Sweden reaches its 2030 renewable energy target 12 years ahead of schedule.

As of the beginning of this year, 2019, Sweden has completed its energy transition while France and a good number of countries are struggling to achieve theirs. Since 2015 Sweden has been part of the UN Transforming Our World project and their reforms have allowed the...

‘Feels like home’: Israeli school for migrant kids wins by bridging worlds

Israeli government plans last year for a mass deportation of African asylum-seekers created a public outcry and remain on hold. But migrant families and their children live in a painful state of uncertainty. Yet in an impoverished neighborhood in Tel Aviv is a school...

Why is Cuba having the healthiest bees?

A Blessing for Bees (Excerpts) Many of us are aware that bees are facing possibly the most critical period of their existence on earth. Some years ago, in one region in China, the excessive use of pesticides had totally eliminated the bees  and trees were pollinated...

Joy for the Planet

“The Infinite is the source of joy!” (Chandogya Upanishad 7.23) There is a mighty rushing river of deep Joy at the center of all life. Oh yes, there is also a roller-coaster ride of pleasure and pain at the surface of human experience. Yet transcending this is a Joy...

In Morocco, women find a recipe for success and gainful employment

Nora Belahcen Fitzgerald born In Morocco of American parents, founded the Amal for the Culinary Arts association in Marrakesh, Morocco, in 2012 as an NGO for give unemployed women hands-on experience at the association’s own restaurant, before finding them a job...

Flowers that bring a smile

Floral Angels, a charity re-purposing flower bouquets is helping to spread joy to others It was only when she read the letter from the women’s refuge that Frances Hunter fully realised the difference she and Floral Angels were making. “We had made up some posies and...