Simple Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Thu, 02 May 2024 14:00:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png Simple Archives - Positive News 32 32 The plan to revive the UK’s ancient woods (and seven species that live in them) https://www.positive.news/environment/the-plan-to-revive-the-uks-ancient-woods/ Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:11:24 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=478060 Ancient woodlands have provided sanctuary to rare species for some 400 years. With help, there’s plenty of life in these old woods yet

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]]> Food banks for pets: the new projects helping famished furry friends https://www.positive.news/environment/food-banks-for-pets-projects-helping-pet-owners/ Fri, 19 May 2023 12:00:52 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=434386 Amid the cost-of-living crisis, some households are struggling to feed and care for their pets. Meet the projects helping to change that

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]]> The shop where the currency is kindness https://www.positive.news/society/kinder-shop-where-the-currency-is-kindness/ Tue, 16 May 2023 16:19:58 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=434110 Introducing the shop that’s pioneering a new type of retail – one where goods are exchanged not for cash, but time. Will the idea catch on?

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]]> Cultivating a new generation of leaders who put nature first https://www.positive.news/economics/responsible-business-the-leaders-who-put-nature-first/ Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:57:35 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=403028 What does strong leadership look like in a world facing a climate emergency? There projects are redefining the meaning of success

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]]> Cost of living crisis: inspiring responses that empower communities https://www.positive.news/society/cost-of-living-crisis-refreshing-responses/ Tue, 03 May 2022 14:36:28 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=391403 The cost of living crisis is impacting people’s sense of dignity. Two projects have a solution that is rooted in kindness

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]]> The results of the world’s largest study on kindness are in. Here’s what we learned https://www.positive.news/society/what-we-learned-from-the-worlds-largest-study-on-kindness/ Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:29:43 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=390327 Last year, 60,000 people volunteered to take part in a University of Sussex study on kindness. Now, the results have been revealed

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]]> Passion for compassion: the group working to make the Commons kinder https://www.positive.news/society/politics/the-group-working-to-make-the-house-of-commons-kinder/ Tue, 01 Feb 2022 10:39:39 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=383359 Forward-thinking countries are using legislation to make politics more compassionate. What would happen if the UK did the same?

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]]> Meet the educators using science to teach kindness https://www.positive.news/society/meet-the-educators-using-science-to-teach-kindness/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 11:40:55 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=373502 How would our world look if the next generation became leaders in kindness?

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]]> ‘People who aren’t being nice need kindness most’: the woman who spreads altruism for a living https://www.positive.news/society/the-woman-who-spreads-altruism-for-a-living/ Thu, 28 Oct 2021 15:25:04 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=372871 Jaime Thurston’s charity, 52 Lives, focuses on a family or individual to help every week of the year

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]]> Clowning around: how one charity kept children smiling through the pandemic https://www.positive.news/society/how-a-charity-kept-children-smiling-through-the-pandemic/ Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:24:02 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=355950 We find out how the Kindness Awards winner, Clowns Without Borders UK, has adapted in order to keep delivering its work

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