It’s 2050. Extreme poverty is history and people are living better than ever. Fantasy or near-future reality? We find out The post Imagine if… we finally eradicate poverty (plus, how it could happen) appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Capturing nature at its most wondrous – and vulnerable – this year’s shortlist provides a thought-provoking collection of photographs The post Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 – a peek at some of the shortlisters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Talk about low-hanging fruit. Here are a dozen fairly simple ideas to slash emissions. Why aren’t we doing them? The post 12 obvious ways to reduce emissions that nobody is talking about appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Fossil fuel burning ‘collapsed’ in the EU, the right to repair movement got a boost, and an ‘extinct’ bird returned, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news you should know about appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
In an era of megadroughts, politicians are flocking to a small African city to learn the secret to its circular water supply The post Why everybody wants to drink like the Namibians appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Overtourism is more problematic than ever. Enter Fairbnb, a new platform that puts the benefits of tourism back into the hands of local communities The post A solution to overtourism? Introducing the ethical alternative to Airbnb appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Imagining the future we want is the first step towards creating it, says Rob Hopkins – time traveller and imagination activist The post What if everything turns out OK? The power of imagining a better future appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Offering fresh takes on art, youth culture and slavery, among other things, these attractions are becoming instant landmarks The post Five enlightening new museums creating a buzz this summer appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Across the UK, women are uniting to ensure their money isn’t funding climate breakdown The post The all-female, grassroots network moving millions away from fossil fuels appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
A sail-powered freighter is the latest attempt to clean up the shipping sector. Electric ferries are also taking to the waves The post Wind-powered shipping is back as a quiet revolution sweeps the seas appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Ecuador voted to just stop oil, there were breakthroughs in cancer screening, and women’s football scored big, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news you should know about appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
A new project is investigating how different types of woodland affect wellbeing, and how planting can be tailored as a result The post We know nature is good for wellbeing – this study digs deeper appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The extraordinary story of John McAvoy: ex-robber, record holding triathlete and youth mentor, whose prison officer never misses a race The post The robber turned runner helping young people stay on the straight and narrow appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
There’s a growing trend for tarmacking over front gardens. Positive News readers are bucking it, by doing the opposite The post Before and after: the rewilded front gardens of Positive News readers appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
A tiny Greek island has undergone a green revolution, becoming energy self-sufficient and permanently closing its landfill site The post Welcome to the world’s first zero-waste island appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The founder of the world’s largest indoor rainforest on good manners, embracing newness, and why he accepts every third invitation The post Life lessons: Sir Tım Smit on what life has taught him appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
They survived the Blitz and attempts to chop them down. One was a Tudor picnic spot. Meet the contenders for Tree of the Year The post The trees competing to be UK Tree of the Year appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
US youths won a major climate case, Mexico’s poverty rate plummeted, and pangolins breathed a little easier, plus more The post What went right this week: a ‘gamechanging’ climate ruling, plus more appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
How do you improve mental wellbeing amid war and famine? A retiree in Yemen has a Nordic-inspired solution The post The sports movement spreading positivity in war-torn Yemen appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
It’s been a record year for green energy installations, but the UK is at the wrong end of Europe’s heat pump league table The post UK homeowners have never been hotter for heat pumps and solar appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
From this month, Estonia has put in place free transport for its residents across much of the country. What can the rest of the world learn? | Continue reading
Tailored strips of wildflowers allow pest-eating insects to spread throughout crop fields, reducing the need for pesticides. We meet the team behind the trial that puts flower power at the fore | Continue reading