Environment 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 Environment 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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]]> 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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]]> 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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]]> What went right this week: a beacon of social progress, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-29-of-2024/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 09:00:41 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=487582 Sweden let grandparents take parental leave, a rare species turned up in Ireland, and there was progress against cancer, plus more

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]]> What went right this week: progress on poverty, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-28-of-2024/ Fri, 12 Jul 2024 05:00:51 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=486681 Indonesia slashed its poverty rate, China supercharged renewables, and the ‘world’s most joyful museum’ won a top award, plus more

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]]> We want to know: what do forests mean to you? https://www.positive.news/society/we-want-to-know-what-do-forests-mean-to-you/ Wed, 10 Jul 2024 09:00:14 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=486489 Whether you are a tree hugger, forest bather or just love being in nature, what are the most meaningful experiences you’ve had with trees?

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]]> Can a new government supercharge the UK’s clean energy revolution? https://www.positive.news/society/can-a-new-government-supercharge-the-uks-clean-energy-revolution/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:29:59 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=485629 Here’s how the next UK government could ramp up clean energy in a simple, affordable way

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]]> What went right this week: avoiding a sixth mass extinction, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-26-of-2024/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 05:00:53 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=485212 Scientists showed how to avoid a sixth mass extinction, humanity became ‘less negative’, and Sierra Leone banned child marriage, plus more

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