The 52:52:52 project, launching on this site and on social media in 2025, will help you address 52 issues with 52 responses over 52 weeks.

This site addresses what's changing, at the personal, organisational and societal levels. You'll learn about key changes across more than 150 elements of life, from ageing and time, through nature and animals, to kindness and love...and much more besides, which will help you better prepare for related change in your own life.

Halcyon In Kaleidoscope features irregular and fragmentary writings - on ideas and values, places and people - which evolve over time into mini essais, paying humble homage to the peerless founder of the genre. The kaleidoscope is Halcyon's prime metaphor, viewing the world through ever-moving lenses.

A Mundane Comedy is Dom Kelleher's new book, which will be published in 2025. The introduction is available here and further extracts will appear on this site and on social media in the coming months.

Halcyon In Figures

Problems - 16/01/08

Climate - many of Earth's climate systems will undergo a series of sudden shifts this century as a result of human-induced climate change, a new study suggests.

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Responses - 15/01/08

Forgiveness - the power of forgiveness - i.e. as a a potent, transforming energy - is being expressed more noticeably in the world today.

Read more about Responses - 15/01/08

Problems - 14/01/08

Health - not a single country fully implements all key tobacco control measures. Unless they do, there could be tens of millions of premature deaths by the middle of the century.

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Responses - 13/01/08

Collaboration/Habitat/Poverty - an annual, international football tournament unites teams of people who are homeless and excluded to take a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent their country and change their lives forever.

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Problems - 12/01/08

Connection/Self-Esteem - spending less and less time with others is thought to be one of the main reasons why so many people appear to feel so miserable.

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Responses - 11/01/08

Authenticity - the emerging so-called "New Realists"are increasingly committed to real food, real culture, real politics, real schools, real community, real medicine and real culture.

Read more about Responses - 11/01/08

Problems - 10/01/08

Food/Poverty - aid is a crucial part of helping tackle world hunger. However, food aid is often criticised for benefiting donors and their interests more than recipients.

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Responses - 09/01/08

Charity - a new foundation helps donors understand how to make the greatest impact by providing independent research and advice on effective and rewarding ways of supporting charities.

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Problems - 08/01/08

Dignity/Disability - there is a growing need to provide employment to people with disabilities, to help them live with dignity. Exclusion of the disabled results in an estimated loss of 1.94 trillion to global GDP.

Read more about Problems - 08/01/08

Responses - 07/01/08

Responsibility/Work - a large scale effort is underway to identify individuals and institutions that exemplify "good work" - work that is excellent in quality, socially responsible, and meaningful to its practitioners.

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Problems - 06/01/08

Democracy - an authoritative ranking of the world's most and least democratic nations indicates that only 28 countries can be classified as "full democracies".

Read more about Problems - 06/01/08

Responses - 05/01/08

Openness/Science - when evidence or data change, open-minded experts are willing to change their minds.

Read more about Responses - 05/01/08

Problems - 04/01/08

Sleep - a wide variety of stresses and strains keep people awake at night.

Read more about Problems - 04/01/08

Problems - 03/01/08

Responsibility - an influential contrarian argues that companies

Read more about Problems - 03/01/08

Responses - 02/01/08

Climate/Food - as climate change threatens food crops across the world, scientists are re-focusing their efforts on crop resilience, rather than just on yields.

Read more about Responses - 02/01/08

Problems - 01/01/08

Energy/Sustainability - the delivery of affordable, reliable and sustainable power to citizens will be one of the key challenges, not just of 2008, but way beyond.

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Responses - 21/12/2007

Conversation/Future/Vision - one of the great tasks facing humanity over the coming years is already underway - i.e. creating a global dialogue between visionaries with ideas for improving life on earth and everyone else.

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Problems - 20/12/2007

Conflict/Media - as 2007 draws to an end, there are still many humanitarian crises around the world which are largely forgotten by mainstream media.

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Responses - 19/12/2007

Activism/Collaboration/Work - the "right livelihood award" honours and support those offering exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today. This 'Alternative Nobel Prize' already has 128 Laureates from 56 countries.

Read more about Responses - 19/12/2007

Problems - 18/12/07

Business/Human Rights - a top NGO has called for more action to stop corporate human rights violations.

Read more about Problems - 18/12/07