Good News This Week: October 18, 2025 - Turtles, Reefs, & Skyscrapers

Good News This Week: October 18, 2025 - Turtles, Reefs, & Skyscrapers

Good News This Week: October 18, 2025 - Turtles, Reefs, & Skyscrapers ‍ The Best Positive News We’re Celebrating This Week — The world’s first ‘upcycled skyscraper’ is a finalist for the coveted Earthshot Prize When the owners of Sydney, Australia’s AMP Centre wanted to replace the original 1970s structure with a bigger, better, and more energy-efficient building — they also wanted to do it without demolishing the old building. The “new” building now stands 676 feet tall and retains 95% of the original building’s core as well as 65% of the original building’s structure, including beams and columns. The process saved more than 12,000 tonnes of embodied carbon, the equivalent of 35,000 flights between Sydney and Melbourne. It was completed in 2022, but was just named one of 15 finalists for Prince William’s fifth annual Earthshot Prize, a coveted competition that celebrates big ideas aimed at tackling climate change. Why is this good news? While companies may resort to demolition as a “che…