A Nightclub of a Special Kind
This nightclub for the elderly is fighting loneliness with tea party disco Published by Positive Outlooks - News and stories that make you feel better after reading. Knitting, owning fifteen cats, reading the newspaper on a rocking chair, staying indoors —...
The most effective way to tackle climate change? Plant 1 trillion trees
By Mark Tutton, CNN Photo: Carpeted in trees, the 2.82 million hectare Chiribiquete National Park in Colombia sucks CO2 from the atmosphere. Photo sources: see infos on each photo London (CNN)What's low-tech, sustainable and possibly the most effective thing...
Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment
The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment is a charity which exists to improve the quality of people's lives by teaching and practicing timeless and ecological ways of planning, designing and building. Respecting the past, building the future The...
Indigenous water activist to speak at UN as part of youth-led climate movement
Photo Source: Autumn Peltier, a teenage activist from Wiikwemkoong First Nation on Manitoulin Island, Ont., addresses the United Nations General Assembly on March 22, 2018. She’ll return to the UN headquarters in New York on Saturday to advocate for water protection...
The couple who quit their high paid jobs to live off-grid
Charis and Matthew live a very different lifestyle to your average family A family who escaped the "rat race" of the city to live completely off grid have revealed that their only bill left is council tax. Seven years ago, Essex vets Charis and Matthew...
SEKEM – The Idea of Holistic Sustainable Development
photosource: https://www.sekem.com/en/media/pictures/ When Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish returned to Egypt in 1977 to start the SEKEM Initiative he had a strong vision deep in his heart: “In the midst of sand and desert I see myself standing before a well drawing water....
Youth Activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez Wants People to Pay $10 a Month to Fight Climate Change
Photo by Lukas Budimaier on Unsplash By Joe McCarthy “This is about today. It’s not about future generations. Our existence is being threatened.” Xiuhtezcatl Martinez has been fighting to stop climate change since he was six years old. He’s engaged in nonviolent civil...
ECOVATIVE – Mushroom Packaging – 100% Home Compostable
While researching on new alternative packaging possibilities, I came across a material, built from a growing mushroom - MycoComposite™ - developped by ecovative, an American producer of alternative materials. They grow materials made from agricultural...
Paris Introduces 32 More Sites for Urban Farming
By Emilie Baliozian Paris is famous across the world for its food, art and romance. But let it be known that Paris is also a leader when it comes to dedicating public and private land to urban farming. The city launched its Parisculteurs initiative in 2016 with the...
Business Leaders for Climate Action
About BLCA Business Leaders for Climate Action is a network of forward thinking businesses, associations, and industry leaders calling for Massachusetts to put a price on carbon. Carbon pricing is quickly becoming “the new normal” across the country and the globe. In...
Jane Goodall gets awarded the Environmental Peace Prize 2019
Outstanding Environmental Peace Award 2019 The Luxembourg Peace Prize for Outstanding Environmental Peace seeks to recognize sustainable development, environmental governance, natural resource management, and environmental conflict management from an ecological...
charity:water – providing access to clean water for everybody
Our Mission charity: water is a nonprofit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries 663 million people live without clean water. That’s nearly 1 in 10 people worldwide, or, twice the population of the United States without...