Five stories from the past eight days. Each one names the outlet that reported it, and the excerpt under it comes from that outlet's own feed, not from us.
Athens Is Turning its Old Airport into One of Europe’s Largest Parks
Good News Network, September 14.
A former Athens airport site is set to host one of the continent’s most ambitious urban greening projects. Called the Ellinikon Park, it won’t only add an unforgettable attraction to the birthplace of Democracy, but also a shaded refuge for residents of the continent’s hottest city.
Former Industrial Ground Goes from Dump to Diversity and Hosts 64% of UK’s Black-Necked Grebes
Good News Network, September 14.
A conservation charity in the UK has turned what was once a dumping ground for material dug up during canal dredging into a nesting habitat for two-thirds of the UK’s black-necked grebes.
How Colombia’s outgoing president protected 42% of the country’s Amazon from mining
Optimist Daily, September 14.
On August 4, 2026, three days before he left office, Colombian President Gustavo Petro signed a resolution placing 186,500 square miles of the Amazon off-limits to any new extraction. That means no new mining concessions, no new oil or gas contracts, and no environmental permits that would make either possible.
With Adapted Sailing, the Sea Is for Everyone
Reasons to Be Cheerful, September 14.
César Maquieira has always loved the sea. Born and raised in the northwest of Spain, much of which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, he would for years regularly go fishing and on boat trips, and he dabbled in scuba diving. There was something about the great expanse of azure water that for him represented freedom.
The gardening window most people miss: late summer and early fall weed control
Optimist Daily, September 14.
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A single dandelion, left to finish its summer in the garden, can drop thousands of seeds. Those seeds can lie dormant in the soil for a long, long time. Basically, the weed you let go in August doesn’t represent just one weed; it is next spring’s problem, and the spring after that.