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RETHINKING SUSTAINABLE?

A new report argues, sustainability is usually viewed with a market/business/economy-centric approach. It's all about ‘green markets’, ‘green growth’ and technological solutions. Time for some new values?

VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES

FUTURE

Better Way

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PEOPLE REPAIR - NOT REPLACE!

Repair cafes - where people fix things, enabling them to go on being used instead of into landfill - are springing up around the world. People - not gov'ts - are behind this reduction of consumption and waste.

POSITIVE NEWS

COMMUNITY

Action

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A WIN - WIN - WIN SCENARIO?

An empty and decaying building in east London has been transformed into a buzzing hub of community activity. With short-term housing for homeless people too - is this something we'd like to see more of?

POSITIVE NEWS

COMMUNITY

Action

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WOMEN WITH SPECIAL SKILL?

In India, where millions of women are visually impaired, a programme of training in early diagnosis of breast cancer - using the sense of touch - enables them to earn a living. It also saves women's lives.

POSITIVE NEWS

AMAZING

Various

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POETRY - EMOTIONAL 1ST AID?

A London branch of the Poetry Pharmacy has opened, a sister shop to the original in Shropshire. With social media creating the buzz, might we ask - what is it about poetry that our souls respond to so keenly?

POSITIVE NEWS

HEALTH

Wellbeing