Location: UK
Consumer campaign slashes energy bills
26 Jun 2012
UK consumers who have taken part in a campaign tackling energy prices are set to save a grand total of £25 million a year on energy bills
26 Jun 2012
Permaculture apprentice Nicole Vosper sees her dreams coming to fruition as her medicine garden takes shape
UK / Education, Wellbeing, Youth
19 Jun 2012
Three hundred teenagers will explore human capacity for empathy at London conference
19 Jun 2012
Claudia Cahalane rounds up a tasty selection of socially-minded cafes and restaurants across the UK
Global, UK / Community, Wellbeing
18 Jun 2012
A week of events celebrating the good in the world will take place from 18-24 June 2012
18 Jun 2012
A floating musical tide mill which is powered by a giant waterwheel and built using recycled pontoons, is open for the summer at Newcastle and Gateshead Quayside
UK / Peace & Democracy, Politics
14 Jun 2012
A public meeting on how links between corporate lobbying and politics can be made more transparent is to be held in Manchester on 15 June
UK / Culture, Spirit, Wellbeing
13 Jun 2012
A programme of events focused on spirituality will take place at Sunrise Celebration festival in Somerset this June
13 Jun 2012
A 400-hectare nature reserve comprising saltmarsh, lagoons, reedbeds and ponds is to be created on the Steart Peninsula, near Bridgwater, Somerset
New bill to encourage community ownership of national grid
11 Jun 2012
A new bill has been proposed which would create a right of first refusal for local communities to take ownership of the national grid in their area should it be put up for sale
11 Jun 2012
A new phone app called Buddy is being used by mental health service providers to help patient wellbeing
11 Jun 2012
Climatecars, a taxi firm which has used hybrid cars (electric and petrol) since its launch in 2007, is to be one of the first companies to bring fully electric Renault Fluence Z.E. cars to the UK
11 Jun 2012
A network of workspaces where entrepreneurial change-makers can connect and collaborate is blossoming across the world. Jane Taylor visits Hub Westminster, newly opened in London, and discovers what makes these innovative hotspots the place to be for socially-conscious businesspeople
What if… there was a transition festival?
11 Jun 2012
The Festival of Transition, a UK-wide celebration of grassroots responses to climate change, will take place in the run-up to and during this year’s Rio+20 Earth Summit on 20-22 June 2012
11 Jun 2012
Stephen Lewis speaks to Satish Kumar, the long-standing editor of the pioneering environmental magazine Resurgence, about the publication's philosophy and achievements
10 Jun 2012
From down-to-earth retreat centres to extravagant spas, Robin Robinson takes a look at some of the best places in the UK to relax, indulge and escape this summer
07 Jun 2012
The Welsh government have announced plans to make it a legal requirement for local councils to provide and maintain cycle and walking routes
01 Jun 2012
Inspired by the ‘Olympic truce,’ which calls for countries to come together in peace, an art installation will see encampments of glowing tents set up at eight remote coastal sites on 19-22 July
Green jobs offer key to youth employment
01 Jun 2012
The government should support the environmental sector, which can offer fulfilling work for young people, says Hanna Thomas
01 Jun 2012
A course designed to help young people find their direction in life will take place at the Asha Centre near Stroud from 29 June to 1 July