How should we fund our journalism? Put up a paywall? Bag a billionaire? Instead, we’d love for you to support our quiet media revolution The post Who do you think should pay for Positive News? appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The creation of a wildlife reserve with an Indigenous community in one part of Kenya has paid dividends, for animals and people alike The post The Samburu warriors regenerating a Kenyan wilderness appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
In Leeds, a family becomes homeless every seven hours, while over 4,000 properties lie derelict. This organisation is finding a solution The post The organisation transforming derelict homes – and how you can support it appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
You can’t buy much for a quid these days, but you can change the world. Here are nine ways to have a positive (and affordable) impact The post 10 ways to do something good with just £1 appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Producing pants in the Welsh valleys again, mindful MPs and new spin-offs for old wind turbines, 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
Is tackling biodiversity loss or climate change more important? The beautiful thing is that we don't have to choose, writes Martin Wright The post Why tackling biodiversity loss could solve the climate crisis appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
It’s 2050. Big oil has gone bust and we managed to stabilise the climate. Fantasy or near-future reality? We find out The post Imagine if… green energy brings down big oil (plus, how it could happen) appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
The unlikely trio drove a makeshift electric car across Norway in the 80s, to highlight that policies around EVs needed to move up a gear The post The motley (star-studded) crew that paved the way for Norway’s EV revolution appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Amid growing interest – and outrage – about racial disparities in childbirth, one mother has made efforts to positively shape her experience The post Giving black women the births they deserve appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
More free lunches were served up to London primary pupils, and Puff Daddy paid up on publishing rights, 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
It’s 2050. AI has been tamed and is solving major global problems. Fantasy or near-future reality? We find out The post Imagine if…AI solves all our problems (plus, how it could happen) appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
Once a year the Faroe Islands closes to tourists – except those willing to roll up their sleeves and help fix the place The post The Faroe Islands is doing tourism on its own terms appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
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