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Fed up with bad news but want to stay informed? Positive News is the magazine for good journalism about the good things that are happening.
- Stories of social and environmental progress
- Quality, independent reporting with a focus on solutions
- Impactful photography and stunning visual design
- Boosts your wellbeing and helps you engage in the world
- A carbon-neutral publication printed on quality paper
Cover story: Reinventing the high street
Big brands moving out, pandemic closures and online shopping have hit high streets hard. But they’re not dead, just in flux. We uncover the ways that retail centres are being reimagined to better serve their communities, and the climate.
Other features include: How to become news-resilient • Beyond donations: other ways to help Ukraine • Quitting high-carbon careers to work for the planet • The world’s largest urban garden • Prescribing comedy lessons to trauma survivors • Community-owned power • Planting orchards in prisons • Making steel sustainable • The magic in noticing small things • Ethical flowers
Published in April 2022
Cover story: The men helping to end violence against women
For decades, there has been a lack of male voices speaking up about violence against women. This is starting to shift. Whether campaigning for legal change or dismantling the culture that allows gender-based violence to proliferate, we meet five men who are taking action.
Other features include: How risky playgrounds teach resilience • The hairdresser to the homeless • Pollution solution pioneers • Celebrating male baldness • Bringing music to people’s doorsteps • The joy of maps • Charting the world’s fungal networks • What we wish we’d learned in school • Slow homeware • The bicycles that grow on trees
Published in January 2022
Fed up with bad news but want to stay informed? Positive News is the magazine for good journalism about the good things that are happening.
- Stories of social and environmental progress
- Quality, independent reporting with a focus on solutions
- Impactful photography and stunning visual design
- Boosts your wellbeing and helps you engage in the world
- A carbon-neutral publication printed on quality paper
Cover story: Reinventing the high street
Big brands moving out, pandemic closures and online shopping have hit high streets hard. But they’re not dead, just in flux. We uncover the ways that retail centres are being reimagined to better serve their communities, and the climate.
Other features include: How to become news-resilient • Beyond donations: other ways to help Ukraine • Quitting high-carbon careers to work for the planet • The world’s largest urban garden • Prescribing comedy lessons to trauma survivors • Community-owned power • Planting orchards in prisons • Making steel sustainable • The magic in noticing small things • Ethical flowers
Published in April 2022
Cover story: The men helping to end violence against women
For decades, there has been a lack of male voices speaking up about violence against women. This is starting to shift. Whether campaigning for legal change or dismantling the culture that allows gender-based violence to proliferate, we meet five men who are taking action.
Other features include: How risky playgrounds teach resilience • The hairdresser to the homeless • Pollution solution pioneers • Celebrating male baldness • Bringing music to people’s doorsteps • The joy of maps • Charting the world’s fungal networks • What we wish we’d learned in school • Slow homeware • The bicycles that grow on trees
Published in January 2022
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