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I am one of those people who are not afraid to complain when service or products fall short of my expectations. So it is only fair that exceptional kindness and friendliness should be equally praised. ... Read more >>


Beekeepers and conservationists held rally at Parliament Square against neonicotinoids pesticides use in the EU

On Friday 26th April campaigning group 38 Degrees hosted The March of the Beekeepers' rally at  the Parliament Square, Westminster to propose a halt to the use of nerve-agent pesticides, neonicotinoids, which are being blamed around the world for the s...Read more >>

Overcoming Life's Challenges - How Fascinated About Yourself Are You

How did you feel and what thoughts sparked off in your mind when you read that question? – ‘How fascinated about yourself are you?’...Read more >>

The Best Dinner I Never Ate

There are approximately 41,000 Christian denominations and organizations in the world, according to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC) at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. I do not believe I am the measure of all things. I am aware of...Read more >>

Law firm unlikely source to an Inspirational story

The story of paraplegic athlete Steven Hoskins should be an eye opener to the positive effects law firms can have on people’s lives. Presumably, Steven’s life would have turned out somewhat different without the help of the medical negligence team at Pannon...Read more >>

Inspiring Quotes by Move Beyond - Maximising Potential

"By taking a single step you've already outperformed millions of people who've made excuses..." ~Nike...Read more >>

A Taste of Bliss - Guest Blog by Greg Malouf

Many of us often come to a point in life where we feel like something is not working the way we want it to. Once we are ready to make a change, the question becomes: How?...Read more >>

AGE UK North Yorkshire Pairs Up With Selina Scott’s Goat Socks

Journalist Selina Scott has entered into the perfect pairing using her unique goat socks to help Age UK North Yorkshire’s ‘Spread the Warmth’ campaign....Read more >>

Michael Vitez - telling inspirational stories that celebrate life

My name is Michael Vitez, and I'm a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and author at The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper. I am 55, and have devoted my entire career to telling stories that inspire readers, that celebrate life. ...Read more >>

Amanda Green - My Alien Self: My Journey Back To Me

The stigma surrounding my mother and her illness, and hospitalisations in a well known mental asylum, as they called them then, is what set off my urge to beat the stigma surrounding mental health much later on....Read more >>

Digital Media School Project in Angkor Wat, Cambodia

In 1998, one woman, Ponheary Ly, a teacher who miraculously survived the Khmer Rouge regime and one of CNN’s 2010 Heroes, started a project to get rural children back to school and help them stay there....Read more >>

Sergio Castro – Portrait of a Healer

Three blocks from the’ zocalo’, the main square where at nightfall people gather to watch the Marimba municipal orchestra, in the charming city of San Cristobal de Las Casas, Sergio Castro receives the meek, the worthless, the outcasts of Mexican society in...Read more >>

Smile-activated ice cream vending machine

The underlying technology is sophisticated, but the concept is simple: consumers walk up to the machine, smile and are rewarded with a frozen treat....Read more >>

Mark Stevenson - An Optimist’s Tour of the Future

Is the future of humanity in “safe” hands? The inspiring journey of Mark Stevenson (taking in Harvard, MIT and cabinet meetings under the sea) catalogued in his recent book An Optimist’s Tour of the Future argues it might be… Before we get to that though, M...Read more >>

The Inspired Times Blog - an 'Alternative Lifestyle’ magazine

Inspired Times Magazine: 'A Dedication to Healing.....' The Global Natural Healthcare Trust (GNHCT) is a small charity doing a big job in South Africa! They provide herbal formulas to those with the HIV/AIDS virus free of charge. Inspired T...Read more >>

Malcolm Levene - Power Of One Principles

Personal Branding and Your Personal Taste – A Winning Combination ...Read more >>

Volunteering for Charity in Ethiopia – Katie Prescott’s Optimist Blog

“But why Ethiopia?” people ask when I tell them what I’m going to be doing for the next six weeks. And the truthful answer is – I’m not entirely sure how it happened....Read more >>

Corporate Social Responsibility - Optimist CSR Blog by Jo Matthews

Positive Perceptions - In the quest to be green and ethical and responsible and all that jazz, sometimes it’s too easy to be negative.  ...Read more >>

Claire Perez Ekman - Inspiring Optimist Blog

Beauty Stared Back - Sometimes, it happens that one takes Beauty straight in the face without any warning. Our planet offers us so many wonders that it is difficult to name them all;...Read more >>

Dan and Jared Austin - 88 Bikes - donating bicycles to a local orphanage in Cambodia

A little over a year ago, NY-based film maker Dan Austin decided to join his brother on a trip to Cambodia. Jared Austin is a young pediatrician in Minneapolis who wanted to volunteer for 2 weeks at a children's hospital in Pnom Phen....Read more >>

Researchers unveil Formula 3 racing car powered by chocolate and steered by carrots

Researchers at the University of Warwick have today, Tuesday 5th May, unveiled the "WorldFirst Formula 3 racing car" which is powered by chocolate, steered by carrots, has bodywork made from potatoes, and can still do 125mph around corners....Read more >>

World Malaria Day 2009: NetsforLife® Launches Phase 2

NetsforLife® (netsforlifeafrica.org) brings together corporations, foundations, faith-based organizations and private donors in a collaborative initiative focused on eliminating malaria in Africa....Read more >>

Shamans and horses work magic on autistic Rowan

Rupert Isaacson was almost at his wits' end over his son's demonic fits, but a riding trip in Mongolia to visit local healers brought an amazing change...Read more >>

More than 1000 new species discovered

In the decade of 1997-2007, over a thousand new species were discovered in Greater Mekong (Southeast Asia). Such biodiversity was identified mostly in jungles and wetlands... ...Read more >>

Let us Smile

As I looked everywhere for some good news to give to you, I remembered one amazing picture I saw on December 1st. I am sure you have seen it too: the sky smiling at us down on Earth. ...Read more >>

Good news - new population of endangered Tonkin snub-nosed monkey discovered

A new population of the extremely rare Tonkin snub-nosed monkey, so-called because of its unusual and distinctive up-turned nose, has recently been discovered in a remote forested area of northern Vietnam....Read more >>

Sustainability and Economy - Barrack Obama's Green Jobs

Barack Obama promised a $150bn "Apollo project" to bring jobs and energy security to the US through a new alternative energy economy, if his final push for votes would bring victory in the presidential election on Tuesday....Read more >>

African wall of trees was adopted at the Community of Sahel—Saharan States (Cen-Sad) summit

Three years after it was first proposed, preparations for an African 'wall of trees' to slow down the southwards spread of the Sahara desert are finally getting underway.

The 'Great Green Wall' will involve several stretches of trees from Maurita...Read more >>

Let's talk to Coca Cola about saving the World's children

After 120-something years Coco-Cola still pushes all thecampaigning buttons in remaining to be a leading global soft drink....Read more >>

Cooking to end fuel poverty

As global oil prices continue to rise, a study by a UK energy supplier last week revealed the knock-on effects on the domestic energy market. ...Read more >>

A step closer to Redress: new torture bill opens the way for state accountability

“Governments hate to be embarrassed,” says Carla Ferstman, Director of Redress, an NGO dedicated to seeking justice for survivors of torture. “If this bill is enacted it'll send a message: there are consequences for everyt...Read more >>

Belize Chess Project

This is a such an amazing project helping to get children off the street through introducing them to chess in the most imaginative way....Read more >>

Free Phonecalls to Tibet

/PRNewswire/ -- Manifone, an innovative telephony service provider and ING Telecom, a major French telecommunication termination provider have today announced, that in a joint action they would offer non-profit organizations free phone calls to Tibet. ...Read more >>

Glen Forbes - how my friend’s idea changed the lives of many underprivileged children

In December 2003, my friends Glen Forbes and Ludovico D'Elia went on an extensive travel expedition to Ethiopia. They travelled to the agricultural town of Jinka as part of their trip to the southern Ethiopian Omo Valley region. To gain an insight into the loc...Read more >>



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