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• The Space Time Continuum, Alternative Editorial (Sep 27, 2026) — Empty spaces will be put back into use, Andy Burnham said, turning them into "community hubs, health centres, shared workspaces, cafés and the local services that people actually want to see.”
• How Farming on Crutches is creating community and opportunity for Sierra Leone’s amputees, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Jun 24, 2026) — Megan Tatum talks to Mambud Samai, the pioneering founder of a farming programme for amputees that is rooted in sustainable growing
• Trash and dignity: The rise of inclusive recycling projects in Latin America, globalvoices.org (Jun 12, 2026)
• 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)

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• 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)

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• ‘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)

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

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

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• 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

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

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• ‘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)

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

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

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• 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)

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• 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)
• How refugees are helping Amsterdam become one of the first circular cities, positive.news (Jul 18, 2023)
• These Chicago Afghans Have Built A Community On The Soccer Field, borderlessmag.org (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)

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• 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]

References