Location: UK
01 Nov 2012
Want to invest in green energy but don’t have a local project to invest in? A new website lists share offerings for green energy co-ops around the UK
UK / Economics & Innovation, Environment
31 Oct 2012
Two leading thinkers in alternative economics and the environment, Charles Eisenstein and Polly Higgins, will speak at a one-off event in London this Friday
25 Oct 2012
A social enterprise supplying local food in east London has launched a programme to help other communities set up their own vegetable box schemes across the UK
22 Oct 2012
Around 3.8 million older people live alone in the UK and those that live in special residential communities are often segregated from mainstream society. But times are changing
Getting your pension invested more positively
UK / Blogs, Economics & Innovation
19 Oct 2012
As part of National Ethical Investment week, Matthew Butcher from FairPensions discusses how people saving for a pension can help change the world for the better
18 Oct 2012
A project aiming to provide free access to the UK's best university lectures has launched
16 Oct 2012
Bookworms can get their literary fix for free while helping the environment, thanks to a number of innovative schemes around the UK
12 Oct 2012
How can communities work together to become stronger and happier? Kathleen Cassidy found out at this year’s Transition Network Conference
12 Oct 2012
A ‘Green Investment Bank’ (GIB), set up by the government with an initial funding pot of £3bn, is due to launch this October
10 Oct 2012
A series of ethical investment debates and talks aimed at hedge fund managers, charities who invest in private companies, and the public, kicks off this week
Geothermal could supply 20% of UK electricity
10 Oct 2012
The UK could meet a fifth of its electricity demands through deep geothermal energy, according to a new report
09 Oct 2012
The number of men training to be primary school teachers in England has increase by more than 50% in the past four years
09 Oct 2012
Renowned permaculture expert Aranya talks about the environmental – and emotional – benefits of permaculture design
04 Oct 2012
Transformational Media Summit report: Are we seeing a positive news revolution in specialist and mainstream media?
02 Oct 2012
Meditation before and after lessons is creating classroom success stories for a school in Lancashire
UK / Blogs, Body & Mind, Health, Wellbeing
01 Oct 2012
Blogger Gabi MacEwan explains how gratitude has helped her to live through a terminal diagnosis
30 Sep 2012
For some social commentators, the stereotype Londoner is an unfriendly commuter on the underground railway, burying their head in a book. But, one of the capital’s leading artists has decided to dispel this myth
25 Sep 2012
An impressive line-up of happiness champions are set to investigate exactly what it is that makes our hearts swell
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