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 - 16/12/07

Climate - in the world's first near-term global warming forecast, climate scientists say the planet's temperature will plateau for two years and then rise sharply through to 2014.

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Responses - 15/12/07

Childhood - the UN General Assembly is trying to find ways of meeting the promise of "A World Fit for Children" made by world governments in 2002.

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Problems - 14/12/07

Climate - 20 of the 21 hottest years ever have come in the last 25 years - the hottest of all in 2005, with 2007 on track to be second.

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Responses - 13/12/07

Innovation/Poverty - a new global "microinsurance innovation facility" will provide grants and technical assistance to organisations working with the poor.

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Problems - 12/12/07

Food/Poverty - the World Food Programme has drawn attention towards seven hotspots in the world; these are countries that are especially vulnerable to hunger.

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Responses - 11/12/07

Environment/Sustainability - new projects have generated millions of new "green collar" jobs around the world, and there is a potential for many more to come, according to the UN.

Read more about Responses - 11/12/07

Problems - 10/12/07

Freedom/Media - world opinion is divided on the importance of having a free press, as many people consider it more important to maintain social harmony and peace, even if it means curbing the press's freedom to report news truthfully.

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Responses - 09/12/07

Fairness/Gender/Peace - in the belief that a fairer and more peaceful world depends on gender equality, a new range of articles, blogs and podcasts explores issues of gender empowerment at the global level.

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Problems - 08/12/07

Health/Poverty - some drug companies and research institutions allegedly choose poor countries as a prime destination for holding unethical clinical trials due to lax regulations.

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Responses - 07/12/07

Childhood/Education/Poverty - though 90m children worldwide still don't go to school, a "world schoolhouse" is working to alleviate this by partnering with organisations that provide children with a quality, basic education.

Read more about Responses - 07/12/07

Problems - 06/12/07

Human Rights - there is continuing violation of human rights by governments, big business and armed groups around the world.

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Responses - 05/12/07

Civility/Collaboration - a global consultation process has led to a declaration of fundamental principles for building a just, sustainable, and peaceful global society for the 21st century.

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Problems - 04/12/07

Activism/Environment/Climate/Water - according to the UN's latest report, problems including climate change, pollution, access to clean water, and the threat of mass extinctions are being met with "a remarkable lack of urgency".

Read more about Problems - 04/12/07

Responses - 03/12/07

Talent - are we moving towards a world in which high levels of skill are widely available at relatively low cost?

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Problems - 02/12/07

Migration - with millions on the move worldwide, the UN has called for a concerted international effort to better understand and deal with the causes, scale and complexity of global displacement.

Read more about Problems - 02/12/07

Responses - 01/12/07

Activism/Food/Poverty - a new, innovative internet-based game is helping mobilise millions in the fight against global hunger, following the example set by a leader in online activism working to eradicate world hunger.

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Problems - 30/11/07

Climate - natural disasters have quadrupled around the world over the last two decades, from an average of 120 a year in the early 1980s to as many as 500 today.

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Problems - 28/11/07

Sleep - an increasing number of people are suffering from "tatt", short for tired all the time, as up to one in three people reportedly suffer from sleep problems.

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Responses - 27/11/07

Dignity/Health/Water - the UN has launched 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation to try and prevent 42,000 people dying every week from diseases caused by poor drinking water and the lack of toilets.

Read more about Responses - 27/11/07

Problems - 26/11/07

Food - is a global food crisis coming? As climate change and fuel shortages bite, rising crop prices and the demand for biofuels raise fears of political instability

Read more about Problems - 26/11/07