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No. 1 Norway, No. 2 Australia and No. 3 The Netherlands - the rankings in the 2011 Human Development Index released  by the United Nations Development Programme. (UNDP)

National achievement in health, education and income including income distribution, life expectancy, access to health services and schooling.

“The Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index helps us assess better the levels of development for all segments of society, rather than for just the mythical ‘average’ person,” said Milorad Kovacevic,  statistician for the Human Development Report.

See Human Development Index (HDI) - 2011 Rankings

Continue reading at the UNDP 

Our wish is that you can see that there are good people in the world

and that you can make a difference.

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Happy Homes: 

here's a great idea this family has found for connecting from afar 

Find out what they are celebrating at GNN  Happy Homes

Doing good is important to business school students. Many new courses in solving social and environmental problems are popular across the western world.

This is important as it shows what will motivate business in the future. Read more...

Who was given

Barclays Women of the Year Award         

 The  Global Poverty Project has support from Australian actor Hugh Jackman, 2011 Australian of the Year Simon McKeon and Director of the Earth Institute Jeffrey Sachs.

Find out more about the Project

 Help the Hungry: The Hunger Site was founded in 1999 to focus the power of the Internet on a specific humanitarian need: the eradication of world hunger. On average, over 220,000 individuals from around the world visit the site each day to click the "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button. To date, more than 300 million visitors have given more than 500 million cups of staple food.  

                     The Hunger Site

Click to give free food for those who need it. 100% of fees go to hunger relief. Each click gives 1.1 cups of food to the hungry in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America.

More Good Giving

Visit the blog All Things Good for ongoing good news and to add your comments. 

 

 

Nelson Mandela speaks out for human rights.  "Through the work of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, and The Mandela Rhodes Foundation, I am continuing my struggle for human rights. These three charitable institutions operating in my name are tasked with continuing my work in important areas I have been concerned with throughout my life: children and youth, memory and dialogue, and building new generations of ethical leaders." He wishes that all activists around the world "shine their candle of hope for the forgotten prisoners of poverty"  These are some of the words of Nelson Mandela upon receiving the Ambassador of Conscience Award from Amnesty International. 

 

 GOOD NEWS ON THE ENVIRONMENT:

  • Nature News
  • World Land Trust
  • New protected species
  • enviro friendly ideas
  • save rainforests
  • Permaculture
  • Important environmental dates for 2012
  • Green schools
  • Green colleges
  • Solar breakthroughs
  • Microgeneration
  • Sustainable Alternatives
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New Power Technology is not just a dream: zero emissions automobile   More info at Environment

BE PART OF THE SOLUTION for the Sumatran tigers and orangutans and Asian elephant.

Find out how.

 

Car free Sundays: at All Things Good

 

Good News in Australia

Positive news articles about the environment, people & health issues in beautiful Oz:

  • Clean up Australia campaign
  • Waste free restaurants
  • Australian of the Year
  • Great barrier reef
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
  • APRA Music awards
  • Important dates 
  • Australia's biggest morning tea
     

 

Rush at Cannes film festival: Photo: Georges Biard

Geoffrey Rush,  has won many awards for acting and now ...

GNN - childhood - good news from around the world about children's achievements and what is happening to help children.

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"It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result." Mahatma Ghandi

Read about environmental action being taken around the world...

 

Vision of Humanity Website  and the Global Peace Index

HAVE YOUR SAY AT PERSPECTIVE.

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  • Your action plan.
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  • The world's newest country - Southern Sudan declares independence.  Is this good news,  what's your perspective? 

 

Peace at GNN 

Good News about peace, world peace & inner peace:

  • The Goddess of Peace
  • The peace sign
  • The Nobel Peace Prize
  • Global Peace Index

 hi gnn... good luck, from  d v sridharan publisher, good news india  20 Jul 2006

 There have been 1 or 2 good news sites like these in the past but they have stopped. Please keep going.
From Lindsay 2005

What's coming up?

International Day for Biological Diversity - 22nd May - Marine Biodiversity

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    New seven wonders named 
    Which wonder of the modern world was ranked first by voters?  Photos and answer at CNN   See list of the seven wonders of the ancient world at Bright Sparks

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    GOOD NEWS ABOUT HEALTH: 

     

    Massage Benefits  Cancer Patients.
    Massage decreases pain and anxiety in hospitalized cancer patients, according to the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Nursing.  The 16 month study conducted, mainly on men, employed the use of 15-30 minutes of light Swedish massage techniques more than once a week.  The study validates the idea that massage is an important part of care for cancer patients in hospital and hospice settings.

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