At the end of last year you may have heard about COP28 – and, in the years before that, COP27, COP26, and so on. These are annual summits, organised by […]
My first repair café experience
During September, I attended my first repair café. I’d heard about the concept through social media: a group of volunteer repairers who will take a look at your broken items […]
The Pioneer of Birth Control: Margaret Sanger
Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s contribution to society and historical and scientific fields. This has been celebrated in March every year since 1987. Many countries celebrate this […]
What is Fairtrade?
You might recognise the Fairtrade logo from when you go food shopping, but what exactly is it all about? Should we even care about it? The Fairtrade Foundation is an […]
Monthly Good News #6: February
February has had some global and local sad moments. The news hasn’t been all fun and games and there have been some not-so-spectacular events as of late, that have even […]
Books for LGBT History Month
Last week we posted an article about how February marks LGBT history month in the UK, alongside a small selection of LGBT history films. As a companion piece to that […]
Monthly Good News #3: November 2022
If you don’t already know, here’s the goal: to prove that planet Earth isn’t all that bad in 500 words or less.
Monthly Good News #2: October 2022
And we’re back! To remind you of how things work here, Monthly Good News is your monthly reminder that not everyone is terrible and perhaps – just perhaps – humanity […]
Poetry for Black History Month
Originating in the UK during the 1980s as a means to challenge the Eurocentric teachings of history within the schooling system, Black History Month occurs every October as a way […]