Category: Positive News

The text you provided appears to be an excerpt from an article or essay reflecting on Danish culture, specifically emphasizing the importance of imaginative play and creative engagement for children and families. Here’s a summary and some key points from the content: — ### Summary: – **Play as Resilience and Imagination**: The piece highlights how… Continue reading How Denmark is inviting visitors to rediscover analogue play

Grace Olson, a therapist and author based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, has uncovered an unexpected means of promoting emotional healing through her flock of pet sheep. Initially trained in equine-assisted therapy—which involves engaging with horses through simple care activities to encourage confidence and emotional well-being—Olson found that her therapy work took an unusual turn thanks… Continue reading Shear comfort, the sheep helping people unload their worries

Spanish artist Almudena Romero is transforming a wheat field in France into a living photographic work of art. In collaboration with INRAE, the country’s national institute for agriculture, food, and environment, she has embarked on a year-long project called Farming Photographs. This creative endeavor involves dividing a two-hectare field into numerous sections, each planted with… Continue reading A field of wheat becomes the world’s largest living photograph

Here is a summary of the three positive environmental news stories from your text: 1. **EVs Overtook Petrol Cars in the EU** – For the first time, electric vehicles (battery-electric cars) outsold petrol cars in the European Union in December. – Battery-electric vehicles accounted for 22.6% of new car sales, petrol cars 22.5%, and hybrids… Continue reading What went right this week: the good news that matters

A groundbreaking gene therapy that transforms white blood cells into a powerful “living drug” has shown remarkable success in reversing certain blood cancers that were previously considered untreatable. This innovative treatment approach, backed by research funded by Blood Cancer UK, marks a significant milestone in cancer therapy. At Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and King’s… Continue reading Revolutionary therapy treats ‘untreatable’ blood cancer

Despite the existential threats facing humanity today, celebrated author Ian McEwan believes the future remains firmly within our control. Recently, at their home in the Cotswolds, McEwan and his wife Annalena experimented with the AI program Soniva Music. They asked it to transform Philip Larkin’s well-known poem ‘This Be The Verse’ into a country music… Continue reading ‘We just have to stop doing bad things and do good things’

At Positive News, managing multiple roles within a small team is a daily reality. This brings a mix of benefits, such as variety, independence, and opportunities to explore projects that might be out of reach in larger organisations. However, every new initiative must also prove its worth before moving forward. When the idea of launching… Continue reading Behind the scenes of The Purpose Pioneers podcast

A new anthology brings together writers who have personally experienced homelessness, offering a powerful collection of stories that challenge common views on poverty and hardship. This project unites both emerging and established voices to share perspectives often unheard, highlighting resilience and the multifaceted nature of life affected by adversity. Titled *More Than One Story*, the… Continue reading New anthology rewrites the story of homelessness

At just 27 years old, Jazz Turner from Seaford, East Sussex, has recently achieved a remarkable feat by sailing solo around the UK and Ireland. Despite facing a grim prognosis due to an incurable condition called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, she has refused to let her health challenges deter her from pursuing her dreams. Diagnosed ten years… Continue reading Life after: a terminal diagnosis

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