Tag: Positive News

The multibillion-pound marketplace for thrift, preloved, retro or vintage clothes is booming online. The trend is partly driven by a cost of living squeeze, but also by an increasing awareness of the importance of sustainable spending. US-based recommerce site ThredUp has predicted that the global clothes resale market will almost double to $350bn by 2027.… Continue reading Roll up for the great resale retail rush: the rise and rise of secondhand shopping

Italian photographer Maurizio di Pietro’s shot of an insect food experiment at the University of Turin has won the top prize in the Environmental Photographer of the Year competition. While the image may seem nightmarish, it may have the power to provide a solution to food scarcity, a global problem. The experiment explored the use… Continue reading A swarm of solutions: insect food experiment lands top photography prize

This Christmas, why not give the gift of positivity with a subscription to Positive News magazine? With each gift subscription, your loved ones will receive four beautiful magazines filled with uplifting stories that will inspire and brighten their day. Not only will they be receiving heartwarming content that will put a smile on their face,… Continue reading What went right this week: the good news you should know about

Positive News, a newspaper that focused purely on positive and uplifting stories, has celebrated its 30th anniversary. The newspaper launched when people assumed that news was always bad, and was surprised by the emergence of Positive News. It contained no negative stories and instead focused purely on progress and solutions. Today, Positive News is a… Continue reading 30 years of good news that matters: Positive News celebrates milestone year

As we reach the halfway point of our Developing Mental Wealth series, it’s clear that we’ve learned a lot from the people and projects that are making strides in improving mental health across the globe. We’ve seen inspiring efforts from Yemen to Liberia, Guatemala to Finland. Here are some of the highlights so far: 1.… Continue reading Five things we’ve learned making a series on community-led mental health projects around the world

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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