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

Responses - 12/10/07

Cooperation/Diversity - books, including good practice guides in business, are starting to be written by the "we" - i.e. through crowdsourcing techniques.

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Responses - 10/10/07

Globalisation/Media/Technology - new media and standardising technology are helping minority and fringe groups attain a global reach, leading increasingly to the "power of the few".

Read more about Responses - 10/10/07

Problems - 09/10/07

Education - some people are now arguing that schools are an outdated concept.
Climate/Travel - rising concerns over changing climates mean that the world's multibillion-dollar tourism industry is reconsidering its future.

Read more about Problems - 09/10/07

Responses - 08/10/07

Privacy - can so-called "lifecasting" enable people to take more control over which aspects of their life to make public and which to keep private?

Read more about Responses - 08/10/07

Problems - 05/10/07

Migration - a new global attitudes survey suggests that, in rich countries and poor, people are most concerned about inequality, threats to their culture, threats to the environment and threats posed by immigration.

Read more about Problems - 05/10/07

Problems - 03/10/07

Sustainability - demand is now exceeding the sustainable yield of natural systems globally. Forests are shrinking; fishery collapses are widespread; grasslands are deteriorating and water tables are falling in many countries.

Read more about Problems - 03/10/07

Responses - 02/10/07

Identity - the UN General Assembly has adopted a new declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples.

Read more about Responses - 02/10/07

Problems - 01/10/07

Migration - much of today's migration remains characterised by its temporary nature, its poor working conditions, and frequent abuses and violation of individuals.

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Responses - 30/09/07

Activism/Diversity - seeking inclusive and practical responses to a diverse range of "social evils".

Read more about Responses - 30/09/07

Problems - 29/09/07

Food/Poverty - why do some countries continue to enjoy feast while others continue to endure famine?

Read more about Problems - 29/09/07

Responses - 28/09/07

Work - a growing number of organisations help break the cycle of unemployment so that they can take positive control of their lives.

Read more about Responses - 28/09/07

Problems - 27/09/07

Poverty - will the poor will be with us always, with the world's poorest states trapped in a cycle of civil war and near-zero economic growth for decades to come?

Read more about Problems - 27/09/07

Responses - 26/09/07

Charity/Kindness - a growing number of sometime anonymous groups bring food to the homeless, give them and teach them how to play instruments, give away bikes and generally give their time.

Read more about Responses - 26/09/07

Problems - 25/09/07

Legacy/Youth - might young people born in the digital era be more connected to each other, but less connected to their cultural heritage, "chatting" more but reading less; playing more, but learning less than preceding generations?

Read more about Problems - 25/09/07

Responses - 24/09/07

Democracy - can "deliberative democracy" overcome a recurring problem of public consultation - i.e. if you ask elites, you may get deliberation without equality, but if you ask the people directly, you may get equality without deliberation?

Read more about Responses - 24/09/07

Problems - 23/09/07

Sustainability - the world indirectly gives incentives to destroy tropical rainforests by demanding goods produced by intensive logging.

Read more about Problems - 23/09/07

Problems - 21/09/07

Childhood/Environment - child labourers have to work flat out to help westerners work off their environmental guilt.

Read more about Problems - 21/09/07

Responses - 20/09/07

Peace - millions of people around the world aim to mark international "peace day" on 21 September.
Travel - travellers have the potential to bring supplies to underfunded non-profits everywhere, and can now find out what's needed before they depart.

Read more about Responses - 20/09/07

Problems - 19/09/07

Climate - amid growing concern over the slow pace of international climate negotiations, the UN is trying to urgently engage all its heads of state to find a common way forward.

Read more about Problems - 19/09/07

Responses - 18/09/07

Ageing - despite reports that depict millions of elderly people as the victims of abuse or mental illness, it is argued that, overall, getting older is better than it's ever been.

Read more about Responses - 18/09/07