Society Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Fri, 02 Aug 2024 19:22:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png Society Archives - Positive News 32 32 Planting English trees to protect the Peruvian rainforest https://www.positive.news/society/planting-english-trees-to-protect-peruvian-rainforest/ Fri, 02 Aug 2024 11:14:37 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=488697 When a group of Positive News readers found themselves despairing at the destruction of the rainforest, they resolved to do something

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]]> What went right this week: the good news you should know about https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-31-of-2024/ Fri, 02 Aug 2024 05:30:42 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=488590 Brazil put a billionaire tax on the table, the EU power sector saw a ‘historic shift’, and dogs helped to rewild England, plus more

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]]> What’s the single most inspiring thing anybody has said to you? https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/whats-the-single-most-inspiring-thing-anybody-has-said-to-you/ Wed, 31 Jul 2024 10:21:16 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=488469 We want to know: what wise words have positively impacted your life?

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]]> Rising and shining: one woman’s mission to demystify the baking of bread https://www.positive.news/society/rising-and-shining-one-womans-mission-to-demystify-the-baking-of-bread/ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:12:17 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=488346 After baking bread lifted her out of a deep depression, Kitty Tait resolved to share the benefits of an honest, unprocessed, crust

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]]> ‘Trees show us what community means’. The importance of having access to forests, according to you https://www.positive.news/society/trees-show-us-what-community-means-the-importance-of-having-access-to-forests-according-to-you/ Mon, 29 Jul 2024 10:40:30 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=488215 Positive News readers share the profound impact that being in forests has had on your wellbeing 

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]]> The campaign to outlaw lying in politics https://www.positive.news/society/the-campaign-to-outlaw-lying-in-politics/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:14:37 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=488227 As the Welsh government commits to making lying in politics illegal, could Westminster and other governments follow?

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]]> What went right this week: how AI might save your life, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-30-of-2024/ Fri, 26 Jul 2024 06:00:09 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=488144 Trees offered a ‘climate surprise’, AI boosted cancer detection rates, and a bird fluttered back from the brink, plus more

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]]> Reading between the lines: the book club boom https://www.positive.news/society/reading-between-the-lines-the-book-club-boom/ Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:07:27 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=488048 A desire for offline community and connection is fuelling a resurgence of interest in book clubs in the UK

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]]> Value in the meantime: the social enterprise transforming London’s empty buildings https://www.positive.news/society/value-in-the-meantime-the-social-enterprise-transforming-londons-empty-buildings/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:25:02 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=486831 Empty buildings are a rich resource, believe staff and volunteers at the ReSpace social enterprise

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]]> (Any)body work: behind the scenes at London’s first all-female garage https://www.positive.news/society/anybody-work-behind-the-scenes-at-londons-first-all-female-garage/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 11:49:30 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=487885 At Spanners With Manners, Laura Kennedy is steering a more inclusive conversation when it comes to jobs in mechanics and engineering

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