Lucy Purdy

Editor-in-chief @PositiveNewsUK – good journalism about good things. Send solution-focused pitches to [email protected]
+ nature, GYO, making, mumming

[Hannah Partos @hannahhh]

Very inspiring to interview Kate Wilson about her fight for justice for Spycops victims, for the latest issue of @PositiveNewsUK

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The new issue of Positive News magazine is out now! Meet six people with joyful jobs – from a green energy whizz to a rewilder. Also inside: sustainable floristry, how to get better rest, and more. Subscribe now: https://t.co/vJ4zTPuK9y

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“I see abundance in a surge of creativity that’s rising up right now, as is often the case at times of rapid change” – Positive News editor-in-chief Lucy Purdy (@Loosepea)
https://t.co/aZ4WhUvESY

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One of the first fresh GCSEs in a decade will teach students about the climate crisis, sustainability and the natural environment
https://t.co/3NH70W6Oct

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is the Japanese ’seijaku’: a calm and tranquillity even in the midst of chaos. Often found in nature’s smallest things.

Photo by Xuan Hoa Le

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Among the lost positives consigned to the dusty corners of the dictionary is ‘reck’, meaning ‘care’, ‘heed’, and ‘consideration’. Which means we can be reckful instead of reckless (and feckful, gormful, ruthful, ept, kempt, couth, consolate, and many more).

[Robin Eveleigh @Robin_Eveleigh]

“I would have to cure cancer on the moon to be known for something else besides this case. But with the people who matter to me, that is not the defining thing that I am." Absolute privilege to chat with Amanda Knox for this in @PositiveNewsUK https://t.co/cnxIPeJYN8

[Lucy Purdy @Loosepea]

@Natures_Voice Spotting a stunning, sturdy bullfinch on our quince tree on the way to do the school-run ❤️

[Simon Hattenstone @shattenstone]

This is my interview with the remarkable Esther Ghey, mother of Brianna who was murdered two years ago. If you're feeling pissed off/terrified at the state of the world, I think Esther will give you some hope in humanity
https://t.co/wIp0c3bGZn

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘blutterbunged’, from 19th-century dialect: to be open-mouthed in astonishment.

[Untold Narratives @WritersUntold]

My Dear Kabul (@CoronetBooks, 2024) was featured by Martin Wright (@MartinFutures) for Positive News (@PositiveNewsUK), including an interview with Marie, one of My Dear Kabul’s Afghan women writers.  https://t.co/YQHUESzxOr

[University of York @UniOfYork]

40% of people globally can access higher education; only 6% of refugees can say the same. Our Sanctuary Fund is highlighted by @PositiveNewsUK sharing stories of scholars aiming to use their "once-in-a-lifetime chance" to give back "to all humanity".
https://t.co/FdvVGQdb8o

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Artists need encouragement and exposure to the light. A new prize launched by Winsor & Newton and the Paul Smith Foundation is setting out to do just that. Partner content sponsored by Winsor & Newton
https://t.co/RAgVN99lBC

[Robin Eveleigh @Robin_Eveleigh]

Start your day right with a round up of this week’s good stuff. Back on the What Went Right beat for @PositiveNewsUK 👀 https://t.co/QJInR3xgKq

[Dr Tom Attah @DrTAttah]

This is gorgeous. Direct link to the Official Finnish Soundscape here - https://t.co/gsQ1o4V7kS

[Simon Turkas Photography 📷 @SimonTurkas]

💡 "The media you absorb affects your thoughts, emotions and ultimately your quality of life." by @JacksonJodie21 for @PositiveNewsUK

👉 https://t.co/GsK1NZ46Wc

#media #mentalhealth

[Lucy Purdy @Loosepea]

@Natures_Voice A buzzard with a reasonably large twig in its mouth yesterday, NE Scotland

[Rob Hopkins @robintransition]

Listening to Nick Cave on Desert Island Discs, I was deeply struck by his saying "Hope is optimism with a broken heart". It has resonated around inside me ever since.

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A new rainforest is taking shape in England, where volunteers have spent the winter transforming a barren field once used for grazing into a fledgling temperate woodland
https://t.co/ZTwy0H3Isp