kindness Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:53:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-32x32.png kindness Archives - Positive News 32 32 The secret ingredient for optimum health? Kindness, says this fitness expert https://www.positive.news/society/the-secret-ingredient-for-optimum-health-its-kindness-says-this-fitness-expert/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:53:29 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=463881 A unique health programme that focuses on self-kindness will launch in January

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]]> Small acts of kindness are frequent and universal, finds study https://www.positive.news/society/kindness-frequent-universal-study/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 11:43:50 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=439011 According to scientists, humans are wired for kindness, irrespective of the culture they’re from or where they live

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]]> The shop where the currency is kindness https://www.positive.news/society/kinder-shop-where-the-currency-is-kindness/ Tue, 16 May 2023 16:19:58 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=434110 Introducing the shop that’s pioneering a new type of retail – one where goods are exchanged not for cash, but time. Will the idea catch on?

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]]> These are the world’s happiest countries, according to new research https://www.positive.news/society/these-are-the-worlds-happiest-countries-according-to-new-research/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 12:37:24 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=428761 Amid other insights, the latest World Happiness Report reveals the most satisfied places on Earth. How did your country rank?

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]]> Cultivating a new generation of leaders who put nature first https://www.positive.news/economics/responsible-business-the-leaders-who-put-nature-first/ Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:57:35 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=403028 What does strong leadership look like in a world facing a climate emergency? There projects are redefining the meaning of success

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]]> The results of the world’s largest study on kindness are in. Here’s what we learned https://www.positive.news/society/what-we-learned-from-the-worlds-largest-study-on-kindness/ Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:29:43 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=390327 Last year, 60,000 people volunteered to take part in a University of Sussex study on kindness. Now, the results have been revealed

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]]> Passion for compassion: the group working to make the Commons kinder https://www.positive.news/society/politics/the-group-working-to-make-the-house-of-commons-kinder/ Tue, 01 Feb 2022 10:39:39 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=383359 Forward-thinking countries are using legislation to make politics more compassionate. What would happen if the UK did the same?

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]]> Meet the educators using science to teach kindness https://www.positive.news/society/meet-the-educators-using-science-to-teach-kindness/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 11:40:55 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=373502 How would our world look if the next generation became leaders in kindness?

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]]> ‘People who aren’t being nice need kindness most’: the woman who spreads altruism for a living https://www.positive.news/society/the-woman-who-spreads-altruism-for-a-living/ Thu, 28 Oct 2021 15:25:04 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=372871 Jaime Thurston’s charity, 52 Lives, focuses on a family or individual to help every week of the year

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]]> How young people are tackling the climate crisis and five ways to help them https://www.positive.news/society/youth/how-young-people-are-tackling-the-climate-crisis-and-five-ways-to-help-them/ Fri, 13 Nov 2020 08:58:02 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=338758 From restoring habitats to writing their own climate bill, young people are leading the way in tackling the climate crisis

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