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(We promise never to share your details with anyone, ever)Film academy seeks students for summer
04 May
Up to 1,500 young people from across the UK are being given the opportunity to work alongside film industry professionals to help create feature-length films this summer
Friends in foreign places
01 May
An online service is helping provide unique travel experiences by connecting visitors with like-minded locals who act as guides or share their knowledge. Jini Reddy tries it out and discovers the hidden jewels of the Yorkshire coast
A deeper route to employment
26 Apr
Erica Crompton visits a unique organic farm and retreat in Scotland to discover how young volunteers are finding their way into employment
‘We are going to turn this around’
10 Apr
With an eye on the changing social and economic landscape, folk artist Martha Tilston is leading a revival of the protest song, discovers Caspar Walsh
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Sustainable cycle tour seeks adventurers
15 May
Youth-led sustainability charity the Otesha Project UK will embark upon its most challenging cycle tour yet this summer
Sunrise festival launches competition for aspiring musicians
11 May
A music competition has been launched giving bands and DJs across the UK the chance to play at this...
Funding boost for Scottish local food network
06 May
Europe’s largest local food network is to receive almost half a million pounds of funding from the Scottish government...
Event calls for education revolution
Global /
06 May
An international conference aiming to promote alternative education will take place in Portland on 1-5 August 2012
Momentum builds for reform of money system
05 May
Ben Dyson: There is real momentum building in the movement to reform our privatised, debt-based money system
World wakes up to impacts of climate change
04 May
A global day of action will see people ‘connecting the dots’ between extreme weather and climate change
A story of co-operation
UK /
02 May
Editorial: how communities are building new foundations for our society and economy
