Just a few of the wonderful things that happened this past year:
Humpback whales in the South Atlantic region now number 24,900 — almost 93% of their population size before they were hunted to the brink of extinction.
Millions of Ethiopians planted 353 million trees in 12 hours.
Algeria and Argentina officially eliminated malaria.
Poverty in the United States reached its lowest rate since 2007, with 1.4 million people leaving poverty in a single year, and poverty in Canada reached the lowest level ever recorded.
The number of people killed in wars around the world reached its lowest level in seven years.
The biggest ever U.S. survey of attitudes towards sexuality, race, skin tone, age, disability and body weight showed that Americans have become more tolerant since 2007.
The United States generated more electricity from wind, sun and water in April than from coal for the first time ever.
And there's more! To read even more good stuff that happened in 2019, check out this story on Futurecrun.ch. Then take a look at the charmingly illustrated bits of good news on thehappybroadcast.com -- new good news added weekly!