🌱All's Well That Ends Well
22 reasons for you to look back at this year, and smile =)
A Read on All that was Right with the World in 2022.
Buckle up, this’ll be a long one. And honestly? I’m glad it is.
💰Finally, equal pay for men and women.
The U.S. Soccer Federation reached milestone agreements to pay its men’s and women’s teams equally, making the American national governing body the first in the sport to promise both sexes matching money.
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👭Cuba legalizes same-sex marriage.
The LGBTQ community in Cuba has faced decades worth of official discrimination. However, this new family code allows greater protection to the elderly, women and children, as well as allows LGBTQ couples to adopt children and marry.
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🔭Interstellar and beyond.
NASA unveiled the first image from the James Webb Space Telescope — a frozen frame that represented the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the universe humanity has ever seen.
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🧬Scientists make use of artificial DNA to kill cancer cells.
Oncologists from Japan have blown our minds by using artificial DNA in an entirely new way to kill cancer cells *naturally* by providing aiding the immune system to identify them!
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🩸Scotland tackles period poverty…
… (and casually makes world history).
Scotland becomes the very first country to provide universal and free access to menstruation products to those who need them. This came after a four-year-long campaign that has at its core, transformed the public discourse around menstruation.
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🕊️Ethiopia befriends peace.
A two-year-long civil war finally comes to an end after the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and the federal government of Ethiopia signed a peace treaty on the 2nd of November 2022.
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👩🏾🦱Black women leading the pack.
Sworn in Justice Kentajio Brown Jackson becomes the first black woman to serve on the Supreme Court!
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🦬UK's 'rewilding' program has borne fruit, and it's sweet.
The first baby bison was born in the UK. To tackle nature and climate change, Bison have been reintroduced to the ancient British woodland.
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🤵🏽♀️A very first in history.
Columbia meets her first black woman vice president. A representative of the Afro-descendant population, Francia Márquez, is also a human rights defender.
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💉A cure for HIV?
Scientists, being the rockstars they are, might have just cured HIV for the first time ever. The woman they treated has been off HIV medication and remains "asymptomatic and healthy".
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🏠Stronger now.
Indian Army inaugurates its very first 3D-printed 2-storeyed house for its soldiers. The structure is resilient to disaster. It also complies with green building norms and Zone-3 earthquake specifications.
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☀️Thank you, Delaware.
Delaware wins hearts by giving free solar panels to residents in a low-income bracket and covering a majority of the cost for others, as part of the new solar equity program.
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🔋We made it!
The largest offshore wind farm in the world, Hornsea 2, is now 100% operational and aids in powering around 1.4 million homes in the U.K. It's located in the North Sea and can produce 1.3 gigawatts of clean energy!
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👩🦼For everyone.
Pottery Barn, a home furniture and decor company, debuts its new line of accessories and furniture - the Accessible Home - which is designed to empower those with disabilities, and those who are ageing or are injured by making their products pivotable and adjustable. Thereby, more accessible. This is a big win in this sector as it's an important step toward a more inclusive society.
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👩🔬How cool are scientists?
Windows that can generate electricity. You read that right. Scientists have developed windows that use transparent solar cells to generate electricity, and it's mind-blowing!
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📈Decentralized science picks-up.
Several projects from the DeSci sector have launched with the agenda to tackle major pain points often faced by scientists some of which include an excessively bureaucratic system, lack of funding, compensation and ownership for scientists. VitaDao is a DeSci project that grew to new heights in 2022. with their movement committed to "collectively funding and advancing longevity research in an open and democratic manner.”
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💥Nuclear fusion and its potential.
In a quest to develop practical nuclear fusion, scientists make a massive breakthrough. In the event of nuclear fusion being successfully recreated on Earth, the supply potential of low-radiation, low-carbon is possibly limitless.
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🚀Big changes for Ethereum.
Ethereum - a cryptocurrency platform - makes the shift from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. One of the most significant implications of this is that energy consumption by the Ethereum blockchain drops by around 99.9%.
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🇫🇷Free contraception if you’re under 26.
France declares free contraception for women under 26. At the beginning of 2022, certain birth control pills, IUDs and contraceptive implants were declared to be fully reimbursable for women below the age of 26.
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👾Generative AI is booming.
With the launch of ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion and more, Artificial intelligence is evolving from simply analyzing existing data to generating new content. This eases the pressure of doing mundane tasks greatly and expands the horizon for all that’s possible with AI.
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💊Hope for patients with Alzheimer’s.
A new experimental drug, called Lecanemab, has shown a significant improvement in battling memory decline in patients with Alzheimer's. Out of a total of 1800 patients, those on lecanemab showed a 27% less decline in thinking or memory.
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🌳Improvement in the global deforestation rate.
India, Nepal and Scotland have reported significant progress in the fight against deforestation. With efforts from environmentalists and NGOs, we can hope to see positive growth in terms of reforestation and recovery of flora and fauna.
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💌 A note: 2022 was a year that had it all. From wars to protests to human rights violations. But there's a lot of good that went unseen. We hope that learning about all that went right with our world in only 365 days will remind you that even though it may seem like we're all heading into an inevitable doom, there's hope. We're making progress. And we will continue to in 2023 too.
On that note, The Good Bulletin wishes you and yours a very happy new year, full of love, laughs and hope!
🤔Did You Know?
On December 31st, 1946, Harry Truman, the 33rd President of the United States (1945-53), officially announced the cessation of all hostilities of World War II.
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