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All articles. Luxuriate in the season: five reasons to enjoy a long festive period Grumbling about ‘Christmas creep’ might be popular, but there are jolly good reasons to stretch out the season of goodwill Culture Lifestyle Society Wellbeing. What went right this week: the good news that matters The Earthshot prize revealed its winners, the ...
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What went right in 2023: the top 25 good news stories of the year
Dec 19, 2023 · 1. The world entered a ‘golden age’ of medicine. The burgeoning medical revolution was a major theme of 2023. “We are seeing a pace of progress that has not been witnessed for 100 years,” Bertalan Mesk ó, director of the Medical Futurist Institute in Budapest, told Positive News in October.. Mesk ó is among a chorus of voices hailing a new ‘golden age’ of medicine – thanks, in ...
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What went right in 2022: the top 25 good news stories of the year
Dec 20, 2022 · The 2022 good news roundup. 1. The energy paradigm shifted. Two things happened this year that may have changed the energy paradigm forever. The first was Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the West’s subsequent dash …
What went right in 2021: the top 26 good news stories of the year
Dec 24, 2021 · Here are the big good news stories of 2021. 1. There was hope for stabilising the climate. It was a massive year for the climate, and reminders about what’s at stake came thick and fast: the IPCC’s ‘code red’ repor t, Siberian wildfires, heat domes, floods. Alarm bells became deafening, but there were beacons of hope, too.
What went right in 2020: the top 20 good news stories of the year
Dec 22, 2020 · 1) Renewables had a record year. Demand for renewables was growing before the pandemic and has held steady during 2020. Advancements in green tech have rapidly brought down the costs of wind and solar, making them highly competitive with fossil fuels. Renewable energy made up almost half of Britain’s electricity generation in the first three ...
Five workable solutions to deforestation - Positive News
Jun 15, 2022 · 2. Give indigenous people control of the land. Research suggests that one of the most effective solutions to deforestation is giving indigenous people control of the land.A 2021 study found that tree-felling reduced by a fifth where indigenous communities were in control.In some cases, deforestation rates were lower than in national parks.
How to cope with bad news: 10 ways to stay resilient
Mar 8, 2022 · We spoke to experts about how to cope with bad news, this is what they said. 1. Put the kettle on. The quintessentially British response of ‘putting the kettle on’ in troubled times might seem like a quaint notion, but the naturally calming effects of tea – which is shown to lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol – makes it a sage ...