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Planting English trees to protect the Peruvian rainforest

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 11:14:37 +0000

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

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 05:30:42 +0000

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

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:12:17 +0000

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

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 10:40:30 +0000

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

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 06:00:09 +0000

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

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 09:00:41 +0000

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

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 05:00:51 +0000

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?

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 09:00:14 +0000

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?

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:29:59 +0000

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

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 05:00:53 +0000

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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