The lamps made from old umbrellas, plus five other smart homeware designs
1. Desk accessories made of food packaging bFRIENDS by BeneThis collection of accessories for desktops is made from discarded food packaging. The collection includes pen pots and trays as well as a stand for mobile phones. It is 3D printed from 100% recycled PLA, a cornstarch derivative bioplastic, and diverted from landfill. At the end […]
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How two survivors of domestic violence found meaning from tragedy
It’s a year since Sarah Everard was murdered in London by Wayne Couzens, a male police officer. Positive News spoke with five men to discuss the history of gender-based violence, including Ryan Hart and Luke Hart, ahead of the anniversary. Lance Hart killed his wife, daughter, and self in 2016 just five days after his […]
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In pictures: winners of this year’s World Nature Photography Awards
Paddling orang utans, snoozing monkeys and a seal hunting for its lunch were just a few of the winners. These photos are all available. Spare a thought for the penguin that featured in the grand prize winning shot of this year’s World Nature Photography Awards – the poor thing was about to be a leopard seal’s […]
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What went right this week: the four-day week, plus more positive news
The mainstream was the four-day week It may sound utopian to think that you can work less hours for the same amount of pay, but it is quickly becoming a reality for UK workers. A report released this week showed a sharp rise in the number of companies offering a four day week. Academics at […]
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Man whose mother killed his abusive father now works to tackle domestic abuse
It’s a year since Sarah Everard was murdered in London by Wayne Couzens, a male police officer. Positive News spoke with five men to discuss the history of gender-based violence, including David Challen, a campaigner. David Challen led an effort to free his mother Sally from prison. She had killed David’s father, after he subjected […]
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How to cope with bad news – FFA
5. For aha-related solutions, activate your brain Marilyn Devonish overcame suicidal depression to become a certified coach and therapist, and has 21 years’ experience working in the trauma field. “Continual bad news almost tipped me over the edge,” she says. Devonish is another proponent of taking a moment to breathe. “If you don’t oxygenate your […]
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Five female-run businesses using design to create a waste-free world
From ‘collaborating’ with micro organism to make materials for trainers, to ‘unplastic’ created from brewery waste, these female-founded companies enlist the facility of creativity to cast off waste 1,400 entries. 100 nations. 16 winners. In January 2021, worldwide design organisation What Design Can Do launched a world competitors: a name for entrepreneurs to submit concepts […]
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How can I stop climate change? Six easy lifestyle changes to make
If everybody within the developed world rung in these modifications, emissions would fall by 1 / 4, in line with analysis out immediately The sheer magnitude and complexity of the local weather disaster can depart many individuals feeling helpless and apathetic. Why hassle giving up beef is BP is drilling for extra oil? What’s the […]
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How the entertainment industry can help us tackle the climate crisis
Proof means that inexperienced position fashions on the silver display positively impression viewers’ behaviour. We want extra of them It’s typically implied that every one we want are technological options and extra renewable vitality to unravel our environmental points. However historical past teaches us that as expertise progresses and we change into extra environment friendly, […]
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What went right this week: ‘historic’ plastic deal, plus more positive news
World leaders hailed ‘historic’ resolution on plastic These are tumultuous times, but despite the political fallout from the war in Ukraine, 175 nations came together this week to strike what has been described as “the most significant environmental multilateral deal since the Paris accord”. In Nairobi, heads of states, ministers of the environment, and other […]
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