Nature Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:11:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png Nature Archives - Positive News 32 32 ‘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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]]> 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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]]> What went right this week: a historic European nature law, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-25-of-2024/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 05:00:20 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=484547 A deal was sealed on a historic European nature law and LGBTQ+ rights in south-east Asia received a major boost, plus more good news

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]]> How the virtual world is inspiring gamers to become botanists https://www.positive.news/society/virtual-world-inspiring-gamers-become-botanists/ Mon, 10 Jun 2024 13:04:56 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=482513 Gamers encounter landscapes full of flora in the virtual world but spend much time indoors. A new seed project aims to change that

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]]> Lichen-lovers asked to spot signs of life among the dead https://www.positive.news/society/lichen-lovers-asked-to-spot-signs-of-life-among-the-dead/ Fri, 07 Jun 2024 09:12:50 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=482235 Citizen scientists are being asked to zoom in on the lichen in their local churchyards from this weekend

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]]> What went right this week: how to boost life satisfaction, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-22-of-2024/ Fri, 31 May 2024 05:00:40 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=481524 A study showed how to boost life satisfaction, a climate villain went green, and South Korea went zen, plus more

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]]> ‘People should be a part of nature, not apart from nature’ – campaigners https://www.positive.news/environment/people-should-be-a-part-of-nature-not-apart-from-nature-campaigners/ Wed, 22 May 2024 11:09:42 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=480967 Campaigners hope to amend dictionary definitions of 'nature' to include humans. Change the definition, change our connection – they say

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]]> The ‘surreal’ art of worm charming – and why we’re all being urged to try it https://www.positive.news/environment/citizen-scientists-worm-charming/ Fri, 10 May 2024 08:43:24 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=479552 Worm charming might sound like an eccentric pastime, but scientists want everyone to have a go in the name of soil health

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]]> People power: seven grassroots conservationists who are ‘saving the world’ https://www.positive.news/environment/seven-conservation-pioneers-who-are-saving-the-world/ Thu, 02 May 2024 13:49:27 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=478855 How much difference can one person make? Just ask these grassroots ecologists, who’ve won an award for saving species

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]]> ‘It connects us to nature’: the Muslim women finding joy in England’s woodlands https://www.positive.news/society/it-connects-us-to-nature-the-muslim-women-finding-joy-in-englands-woodlands/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:16:27 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=477486 A group of Muslim women from east London have found kinship, fitness and spirituality through Nordic walking in the woods

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