Archived articles from 2012
Global / Economics & Innovation
26 Sep 2012
Updates from Positive Money on efforts to reform the money system
25 Sep 2012
An impressive line-up of happiness champions are set to investigate exactly what it is that makes our hearts swell
South America / Renewable Energy
25 Sep 2012
Inmates at a Brazilian prison are being given the chance to reduce their jail sentences by pedalling stationary bikes which generate renewable energy to power local streetlights
24 Sep 2012
The British press features too many negative and irrelevant news stories that don’t accurately reflect what’s going on in the world, former BBC broadcaster Martyn Lewis said on Wednesday night
24 Sep 2012
Journalists and members of the public came together in London on Wednesday to debate the need for more good news in the media. Kathleen Cassidy reviews the event
24 Sep 2012
A new year-long course has been launched to help people become resilient to the impacts of climate change, the limits of economic growth and life without cheap fossil fuel energy
23 Sep 2012
Sustainability summit calls for artists and environmentalists to create a positive new vision of the future
22 Sep 2012
A pod of dolphins living in the waters of a Japanese island have been declared citizens by local fishermen, in a bid to save them from slaughter
22 Sep 2012
A group of leading scientists has publicly proclaimed that animals possess cognitive abilities similar to humans
North America / Culture, Positive People, Travel
21 Sep 2012
A 30-year-old Innu man, Nikashant Antane (Michel Andrew), nicknamed Giant, has completed an epic 4,000km 'health' walk across the harsh hinterlands of subarctic Quebec and Labrador
20 Sep 2012
In post-revolution Tunisia, Naomi Tolley discovers a peaceful land with a positive air, and a unique tourism business that one man has built with his own hands
Global / Economics & Innovation
19 Sep 2012
As a flurry of new platforms for investing money hits the internet, dissatisfaction with traditional banking is beginning to lead to a movement for a viable alternative, reports Lee Williams
19 Sep 2012
Thembi Mutch spends the day with women farming seaweed in Zanzibar and discovers how an innovative community business is empowering them to take control of their lives
19 Sep 2012
Pollinators such as bees and hover flies, which are vital for the environment and economy, will receive new protection under plans announced by the Welsh government
17 Sep 2012
A new voluntary catch limit set by fishermen in Lyme Bay is thought to be the first example of self-regulation by the British fishing community