Ahead of World Mental Health Day, which this year focuses on the workplace, what’s been effective for you? The post We want to know: how has your work or workplace supported your mental health? appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Climate wins were there for the taking, England started building bison bridges, and California slowed down fast fashion, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news you should know about appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The annual contest celebrates birds’ beauty and supports their conservation The post Bird photographer of the year 2024 winners – in pictures appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
What if they took these newly acquired skills and used them as a force for good, not destruction? The post Remote rescue: how aviation skills picked up in the RAF during the second world war can save lives today appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The national ‘tegelwippen’ contest seeks to restore greenery and help the Netherlands meet its climate targets The post The Dutch ‘tile whipping’ competition to green gardens and streets appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
‘Grow better grain, bake better bread,’ goes the ethos at collaborative organisation Scotland The Bread The post Flour to the people: the Scottish collective working to democratise better bread appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The TV presenter and bestselling author on the magic of irrationality, people who monetise anger, and remembering to enjoy the view The post Life lessons: Richard Osman on what life so far has taught him appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The ‘best’ 15-minute cities were revealed, there was hope for reefs, and psychedelics tackled ‘existential distress’, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news you should know about appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The organisers of this week's show hope to bridge the gap between pop culture and sustainable fashion The post Is green the new black? New sustainable fashion show to kick off appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The 'greening machine' project, Vert, is part of the London Design Festival The post London’s new urban greening structure is a ‘garden for insects and people’ appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
A couple from Manchester have tied the knot inside a shop run by homelessness charity Emmaus Mossley The post Thrifty couple choose a charity shop for their ‘shiny, sustainable wedding’ appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
What to say (and what not) and how to help someone who has survived sexual assault The post How to support someone who has been sexually assaulted appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Biodiversity hotspots offered hope, a novel approach to homelessness worked, and hyperloop travel came to Europe, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Wolf Ruck continues to assert his ‘right to rewild’ after city officials have twice forcibly cut his grass The post Canadian gardener challenges his city’s ‘outdated’ weed-whacking ways appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Schoolchildren are among those to have already sampled the results of the Plymouth Fish Finger Project The post Food campaigners pull their fingers out to divert bycatch into local tummies appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
On the north Devon coast in England, 90 hectares of newly created rare wildflower meadows have come into bloom this summer The post Wildflower meadows’ first bloom wows in north Devon appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
A decade-long collaborative study has discovered huge genetic potential that is untapped in modern wheat varieties The post ‘Goldmine’ of century-old wheat varieties could help to feed the world, scientists say appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Science shed new light on depression, Gazan children were vaccinated for polio, and social prescribing got a boost, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Time magazine has named a 15-year-old scientist Kid of the Year after he devised a skin cancer-treating soap The post The teen who’s developing a treatment for skin cancer, one bar of soap at a time appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
As a cutting-edge eco house training facility opens in Wiltshire, how to transform your home into a sustainable haven – and what it might cost The post Seven ways to transform your house into an ecohome appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Readers, authors and indie booksellers are set to benefit from a buy-back book scheme, billed as a ‘sustainable alternative to Amazon’ The post Read, swap, repeat: secondhand book recycling platform launches in the UK appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
As the nights draw in our energy levels will dip, but the demands placed upon us probably won’t. Here’s how to avoid burnout The post Five ways to avoid burnout appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
France introduced a ‘digital pause’, Europe’s ‘blue heart’ was saved, and manatee conservation was brought into focus, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Singapore has just greenlit 16 types of insects to eat as foods. Curiosity seems to be nibbling away at the ‘yuck factor’ response The post Singapore approves 16 types of insects as food for humans amid the sector’s growing buzz appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
After 30 years of searching for the ‘uber-elusive’ Ghost Orchid, a keen amateur botanist has been rewarded The post Britain’s rarest wild orchid discovered again after one man’s 15-year ghost hunt appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Menstrual blood holds untapped diagnostic potential that could revolutionise medical science The post Going with the flow: how menstrual blood could revolutionise healthcare appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Emily Lahey has taken part in a poignant installation to highlight the ongoing need for cancer research The post Woman with terminal cancer auctions off some of her last minutes to strangers appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Spain’s wealth tax set a precedent, the US got behind a global plastic treaty, and a giant spider bounced back in the UK, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Gully Bujak is convinced that the format can heal divides and create strong, caring communities The post ‘Empowering and healing, people’s assemblies are the future of democracy’ appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Avoiding ‘brain fry’ is key to success on the popular Radio 4 gameshow – and learnings can also help people with dementia The post Without hesitation, repetition or deviation: how Just a Minute can help people living with dementia appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Nature-lovers are being urged to appreciate an unsung landscape – currently carpeted in purple – that’s ‘as rare as UK rainforest’ The post Heavenly heathers: nightjar and other rare species ‘flourish’ in south England’s heathland appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Media literacy is coming to the English curriculum, US opioid deaths are falling, and refill shops are going mainstream, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Animals in Australia have been fitted with cameras to capture unprecedented footage of their marine hunting grounds The post Sea lion camera crews capture new footage of uncharted ocean floor appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
At least two kits have appeared just eight months after the pioneering reintroduction of a beaver family to west London The post Baby beavers born in urban London for the first time in over 400 years appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
A unique art charity is transforming sterile mental health wards into hubs of creativity The post The art of healing: how creativity is changing NHS mental health wards appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The acclaimed standup comedian on tolerating religious views and why people shouldn’t write off cultural movements just because they’re popular The post Life lessons: Stewart Lee on what life so far has taught him appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The innovation in solar technology could deliver sustainable power from everyday objects The post Scientists reveal breakthrough that could reduce need for solar farms appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
These lifechanging designs are all inspired by the challenges faced by a loved one The post Three good things: designs born out of love appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Communities rallied against racism, the UK’s water regulator clamped down on polluting firms and a refugee made Olympic history, plus more good news The post What went right this week: the good news you should know about appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Equipped with backpacks full of wildflower seeds, dogs are mimicking an ecological role left vacant by wolves The post Doggy bags packed with seeds to help rewild nature reserve in England appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
We asked Positive News readers: what have you shifted your stance on? This is what you told us The post What you’ve changed your mind on – and how it’s transformed your life appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
When it comes to energy efficiency, heat pumps have much to offer. But preconceptions abound. We cosy up with the facts The post Hot properties: 10 questions about heat pumps answered appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
When a group of Positive News readers found themselves despairing at the destruction of the rainforest, they decided to do The post Planting English trees to protect the Peruvian rainforest appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Brazil put a billionaire tax on the table, the EU power sector saw a ‘historic shift’, and dogs helped to rewild England, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news you should know about appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
We want to know: what wise words have positively impacted your life? The post What’s the single most inspiring thing anybody has said to you? appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
After making bread lifted her out of a deep depression, Kitty Tait resolved to awaken others to the benefits of an honest, unprocessed, crust The post Rising and shining: one woman’s mission to demystify the baking of bread appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Positive News readers share the profound impact that being in forests has had on your wellbeing The post ‘Trees show us what community means’. The importance of having access to forests, according to you appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
As the Welsh government commits to making lying in politics illegal, could Westminster and other governments follow? The post The campaign to outlaw lying in politics appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading