Five Happy Links 🖐

In the battle against plastic pollution (1.6 million tonnes of in Spain alone), Spain has zeroed in on a new target, the plastic used to wrap fruits and vegetables in the supermarket. Read more: thehappybroadcast.com/news/spain-to-… #environment #spain #sustainability #zerowaste #future

We launched a weekly podcast filled with positive stories , mental health tips and voices from the community: headstuffpodcasts.com/show/the-happy… Our podcast is free, but you can help us support the show with a low cost subscription. So give us a listen, a follow and maybe even subscribe!

4/4 Thanks everyone for your support! Don’t worry, there are plenty of amazing places to get some happy news — including @happybcast, @goodgoodgood, @PositiveNewsUK, @HappyNewspaper_ . Stay safe, be kind, and have a Happy New Year! 🥳

3/4 Each week we featured articles, podcasts, campaigns, products, videos, recipes, books, playlists, illustrations, and more, all from people with one thing in common — to share something happy. 😊

1/4 It’s been a different kind of year for everyone, but we hope Five Happy Links has helped bring happiness and make you smile. We won’t be continuing in 2021, but we thought you might like to recap on all the Happy Links from 2020! fivehappylinks.com/2020.php

We love Christmas, but let’s be honest, it can be a tad stressful. This year, as the coronavirus crisis continues, it might be our most anxious holiday season yet!
That’s why it’s important to support your mental wellbeing over the Christmas period.
 #christmas #anxiety

This week’s happy links—featuring a book on how to stay positive, take action, and make the world a better place by @happybcast 🤗fivehappylinks.com

On 1st December The Happy Newspaper will be 5 years old!! and we’ll have created 20 issues of only positive news 🥰 there’s still time to get issue 20, please remember you must subscribe by midnight 25th November to receive our December issue 💌 thehappynewspaper.com/shop

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There is an estimated number of over 250 million visually impaired people in the world and 50 million are using a cane. Blind inventor Kursat Ceylan created a smart cane that uses ultrasonic sensors to warn the user of nearby objects and obstacles through vibrations in the handle

Be Amazing! by @chrishoy and Choose You! by Dr Sharie Coombes, have been listed on the @Independent's 10 best kids’ motivational books that educate and inspire 2020! Congratulations @farrell_nic for illustrating both of these sensational covers 😍🔥

Feeling honoured and happy this morning after receiving a lovely video message from @BrandenHarvey about Five Happy Links ✌🏻😊

"Stupidly happy"

Human selection has resulted in dogs evolving more expressive faces. They have a facial muscle for making the “puppy dog eyes” that melt many peoples’ hearts that does not exist in wolves – the ancestors of dogs.

This week’s happy links—fighting food waste from @OddboxLDN, reducing plastic pollution with @LiveCocoUK and a town offering cake and other rewards to locals who cut their carbon emissions 🍰, plus more 👉 fivehappylinks.com

This week’s happy links—100% recycled toilet paper from @WhoGivesACrapTP, products that are good for the planet by @thinkredhan, and another reason why bees are amazing 🐝, plus more 👉 fivehappylinks.com

Spaces to calm your mind.

@WeAreFooditude You’re welcome 😊

Thanks @fivehappylinks ☺️ #SundayMotivation

This week’s happy links—drinking straws made from pasta by @stroodles_straw, feeding you happy from @WeAreFooditude and the usual round up of what went right by @PositiveNewsUK, plus more ☺️ fivehappylinks.com