The Toast is a daily blog that publishes features on everything from literary characters that never were to female pickpockets of Gold Rush-era San Francisco. So why are they on our sustainability blog? Because they published a few headlines that we would all like to see more of. We thought they would be good to share, and might spark some thought or provide a different perspective on today's environmental issues: 

• The Oceans Are Fine And Full Mostly Of Fish And Water, With A Very Small, Normal Amount Of Plastic In Them
• Still Plenty Of Places For Us To Put Our Garbage Before We Have To Start Worrying About Anything
• There Are Over 1300 Species Of Birds In Danger Of BIRTHDAY PARTIES
• Pretty Much All Trees Are Doing Fine And Also There Are No New Diseases For You To Worry About
• People Just Don’t Seem To Be Getting Alzheimer’s Any More
• You’re Getting Plenty Of Sleep; Don’t Worry About It
• Increased Sausage McMuffin Consumption Linked To Gracefulness, “Swan-like” Necks In 27-Year-Old Bloggers
• Temperatures Normal For This Time Of Year
• Yosemite Fire Goes Out All By Itself
• Some Good News About Whales
• Everything In The Rainforest Is Normal And Great
• Sitting’s Honestly Not That Bad
• We’re So Far Away From Any Kind Of Tipping Point That It Would Be Ridiculous To Worry
• Southern California Faces Another Week Of Moderate, Seasonally Appropriate Rain
• Swansea University fit backpacks to learn sheep secrets
• Shocking Pictures Demonstrate How Consistently Level California’s Water Reserves Are
• Not Eating A Burger Right Now Linked To Depression, Is Easily Cured By Eating A Burger Right Now
• Scientists Find Evidence Of Life On Europa, The Good Kind, That’s Conscious And Mobile And Friendly, Not An Outline Of What Might Have Once Been Bacteria
• Mosquitos? Never Heard Of ‘Em!

For the full article, click here. And if you want to discuss environmental hot topics for see how local governments are addressing these issues, or have questions as to how YOUR community could address these issues, contact us (we have some resources and expertise here at CSC).