http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home RSS feed. en-gb http://www.positivenewsus.org/poweredBy http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home 88 31 Search the site. PrincipiaSearchSource http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/main?canDisplay:int=1&path=/ta/sites/positivenewsus/content/home http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/aboutus/moreaboutu07/18/2009_at_12:45:11 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/aboutus/moreaboutu Born in the United Kingdom in the early nineties, Positive News is a bottom-up organization formed with the simple yet revolutionary notion of, "reporting on the people, events and influences that are helping to create a more positive future in areas of sustainability, education, and social justice." The paper now has a global circulation of over 100,000 with the demand only growing. The founder of the US edition, Ilonka Wloch, began her relationship to Positive News by simply... http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/volunteero07/18/2009_at_02:38:22 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/volunteero The California Edition of Positive News is well on the way!  We are looking for volunteers to help make it happen. To join our team contact Ilonka: ilonka@positivenewsus.org http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/trash/endorsemen_307/18/2009_at_03:01:16 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/trash/endorsemen_3 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/aboutus07/18/2009_at_03:04:13 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/aboutus Positive News (PN) is a free, not for profit newspaper published four times a year.  We report news from around the world in the areas of sustainability, social equality, education and happiness with a clear message that "another world is possible."   Ilonka and her best friend John discovered the publication in Ireland. In addition to the original UK publication, there are now editions in Hong Kong, Spain, Argentina and Germany.  With a lot of excitement, we... http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/aboutus/endorsemen07/18/2009_at_03:05:37 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/aboutus/endorsemen Positive News Endorsements Positive News is pleased to have received such heartfelt support and endorsements from so many community members.  Here representing numerous compliments and statements of approval, are endorsements from Barbara Lifton, Carolyn Peterson, Paul Glover, Lauren Signer. "Positive News is a journal of empowerment. The articles free us from the constraints of the 'can't do' mentality that controls so much of our everyday lives. The stories... http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news07/18/2009_at_03:37:54 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news   http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_10/indigenous07/22/2009_at_08:39:12 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_10/indigenous by Jen Sotolongo The future of Indigenous Peoples lies in the wisdom of our elders, the restoration of the sacred position of women, the youth of today and in the generations of tomorrow. ~Anchorage Declaration ANCHORAGE, AK - For one week in April, hundreds of delegates from indigenous tribes throughout the world gathered in Alaska for the Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change. Participants discussed ways in which their inherent knowledge of the land, oceans and... http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_10/youarebril07/22/2009_at_08:41:59 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_10/youarebril Paul Hawken is an entrepreneur, visionary environmental activist, and founder of Wiser Earth. In early May Paul delivered a commencement address at the University of Portland, OR. Below are excerpts from his speech. There is invisible writing on the back of the diploma you will receive, and in case you didn't bring lemon juice to decode it, I can tell you what it says: you are brilliant, and the earth is hiring. The earth couldn't afford to send recruiters or limos to your... http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/trash/youarebril_2_207/22/2009_at_08:52:08 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/trash/youarebril_2_2 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_10/afunnythin07/22/2009_at_08:59:23 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_10/afunnythin by Marty Luster They are booked more than a year in advance, receive rave reviews, and play to enthusiastic crowds, especially on the college circuit. Their goal is healing and understanding and the medium for their message is humor. "They" are Rabbi Bob Alper and his friends. Bob is an ordained and practicing rabbi who started doing stand-up comedy in 1986 in Philadelphia when he came in third in a Jewish comedy contest, right after a lawyer and a chiropractor. He and his... http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_10/artforthes07/22/2009_at_08:59:38 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_10/artforthes MOSIER, OR - ‘Art for the Sky' is a unique, large group, team-build- ing experience for schools, com- munities, events and festivals. The end result of each art project is a giant ‘living' painting made out of people - a metaphor, demonstrating the power of collaboration and the value of holding a ‘big picture' view of the world. Human ‘paint drops' are organ- ised into their places using a mega- phone from a high vantage point, such as a crane.... http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_10/celebratea07/22/2009_at_08:59:52 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_10/celebratea by Heather Crawford I met Chioma Ogwuegbu on a bus in Ghana last summer. We were both traveling north, to the rural and culturally distinct hinterland. She was a young African woman from Nigeria with a big camera. We got to chatting during the seven hour journey, and ended up traveling together for a few days.  Her mission?  To celebrate Africa!  Chioma had quit her job of five years with a women's development NGO in Nigeria in pursuit of her own personal quest -... http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_10/jasminethe07/22/2009_at_09:00:04 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_10/jasminethe In 2003, police in Warwickshire, England, found an abandoned, whimpering greyhound and brought her to the nearby Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, a haven for animals in need run by Geoff Grewcock. Geoff and staff focused on restoring the dog whom they named Jasmine to full health, and on winning her trust. After several weeks it was time to find her an adoptive home. Jasmine, though, had other ideas. No one remembers how it began, but she started welcoming all animal arrivals... http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_10/mediaactiv07/22/2009_at_09:00:16 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_10/mediaactiv A look at EON, the Ecological Options Network Surrounded by organic farms in West Marin, California, Mary Beth Brangan and James Heddle co-direct EON, The Ecological Options Network, a non-profit media service for progressive organizations and campaigns. Award-winning filmmakers Mary Beth and Jim have been partners in life and work for over twenty-five years. Their videos have been broadcast internationally, on PBS, Link TV and Free Speech TV, and screened in the US Congress,... http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_10/studentsfi07/22/2009_at_09:00:30 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_10/studentsfi by Ruth Robertson IDDEFORD, ME - Students at a middle school in this coastal community performed over three thousand acts of kindness in the past school year, winning the title The Kindest Middle School in Maine. More important than the award itself, students felt like real winners when they found that they were able to change the spirit in their school, stop teasing and taunts, and spread an infectious form of happiness. Empowered by Michael J Chase of Kindness Center and his vision... http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/trash/indextoful_207/22/2009_at_09:05:55 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/trash/indextoful_2 Brilliant http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_1007/22/2009_at_09:13:01 http://www.positivenewsus.org/content/home/news/samplestor_10    A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Peace  Art for the Sky  Celebrate Africa - A Tale of Two Sisters  Indigenous People Organize on Climate   Jasmine the Greyhound - a Mother to All  Media Activism from a Planetarian Perspective  Students Find They Can't Kick Kindness  You are Brilliant and the Earth is Hiring! 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