing his students didn’t make him a hero, it was his responsibility. He’s urging the government to now provide the students with counseling and get them back into school as soon as possible, even if it means relocating temporarily.
California passed a bill to make plug-in solar easier and cheaper to install
Lawmakers in California passed the Plug and Play Solar Act to legalize balcony solar, which is already abundant in places like Germany. Gov. Gavin Newsom still needs to sign the bill, which had bipartisan support.
Balcony solar, which is sold by a few businesses in the U.S., makes home solar more accessible for renters and homeowners who are unable or can’t afford rooftop panels.
Once it becomes law, it would allow households to install systems up to 1,200 watts without utility approval or interconnection typically required of rooftop systems. A 400-watt system could cover 14% of an apartment’s energy use.
Why is this good news? While so many aspects of the large clean energy transition are out of an individual’s hands, balcony solar gives some (literal) power back to consumers to decide where at least a portion of their electricity comes from. We should be making it easier and more affordable for people to adopt this if they want to.
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Environment
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More than 1.3M plastic bottles were collected during the world’s largest single-day volunteer ocean cleanup
Last year, the Ocean Conservancy hosted its annual International Coastal Cleanup. About 630,000 participants covered over 15,000 miles of coastline and waterways, removing around 13.9 million pieces of trash — 1.3 million of them plastic bottles.
Volunteers also cleaned up more than 1.2 million cigarette butts, 885,000 plastic bottle caps, and 581,000 plastic shopping bags — but plastic bottles were the most common item.
A growing number of bans and initiatives are helping curb some pollution, but more needs to be done. Germany, Sweden, and Ireland have all had successful bottle deposit programs, and after nearly a decade, the U.K.’s is expected to begin in 2027.
What’s the nuance? It’s incredibly good news that these items aren’t littering the world’s beaches and waterways anymore — but experts say these efforts can’t keep up with the pace we’re producing plastic, and we need better recycling and bottle deposit returns to make sure it actually can be recycled.
After Ms. Rachel gave a shout-out to a Black-owned bakery, they earned a month’s rent in just 24 hours
On August 11, Rachel Accurso (better known as beloved children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel) asked Black entrepreneurs to share their craft for Black Business Month.
In the following weeks, Accurso shared five social media posts highlighting the work of Black authors, journalists, and artists — including Ashley La Bomme-Benson, baker and founder of the Los Angeles cookie company The Bomme Sweets.
La Bomme-Benson, who has five children, says the orders received in 24 hours covered her next month’s rent of $3,650. She said, “It gave me a boost of confidence that I can do this.”
Even better: Accurso’s advocacy extends far beyond social media shoutouts. She has also used her massive platform of 11 million followers to demand transparency and justice in the investigation of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, and continues campaigning for peace in Palestine and the safety of children worldwide.
Decades after they were hunted to near extinction, black bears are now rebounding in southern US states
Black bears were once abundant across most of the United States, including the lower Mississippi River basin. But decades of habitat destruction and overhunting in the 1800s and 1900s threatened to wipe out the population altogether.
But local policies and actions have helped the species rebound in the region. Mississippi stopped black bear hunting in 1932 after its populations dropped to an estimated 12 bears; Arkansas banned hunting and seen its population surge from 40 to 50 bears to around 5,000; Louisiana banned bear hunting in the late 1980s; and more.
Even better: Both residents and visitors are learning simple ways to safely coexist with the rising population of black bears, like transitioning to bear-resistant trash cans, and using safe deterrents that don’t “cause long-term harm, but enough that it makes that bear uncomfortable.”
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