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🗓️ Today is World Tuberculosis Day, and while we celebrate all the incredible progress we’ve made in eradicating the world’s deadliest — and yet, entirely curable — infectious disease, we also commit to doing our part to continue that progress.
Marina Waters for John Green; Courtesy of Good Store
To celebrate World Tuberculosis Day, John Green is sending exclusive poetry readings to people
It’s been a year since John Green’s latest nonfiction book, “Everything Is Tuberculosis,” hit shelves, but he’s been a vocal supporter of global efforts to eradicate the disease for years.
Green’s online shop, Good Store, which he runs with his brother, Hank, sells everyday goods, including Keats & Co coffee and tea, which “donates 100% of the profit to fight tuberculosis in impoverished communities.”
In honor of World Tuberculosis Day, Green is sweetening the deal even more by sending anyone who subscribes to Keats & Co ahead of World Tuberculosis Day an exclusive video reading of Green’s favorite Keats poem, “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” and why he likes it so much.
Why is this good news?Tuberculosis is entirely curable; we just, as Green says, “don’t do a good job of getting the cure to people who need it.” Keats & Co and Good Store are changing that, and giving fans and supporters a chance to participate in this life-saving work.
Ocean Cleanup has removed 110 million pounds of plastic from the world’s oceans
When he was just 16, Dutch teenager Boyan Slat was scuba diving in Greece and noticed more plastic in the water than fish. Within two years, the Slat founded Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit dedicated to removing plastic waste from the world’s oceans.
Using massive U-shaped floating barriers and autonomous drones, Ocean Cleanup has collected a record 110 million pounds of plastic from the world’s oceans since 2013, marking a major milestone in efforts to combat marine pollution.
The Ocean Cleanup’s achievement highlights rapid progress driven by improved technology and more strategic deployment in high-density pollution zones. Much of this success stems from better data identifying key sources of ocean plastic, including rivers responsible for the majority of waste entering seas.
“John Keats died at 25 [years old] of [tuberculosis] back when we didn’t know how to cure it, but now we do know how to cure it, it’s just that we don’t do a good job of getting the cure to people who need it.”
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