Social inclusion news

• Radical change can lead to a fairer and greener world, says new report, positive.news (Jun 04, 2026) — A major new study argues that rising living standards, shorter working hours and a liveable climate are not competing dreams, but parts of the same future – if the world is willing to tackle extreme inequality
• Listening before helping: Why community involvement is essential for peace in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, globalvoices.org (Mar 31, 2026)
• Looking Ahead to When Gas Stations Vanish, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 05, 2026)
• Fossil fuel firms may have to pay for climate damage under proposed UN tax, theguardian.com (Feb 01, 2026)

• Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds, theguardian.com (Dec 10, 2025)
• ‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution, theguardian.com (Nov 14, 2025) — From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are supplying cheap, clean electricity to homes and helping tackle fuel poverty
• The Community Gardens Where Refugees Are Putting Down Roots, reasonstobecheerful.world (Sep 08, 2025) — A popular form of community building in Europe, intercultural gardens are now flourishing across the U.S.
• Saving ourselves and nature means tackling inequality, says Cambridge researcher, news.mongabay.com (Sep 03, 2025)
• ‘It happened so fast’: the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona, theguardian.com (Aug 31, 2025)
• Rice, two curries and dal: The Indian cafes where you can pay in rubbish, bbc.co.uk/future (Aug 19, 2025)
• Lagos state government turns to co-ops to drive inclusive economy, thenews.coop (Aug 12, 2025)
• Getting young and old people to dance together boosts health and reduces age discrimination – new research, theconversation.com (Aug 06, 2025)
• ‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse, theguardian.com (Aug 02, 2025) — epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
• Albuquerque’s Route 66 Motels Are Turning Into Affordable Housing, reasonstobecheerful.world (Jul 10, 2025)
• Client Advocates Are Quietly Reshaping Criminal Defense, reasonstobecheerful.world (Jun 23, 2025)
• In California, a Push to Decommission Gas Lines in Low-Income Neighborhoods Moves Forward, insideclimatenews.org (Jun 22, 2025)
• The Older Adults Conquering Loneliness Through Storytelling, reasonstobecheerful.world (Jun 09, 2025)
• La Sembra: Values-led communication agency in Catalonia, thenews.coop (May 15, 2025)
• Making light work: solar’s potential to lift rural Indians out of poverty, positive.news (Apr 30, 2025)
• Indonesian government plans network of village co-ops to tackle poverty, thenews.coop (Apr 19, 2025) — Ministers plan up to 80,000 rural co-ops offering financial services, medical facilities, and farm logistics, storage and distribution
• 'Belonging is more than a legal status; it is a felt experience, woven through acceptance by your community and recognition by your government', globalvoices.org (Mar 22, 2025) — Redefining belonging: From statelessness to collective strength, Guest Contributor
• When golf courses go wild, rewildingmag.com (Jan 21, 2025) — non-profits, trusts and cities converting manicured greens into places where wildlife, plants and people can flourish
• Building Decarbonization Could Push Out Low-Income Renters. A San Francisco Program Hopes to Prevent That, insideclimatenews.org (Jan 14, 2025)

• ‘Solo Aging Doesn’t Mean Aging Alone’, reasonstobecheerful.world (Dec 12, 2024)
• A new way of tackling homelessness is showing promise. Will it catch on?, positive.news (Dec 09, 2024)

• Don’t fear the boomers! How Poland is celebrating its old people – and making life better for every age, theguardian.com (Sep 18, 2024)

• ‘Ultra-cheap energy for every household’: could a different kind of tariff change everything?, theguardian.com (Aug 02, 2024)

• Life at 115F: a sweltering summer pushes Las Vegas to the brink, theguardian.com (Jul 25, 2024)
• Public luxury for the everyday citizens of Mexico City—with “100 Utopias” being built by new Mayor Clara Brugada, Daily Alternative (Jul 06, 2024) — "brilliant example of collective amenity and a public infrastructure of care", David Madden

• ‘We can live again’: Belgian nursing home residents hit the nightclubs, theguardian.com (May 02, 2024)

• ‘We need more shade’: US’s hottest city turns to trees to cool those most in need, theguardian.com (Apr 17, 2024)
• A class act: the therapy school for children raised in Delhi’s red light district, positive.news (Apr 15, 2024)
• Women fight back as Milei’s government tries to starve their soup kitchens, opendemocracy.net (Apr 03, 2024)

• Lima’s neurodiverse picnic movement is liberating Peruvians from stigma and abuse, positive.news (Mar 13, 2024)

• Community radio fosters refugee inclusion in Malawi, unhcr.org (Feb 13, 2024)

• Limitarianism: why we need to put a cap on the super-rich, theguardian.com (Jan 21, 2024)
• Migrants can be a transformative force for sustainable development, theconversation.com (Jan 18, 2024)
• Six ways inequality holds back climate action, theconversation.com (Jan 15, 2024)

• In the Ambitious Bid to Reinvent South Baltimore, Justice Concerns Remain, insideclimatenews.org (Oct 02, 2023)
• Imagine if… we finally eradicate poverty (plus, how it could happen), positive.news (Sep 04, 2023)
• Free Therapy Putting Philadelphia’s Black Men on a Path to Healing, reasonstobecheerful.world (Aug 30, 2023)
• These Chicago Afghans Have Built A Community On The Soccer Field, borderlessmag.org (Jul 18, 2023)
• How refugees are helping Amsterdam become one of the first circular cities, positive.news (Jul 18, 2023)
• ‘It Affects All of Us’: Free Financial Counseling Helps Tulsans Thrive, reasonstobecheerful.world (Jul 13, 2023)
• The surprisingly simple solution to poverty that is changing lives, Positive News (Mar 03, 2023)

• What British politicians won't admit – we need to transform the welfare state, John Harris, Feb 21, 2021...^[1]

Bank On San Francisco: Supporting community financial empowerment, May 1, 2019...^[2]

• The New Art of Making Friends and Finding Community, Feb 25, 2019...^[3]
• The city with no homeless on its streets, Jan 31, 2019...^[4]
• Resolve to make 2019 a year of action, Jan 2, 2019...^[5]
• The Common Room — designing a future for all ages, Oct 2, 2018...^[6]
• We can create a better society by making a floor that people can't fall beneath, Vinay Gupta, Jun 11, 2018...^[7]

References

Richest 1% own half the world's wealth, study finds, Nov 14, 2017^[1]

• Castelbuono, the Sicilian town where young Africans are the hope for the future, Nov 6, 2017^[2]
• UK's first report on Universal Basic Services published, Oct 11, 2017^[3]
• The city that solved homelessness, Jun 28^[4]
• How Can We Rouse the Public Against an Abstract Noun? Tips for fighting inequality from a top Oxfam campaigner, Jul 5^[5]
• Is inequality bad for the environment? Jul 4^[6]
• 5 Ways the Denver Public Library Supports the City's Homeless Population, Jun 8^[7]
• Cities are taking a new approach to homelessness, Apr 4^[8]

References

"We can’t go on ignoring inequality", Stephen Hawking, Dec 1, 2016...^[1]

• How Mississippi Banks are Disrupting the Cycle of Poverty, Sep 12, 2016...^[2]
• 62 people own as much as the poorest half of the world's population, according to Oxfam, January 18, 2016...^[3]
• Have We Finally Moved Beyond GDP? October 20, 2015...^[4]
• Poverty goals? No, it’s extreme wealth we should be targeting, October 19, 2015...^[5]
• Who are the 1%? The answer might surprise you, October 14, 2015...^[6]
• Inequality as Policy? Feb 09, 2010...^[7]
• United Nations adopts Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ^W, September 13, 2007...^[8]

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