4 good things that happened in 2016

[dimity_blue]

Yep, the year sucked but 4 good things happened.

Don't want to click? To sum up:

Peace in Colombia - after 50 years. (If you read one bit of that article, make it that one.)

Gene editing - foods and humans.

Malaria in Sri Lanka - has been eradicated.

Solar plane circumnavigation - Early one Monday morning, Solar Impulse 2 took off from Abu Dhabi airport on the start of a 35,000 km journey round the world; a journey powered by nothing but the sun.

Comments

[leesa_perrie]

We need more good news stories, thank you! :)

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I thought it made a nice change!

[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

Peace is always good. Long may it last. Bit dubious about the eradication of malaria though, since mosquitoes are hardly going to respect national boundaries! Still, it's a fine start. A good victory for solar power, too.

Okay, officially not all bad. :)

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm not sure how they'll keep Sri Lanka malaria free. Or maybe it's far enough from India that their mosquitoes don't mix?

But the plane is awesome. Solar power FTW!

[stargatesg1971.livejournal.com]

It's nice to see good news and here's hoping that in 2017 it will outweigh the bad and not so good news.

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

Yes, let's hope!