Opinion

Over the years I spent researching the effects of the news on our mental wellbeing, many people doubted the ability of individuals and organisations to bring about positive change in...

While the media’s negativity bias can make people feel helpless, getting involved in the Extinction Rebellion movement has been nothing but empowering, says Positive News magazine reader Eileen Peck As...

‘People think my neighbourhood is a place only of homicide and trafficking. I use poetry to show them otherwise,’ says poet Evanilson Alves, from Salvador, Brazil A group of friends...

Touted as a way to end HIV within a generation, the HIV prevention pill (PrEP) is being trialled in the UK. We hear from Zia, an artist, activist and educator,...

Helena Norberg-Hodge, a pioneer of the new economy movement, explains why local food is the best way to reduce the destructive impacts of the global food system Seeking good news...

This British family of five is travelling around Europe, volunteering as they go. Karen Binedell explains the family’s decision to sell all they own, move into a six-berth caravan and...

At a time when many citizens, as well as people around the world, are feeling down on the UK, what is the UK doing well? The Jul–Sep 2019 issue of...

Environmental campaigners give their verdict on the Court of Appeal’s ruling against a third runway at Europe’s busiest airport In a landmark verdict, the UK’s Court of Appeal ruled in...

In this new column unearthing gems of progress in everyday issues, Martin Wright talks up the overlooked heroics of home insulation Domestic energy conservation. Not the most stimulating topic, is...

We must avoid labelling a generation of schoolchildren negatively and focus on their amazing resilience instead, writes Neil Renton, headteacher at a large secondary school A close friend of mine...