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The campaign to put the Snæfellsjökull glacier on the ballot, though ultimately unsuccessful, has boosted awareness of concepts of environmental stewardship and eco-justice The post Snow joke: Icelandic glacier makes presidential bid appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
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The climate went to court and won, breast cancer research had a breakthrough, and wind blew gas away in the UK, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
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Campaigners hope to amend dictionary definitions of 'nature' to include humans. Change the definition, change our connection – they say The post ‘People should be a part of nature, not apart from nature’ – campaigners appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Experiencing awe can slow our perception of time, research shows. Here are five ways to seek it out The post Five ways to bring more awe into your life appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
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The common strand linking successful mental health projects from Guatemala to Zimbabwe and India The post It’s easy, it’s everywhere: the simple solution improving mental health around the globe appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
In Gaza, psychological first aid projects like the Free Gaza Circus are providing play, support and laughter amid a bitter war The post Gaza’s children: play in a time of crisis appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
There was progress on cancer, bison helped fix the climate, and TikTok got teens reading, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
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We asked Positive News readers what advice they had for coping during difficult times. This is what you said The post How to support your mental health during a crisis, according to you appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
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Worm charming might sound like an eccentric pastime, but scientists want everyone to have a go in the name of soil health The post The ‘surreal’ art of worm charming – and why we’re all being urged to try it appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The world passed a green energy ‘pivot point’, a child had her hearing restored, and a manifesto for positive change launched, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The poet and UK children’s laureate on getting out on his bike and the joy of working with young people The post Life lessons: Joseph Coelho on what life so far has taught him appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
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Solar power has the potential to transform even a cloudy UK into a renewable energy leader. So how can this be sped up? The post Five ways to catapult the UK towards solar energy success appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
When her husband was murdered, this Ivory Coast mother fell into a depression. Now she’s launched an innovative mental health scheme The post Salon therapy: the Ivory Coast hairdressers tackling a mental health crisis appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
A way forward to eating fish without damaging the oceans The post Lab-cultured fish: the newest alt-protein making a splash appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Conservation was shown to be working, a ‘gamechanger’ cancer jab moved closer, and a Dutch city cancelled people’s debt, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
How much difference can one person make? Just ask these grassroots conservationists, who’ve won an award for saving species The post Seven conservation pioneers who are ‘saving the world’ appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
UK nightlife may appear to be in a doom spiral of decline. But smaller projects and venues are resisting the gloom by diversifying The post Beyond the dancefloor: the UK clubs and venues diversifying for survival appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
'Charity shopping influencer' Jen Graham on how buying secondhand opens the door to sartorial experimentation The post The charity shop fashion tastemaker on preloved’s stylish power appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
This year’s winner of the Green Alley Award designs a metal-free and chipless RFID tags The post Scanning the future: the startup behind chipless, metal-free, paper RFID tags appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Mediation is in the spotlight right now, from the Post Office scandal to its impending integration into the civil justice system. But what is it? And how could it help you? The post For the love of: mediation appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Scientists revealed how to ‘slow’ time, a Finnish factory grew ‘food out of thin air’, and lazy gardeners boosted butterflies, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news you should know about appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
England’s largest multi-arts festival is finding ways to open up cultural experiences to as many people as possible The post Five ways community is at the heart of Brighton Festival appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Sometimes it’s OK to leave your kids in a pub, and nine more things we learned while putting together the new issue of Positive News magazine – out now The post 10 things we learned making the new issue of Positive News magazine appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Dion Terrelonge researches the impact of fast fashion on the environment and on self-expression The post The fashion psychologist investigating how what we wear makes us feel appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Ancient woodlands have provided sanctuary to rare species for some 400 years. With help, there’s plenty of life in these old woods yet The post The plan to revive the UK’s ancient woods (and seven species that live in them) appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Some ingenious ideas are vying for the Green Alley Award this year The post The waste-busters: six European companies on a mission to design out waste appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Indie record stores hit a high note, Europe removed hundreds of damns, and an iconic tree was poised for a comeback, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news you should know about appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Designer Wayne Hemingway talks David Bowie, ‘pension chic’ and his plan to take charity fashion to the next level The post ‘Style is a really positive form of self-expression, of opening conversations’ appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
A group of Muslim women from east London have found kinship, fitness and spirituality through Nordic walking in the woods The post ‘It connects us to nature’: the Muslim women finding joy in England’s woodlands appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
An Indian woman’s pioneering trauma-informed programme is helping to change the life trajectory of children raised in Delhi’s slums The post A class act: the therapy school for children raised in Delhi’s red light district appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Preloved fashion is booming, but where do you hunt for vintage garms? What persuaded you to go preloved? We want to know The post Tell us about your relationship with secondhand fashion appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Climate activists won big in Europe, the UK hit a pay gap milestone, and Germany went loco for locos, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news you should know about appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
England’s largest multi-arts festival returns soon with an emphasis on optimism. We catch up with guest director, Frank Cottrell-Boyce The post ‘I would like people to feel like kids again – to be amazed’ appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The new issue of Positive News magazine is out now. Highlights include a look at how women are accepting – rather than battling – ageing The post The joyful preloved fashion boom. Plus what else to expect in the new issue of Positive News appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
In a refugee camp in Lebanon, cricket is helping Syrian and Palestinian teenagers to overcome terrible experiences The post ‘Cricket helped me build my personality’: the refugees finding peace on the crease appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Writer and farmer Isabella Tree helped kickstart Britain's rewilding revolution. She talks about man’s hubris and what makes her optimistic The post Life lessons: Isabella Tree on what life so far has taught her appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
As more people seek climate-friendly end-of-life solutions, increasingly popular options include renting a flatpack coffin to reduce your funeral’s carbon footprint The post Thinking outside the box: eco concerns prompt greener funeral options appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Logging fell in key rainforest regions, a landmark dementia study launched, and sustainable shopping surged, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news you should know about appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
In the Australian Wet Tropics region, restoration work is under way to protect the world’s oldest continuously surviving tropical rainforest The post As the First Nations know, forests are ‘music to the soul’ appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Those behind Boop hope to repurpose some of the 90m beauty products that get discarded each year in the UK alone The post The online marketplace saving ‘wonky’ beauty products from landfill appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading