Crossing the climate threshold now looks unavoidable, but temperatures are still shaped by the choices we make now The post We’re likely to breach 1.5C. What happens next is still in our hands appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
A ‘superhuman’ tool to spot heart disease, France slows fast fashion, and a species comes back from the brink, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The actor is helping launch Oxfam’s annual secondhand fashion campaign, as research finds 57% of UK adults tried to buy less clothing in the past year The post Richard E. Grant fronts Second Hand September as Britons try to buy fewer clothes appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
While tech-moguls pour billions into trying to live longer, the answer might well be in the simple life The post What Brazil’s supercentenarians can teach us about living to 120 appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Seven years after London introduced its Ultra Low Emission Zone, researchers are measuring the impact on children's health The post London’s Ulez linked to healthier lung growth in children appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Sea shanties became an online craze, but these old working songs are doing more than filling dancefloors: they're connecting communities too The post The unlikely rise of the sea shanty band appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
An ‘historic’ fall in US violent crime, Europe’s right to repair law, and a conservation triumph for Kazakhstan, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Former oil executive Samantha Cooper once helped power the industry. Now she’s fighting to end its hold on our future The post Life after: oil appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
A new mapping tool pinpoints where the molluscs are most likely to strike, helping farmers cut pesticide use while protecting precious crops The post Putting slugs on the map: farmers pioneer precision crop protection appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Here are five simple ways to reconnect with your artistic side and make art part of everyday life The post Art attack: five habits to help you get (back) into art appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Why rewilding is one of the best solutions we have to the concerning rise of wildfires The post How rewilding could help stop the spread of Britain’s wildfires appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
A ‘pivotal moment’ for cancer treatment, resurgent whales, and the city that made public transport free, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
In Syria, a brightly painted bus is bringing books, puppets and art workshops to children who have grown up with war The post The mobile library bringing books to rural Syria appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
We asked: how do you forge meaningful human connections in a busy, disconnected world? This is what you said The post How to forge meaningful human connections – according to you appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
How music festivals are putting land restoration, community action and environmental change on the bill The post Can festivals leave the land better than they found it? appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
An Italian farm is using biomimicry and agroecological technology to ensure their crops can handle the heat The post Black tomatoes and white aubergines, the future of farming is quantum appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Plummeting deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon, hurricane-predicting sharks and a courtroom reckoning on the cards for tech giants, plus mor The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Luke Holdsworth was born deaf and is now one of the UK’s most respected BSL interpreters at live concerts The post Bringing the thrill of live music to deaf audiences – with the help of air guitar appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
At 50 years old and with the release of his new book The Midnight Train, Matt Haig explains why acceptance has descended on him The post ‘Regret is a major theme of my work’: Matt Haig on finding acceptance appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
These three groups are using sport and movement to create connection, purpose and community The post Three sports groups using movement to tackle isolation appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
A new wave of young birders is helping to turn one of Britain’s oldest pastimes into one of its fastest-growing hobbies The post How birdwatching has become an unexpected hit with Gen Z appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
A reality check for ‘AI slop’, the US’s plummeting murder rate, and a big win for an uncontacted tribe, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The British singer-songwriter and frontman of alt-J on capturing creative sparks and the rise of the far-right The post Life lessons: Joe Newman on what life so far has taught him appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The government is overhauling school food standards in England for the first time in more than a decade The post How schools are winning children over to healthier lunches appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
At Groundswell, experts debated how to get more nature-friendly foods on shelves. Here’s three key takeaways The post Will regeneratively grown food become mainstream? appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
A new album made from the echolocation calls of bats is inviting listeners to hear the misunderstood mammals differently The post The musicians turning bat calls into club music appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
From knife-crime prevention to mental health support, grassroots football is being taken seriously as a tool for social change The post How community football is helping youth stay out of trouble appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Scientists flew into the heart of 'fire clouds', Finland cut emissions with a sand battery, and food banks turned waste into millions of meals, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
As Edinburgh introduces a visitor levy this week, we look at what a decade of tourist tax-funded investment has done for one of Europe’s resorts The post Did a tourist tax save Magaluf? appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
In east Africa, Maasai men are redefining what it means to be brave by helping people and lions co-exist The post A new measure of courage: how Maasai warriors became lion guardians appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Replacing real leopard skins with synthetic furs has helped leopards recover in western Zambia, researchers say The post Leopards recover in Zambia as communities swap skins for synthetics appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The world’s road got much safer, global hunger levels eased, and Brazil set a welcome record for deforestation, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has brought renewed urgency to the climate solutions campaigners have been pushing for years The post The upside of the energy crisis appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
As Premier League prices rise, growing numbers of supporters are seeking out something closer, cheaper and more human in non-league football The post The rise of community-led football appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
A bold new building in the Netherlands promises to showcase solutions to global problems – and encourage positive action The post ‘A place of hope and solutions’: the building promising a better future appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Inspired by olden days ice houses, this underground fridge uses the earth’s stable temperature to keep food cool The post The underground fridge that keeps food cool – even in a heatwave appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Advances in forensic science are disrupting the illegal wildlife trade – and are documented in a new photo series The post In pictures: How forensic science is helping tackle wildlife poaching appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Heath wins for El Salvador and Cambodia, progress for the global ocean treaty, and a new species discovery, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
An empowering initiative teaches people with limb loss how to farm sustainably, enabling many to start businesses The post How a farming programme in Sierra Leone helps amputees rebuild lives appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Shut out of the sport for generations, women, disabled players and minority communities are flooding into grassroots clubs The post The marginalised groups finding community through football appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Share the stories of change you’ve witnessed that took patience, persistence and time The post What positive change have you watched unfold over many years? appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Ahead of International Day of Hope on Sunday, a recent survey suggests young people are not just optimistic about the world, but full of ideas for making it kinder, fairer and greener The post Children are overwhelmingly positive for the future, says survey appeared first on Posi … | Continue reading
The world’s ‘greatest forest recovery’, a new test for womb cancer, and Estonia’s environmental progress, plus more good news The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Asian cities have shot up the latest Global Liveability Index, which has just been released. Where does your city rank? The post Revealed: the world’s most liveable cities in 2026 appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Editor Tom Pattinson introduces the new issue of Positive News magazine, which is out now The post Reclaiming the game. What to expect in the new issue of Positive News magazine appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
In Washington state, a social enterprise is hiring newly arrived refugees to make sustainable candles, helping them rebuild their lives The post Refugee candlemakers rebuilding lives through work appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
A national youth dance programme is bringing together 16–24-year-olds from across England to perform on major stages The post The national dance company opening doors for young performers appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Europeans breathed easier, silenced US scientists hit back, and a healthy diet was linked to lower dementia risk, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news that matters appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading