Location: Global

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/ Environment

30 Mar 2012

 

A record number of countries will switch off the lights at important landmarks and take part in Earth Hour this year

 
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/ Peace, Spirit

27 Mar 2012

 

More than 85,000 individuals, organisations and cities have now signed up to endorse the Charter for Compassion, a document that aims to inspire compassionate action around the world

 
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/ Conservation

27 Mar 2012

 

A new Welsh charity is bringing the nation together to help conserve an area of rainforest the size of Wales – two million hectares or 7,722 sq miles

 
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/ Positive Perspective, Wellbeing

15 Mar 2012

 

Mark Williamson responds to the first results of the government’s new initiative to measure our levels of wellbeing

 
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/ Positive Money

05 Mar 2012

 

Some intelligent redesign of our money system could give us a way to deal with the current crisis of debt and unemployment, says Ben Dyson

 
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/ Community, Renewable Energy

05 Mar 2012

 

As a coalition of UK charities calls for an increased focus on community-owned renewables, Martin Wright reflects on the potential of local energy ownership

 
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/ Community, Justice

05 Mar 2012

 

Campaign group Avaaz is helping raise the voice of millions of people through its online activism

 

We’re happier than in 2007, claims study

 
 

/ Wellbeing

02 Mar 2012

 

Indonesians, Indians and those in Latin America most happy, but Europeans less happy than world average, says IPSOS report

 
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/ Body & Mind, Positive community

14 Feb 2012

 

Dr John Butler explains how hypnotherapy can assist the journey of inner discovery and help us make transformational choices

 
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, / Environment, Justice

14 Feb 2012

 

A campaign in support of a proposed new law on environmental destruction wants one million 'love letters to the Earth' to be sent to world leaders ahead of the 2012 Earth Summit

 
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, / Sustainable Development, Travel, Wellbeing

14 Feb 2012

 

Cycling phenomenon Critical Mass celebrates two decades of reclaiming the roads

 
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, , / Travel

24 Jan 2012

 

Completing the first leg of a unique around-the-world journey through the length of six continents, Steve Fabes found Africa to be a life-affirming place

 
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/ Arts

20 Jan 2012

 

A documentary project is gathering stories of kindness from all over the world

 
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/ Transition News

04 Jan 2012

 

A new guide to the Transition movement reflects its growing diversity and richness, reports Mike Grenville

 

Does making poverty history require making wealth history too?

 
 

/ New Economics, Positive Perspective

04 Jan 2012

 

We need to redefine wealth if we are to find a sustainable path to global prosperity, says Jeremy Williams

 

Working towards a common good

 
 

/ Positive Perspective, World Goodwill

20 Dec 2011

 

It is remarkable how, from a very early age, the concept of fairness is so ingrained in the human psyche

 
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/ Justice, Positive People, Sustainable Development

12 Dec 2011

 

Polly Higgins says a feasible amendment to international law could catapult global society into a sustainable future

 
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/ New Economics

09 Dec 2011

 

Peter Blom, CEO and chairman of Triodos Bank, says that banks need to have real values and by mimicking natural systems they can operate more effectively

 

Where does money come from?

 
 

/ New Economics

06 Dec 2011

 

New book offers clear understanding of core economic issue

 
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/ Arts, Science

06 Dec 2011

 

Advances in our knowledge and understanding of animal sentience are compelling us to reconsider our prejudices toward animals