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Eddie Jones, a qualified personal trainer and nutritionist, has developed an online health and wellness programme called The Kindness Revolution that encourages its participants to perform an act of kindness every day. The 12-week programme guides participants through easy-to-follow habits that help them lose weight sustainably and improve their relationship with food. The programme also… Continue reading The secret ingredient for optimum health? Kindness, says this fitness expert

The Bike Project, a UK-based charity, has been providing refurbished bicycles to refugees and people seeking asylum for a decade. Founder Jem Stein started the project in his garden shed and it has grown to include workshops in London and Birmingham. The charity has so far distributed more than 11,000 bicycles in nearly 40 cities… Continue reading ‘Getting a bike was a resurrection’: the project donating bicycles to refugees

An NHS-funded husky therapy programme has been introduced to a medium security mental health unit in Wales, in conjunction with Mynydd Sleddog Adventures, an adventure leisure company. The programme is aimed at helping 22 men aged between 18 and 58 who have committed serious crimes. The five-week course includes husky hikes around the unit’s grounds… Continue reading How ‘husky therapy’ is helping offenders to tackle their mental health challenges

This week’s good news roundup includes a historic climate deal, a breakthrough in pregnancy sickness research, the success of two endangered animal species, and the return of a national bird species to a city after 150 years. Nearly 200 nations agreed to “transition away from fossil fuels” at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, described… Continue reading What went right this week: the good news you should know about

At the Cop28 climate summit in Dubai, fossil fuel industry vested interests were apparent, with major oil-producing countries in opposition to the final deal. However, the deal is considered historic as it calls on all countries to transition away from fossil fuels to achieve net-zero by 2050. This is the first time this language has… Continue reading Even as the heat has been on in Dubai, the renewables juggernaut has gathered pace

The UK is struggling to meet its government targets for tree-planting, but farmers could provide a solution by diversifying their land. However, the key question is how to encourage this. At present, the UK’s forestry trade body and a cross-bench committee of MPs have both expressed scepticism over the chances of planting 30,000 hectares of… Continue reading ‘We’ve had untold support’: how farmers are getting creative with tree-planting

The UK’s current psychiatric system has been heavily criticised for being more coercive than caring, a one-size-fits-all approach that silences the voices and visions of patients. The system is also notorious for alienating family members, who are often excluded and left in the dark. Psychiatrists such as Russell Razzaque decry the system’s obsession with medication,… Continue reading The Nordic way: why the alternative Finnish approach to psychosis is going global

In western Guatemala, a community collective is reviving Indigenous concepts of mental health by using sharing circles. Los Romero, a village high up in the mountains, is predominantly home to Mam villages – Indigenous Maya people who have lived there since pre-Columbian times. Isabel Romero, one of the villagers, used to feel trapped inside her… Continue reading Circles of hope: the Guatemalan women reviving Indigenous concepts of mental wellbeing

This week has seen some positive developments in different parts of the world. For one, the rate of deforestation in the Amazon has decreased by 55.8% as compared to last year. Amazon Conservation, a charity that monitors deforestation across nine countries, attributes this success to impactful efforts to halt tree loss, especially in Brazil. Another… Continue reading What went right this week: the good news you should know about

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