Articles Tagged with the word ‘information’
Local Food for School Dinners
30 Sep 2003
Local food is definitely on the menu, according to Good Food on the Public Plate, a manual for those wishing to introduce sustainable food in the public sector.
Positive News in Ithaca
28 Feb 2003
We are shortly embarking on a new adventure by publishing an edition of Positive News in New York State, in partnership with Ilonka who has been distributing Positive News in New York for the past couple of years. It has proved so popular that she has decided to produce a local version of the paper, which will include much...
Songs to Care for Earth
28 Feb 2003
"These songs are born of our hopes and dreams for people and planet," says Manu Song whose delightful funky jazz CD time to care for earth has just been released.
People for Peace
28 Feb 2003
The People For Peace Project websites have been a forum for sharing information, ideas and resources as well as connecting projects, organisations and efforts to create a more peaceful, just and sustainable world for over seven years. Now they are expanding with the launch of a multi-media publishing company devoted to promoting a culture of peace. The first two...
Reaching Out to Our Readers
28 Feb 2003
We recently asked our subscribers for their thoughts about Positive News and were overwhelmed by the response. So many of you think that it is really important to have positive stories to counteract the negativity that so often pervades the mainstream media. Lots of readers talked of feeling inspired and connected to the wider network
Ed Mayo Moves On
28 Feb 2003
New Economics Foundation's Executive Director, Ed Mayo, has announced that he will leave in May to take up the post of director at the National Consumer Council.
Straw Bale for the Bedouin
28 Feb 2003
Bustan means grove' in both Hebrew and Arabic and it is the title of a grassroots partnership addressing the plight of indigenous and marginalised people in Israel/Palestine. Bustan's coalition of NGOs are inviting people of all traditions such as appropriate technology engineers, green builders, artists, environmental lawyers, medical practitioners, peace educators and writers to join them in the Holy...
Running on Recycled
28 Feb 2003
Next time you pop out for some chips, you might like to ask if they have any old oil. Members of the Bio-Power Network are doing just that ñ recycling old vegetable oil to fuel vehicles. It is probably the cheapest fuel available.
Positive News Forum Join Our Online Community
28 Feb 2003
We know there is a wealth of creative ideas, talent and a high degree of motivation amongst our readership and we wanted to find a way that this could begin to be expressed and shared between us. In addition we want to provide a way for our readers to make links and friendships with each other.
Action without Borders
28 Feb 2003
Over the last few years, Action Without Borders have received lots of emails from young people around the world asking them for information about places where they can volunteer or get involved in their community. To meet this need, they've launched a website for children, teenagers and teachers at www.idealist.org
Young Envisionaries Branch Out
30 Dec 2002
This year the Young Envisionaries Award ñ YEVA has expanded into 20 schools across London
Utopian Vision Practical Steps
30 Jun 2002
We may get support from some governments, but the lead must come from people who share this vision. There are many starting points towards a co-operative free market economy, where people seek useful niches, not competitive advantage, information sharing to spread best practice, and public ratings to build trust. Green information networks at local and larger levels can enable...
World Futures Council
30 Jun 2002
Members will include respected moral figures, civil society and youth leaders and distinguished former members of parliament. They will advise the planned electronic parliament which is being set up on the internet to further global democracy.
Children Challenge Governments
30 Jun 2002
They also challenged the people of the world not to buy products that cause pollution, to live simply and use only what you need, reduce, reuse, recycle and compost, reduce the number of factories and cars, listen to each other especially children.
Media Channel
30 Dec 2001
'As the media watch the world, we watch the media,' the Media Channel is an online news service with an extensive archive of articles which attempt to salvage the truth often cited as being the first casualty of war.
Organic Africa
29 Dec 2001
Overseas staff at the Henry Doubleday Research Association, have been sending out organic farming and agroforestry information, advice, and vital resources to Africa and are now empowering the people who live there to do the job themselves.
First Eden — Now Gaia
30 Sep 2001
Feeling gloomy about global warming? The Gaia Energy Centre is the place for you! With the aim of making the consumption of energy sustainable, the centre is a power-house of inspiration and information on all aspects of renewable energy: from water, wind and solar power to geothermal heat and biomass crops.
Seeing Through the Spin
30 Sep 2001
A vitally important education pack has been produced to help teachers and their pupils to be fully aware of the amount of corporate publicity that is infiltrating schools, sometimes in a very subtle way.