September 9, 2026

Good News for Humankind 🌏

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​Bhutan becomes first WHO South-East Asia nation to eliminate rabies​

Rabies elimination is one of public health's hardest challenges, and Bhutan just became the first country in the WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve it for dog-transmitted rabies — the source of nearly all human rabies deaths worldwide.

The milestone reflects over a decade of mass dog vaccination, free post-exposure treatment, and community volunteers reaching remote villages. Sustaining it remains the real test, since rabies doesn't respect borders and neighboring areas stay vulnerable.

Still, Bhutan's model shows that political will, community action, and coordinated science can eliminate a disease that kills thousands globally each year.

Antihero Project 🦹

Chapter 3: Presence | 3-7 Renewable energy vs. fossil fuels

As purpose-driven leaders, we understand the critical shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy in the physical world. We expect the factories in our communities to ditch their reliance on extractive, dirty fuel because it is unsustainable.

Yet, aspiring heroes run their own internal system on fossil fuels. They extract energy from themselves through deficit, adrenaline, and shame. They tell themselves they must do more, more, more, burning dirty fuel, polluting the world and their own internal systems.

Practicing presence is about shifting our internal systems to renewable, solar energy. Presence is our way of lifting ourselves above the clouds and plugging directly into the nourishment of the Sun. We don't hide from the storms down on Earth; we create existential distance from them so we can shine our light down on them intentionally.

This is an excerpt from my upcoming book The Antihero's Journey: From Burnout to Real Contribution in Polycrisis Times. To read other excerpts, go here.

Peter Schulte Burnout & purpose coach, recovering hustle hero. ​​​

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