Welcome to Halcyon Week, Sunday 12 June 2011.
This week Halcyon reported on the following issues:
- Activism Alternative Behaviour Business Charity Childhood Compassion Consciousness
- Demographics Disability Education Empathy Environment Equality Fairness Family Food
- Gender Generosity Habitat Happiness Health Hope Love Philosophy Politics Power Risk
- Science Security Self-Esteem Servitude Sleep Technology Values Work Youth.
Read and comment on the full stories below...
Imagining eliminating unnecessary barriers...
...that disabled people face daily. More than one billion people worldwide experience some form of disability, the UN and World Bank claimed in their World Report on Disability
Inspired to "open our eyes"...
...by films of young social changemakers who really believe in making the seemingly impossible possible.
Identifying risk of growing charity fatigue
The FT addressed the challenge of charity fatigue, claiming that whether they are running a marathon, doing a 50-mile cycle ride or climbing a mountain, some colleagues seem to be on an endless fundraising circuit.
Identifying well-being at the societal level
The OECD launched its "Your better life index" covering 11 areas: housing, income, employment, relationships, education, environment, institutions, health, general satisfaction, security and work/life balance.
Inspired by the social investment manual
The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship launched its Social Investment Manual, in order to provide social investees with a comprehensive guidebook on "how to develop successful relationships with social investors".
Identifying further benefits of meditation
Further research suggested that meditation can change brain structure, enhance mental abilities and work alongside traditional medicine to speed up healing.
Habitat trends
This evolving Halcyon briefing covers habitat trends across the following areas: homelessness; housebuilding; intelligent cities; megacities and rural populations.
Identifying worrying child labour statistics
Inspired by practical steps towards a fairer world...
State of the World 2011 examined the global food crisis, focusing on such developments as the latest agro-ecological innovations and their global applicability.
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