Hans Rudolf Herren is truly inspiring. He is a Swiss agronomist who has won recognition through several awards, including the prize considered to be the alternative Nobel Prize, the “Right Livelihood Award 2013”. Herren is one of the world’s leading experts in sustainable agriculture and is credited with saving the lives of 20 million people. SWISS […]
Pete Seeger died this week. That’s obviously not good news although, at the age of 94, seems natural enough. So who was Pete Seeger? According to The New York Times obituary, he was a “singer, folk-song collector and songwriter who spearheaded an American folk revival and spent a long career championing folk music as both […]
The sub-title reads, “The eradication of polio suggests ways to tackle even deadlier diseases.” That good news appeared recently in The Economist” (18 January). The anti-polio campaign in India started in 1995, with massive efforts and money poured into millions of doses of vaccine and the services of millions of vaccinators who administered the oral drops. […]
Here’s an important idea that aims to encourage equality, justice, and dignity globally. “Creative for Good” is an initiative that uses media campaigns to promote social causes, for instance to stop violence against women in India. That campaign, just one example, is called Ring the Bell (“Bell Bajao”). It proposes one simple action: ringing a doorbell. What […]
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. THE GOOD TIMES WISHES EVERYONE GOOD HEALTH IN 2014, AND PLENTY OF GOOD NEWS.
Here’s a story by Uri Berliner on good news in 2013. It’s called “Tired of Doom and Gloom? Here’s the Best Good News of 2013.” “Being a news consumer means you’re constantly on the receiving end of bad news. War, unemployment, crime, political dysfunction — it can be enough to make you think we humans […]
Here’s news of a project that has the potential to reach millions of women and men and to open new perspectives for women’s empowerment in Arab-speaking communities. It’s the exclusive Arabic radio fiction series entitled “Worth 100 Men” (Be 100 Ragl), which aims to spark a new debate on the role of women in society […]
