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 - 16/09/07

Business - a global foundation aims to bring the "world's biggest brains" together in the hope of solving the world's socio-economic and business problems.
Charity - some entrepreneurs are making a major commitment to philanthropy, pouring billions into socially responsible projects. Rich donors are now also being encouraged to fund specific projects in developing countries.

Read more about Responses - 16/09/07

Problems - 15/09/07

Human Rights - human trafficking affects hundreds of thousands of lives every year.

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Responses - 14/09/07

Fairness/Trade - how your individual buying choices really can make a difference.

Read more about Responses - 14/09/07

Problems - 13/09/07

Diversity - thousands of species are on the slide towards extinction, according to the latest edition of the Red List, the international catalogue of threatened wildlife.

Read more about Problems - 13/09/07

Responses - 12/09/07

Health/Innovation - where a little bit of money can be made to go a long way, innovative solutions to health crises can occur in countries all over the globe.

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Problems - 11/09/07

Death/Gender - "female foeticide", the aborting or killing of unwanted baby girls, may be taking place worldwide.

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Responses - 10/09/07

Innovation/Science - "biomimicry" is a new discipline that studies nature

Read more about Responses - 10/09/07

Problems - 09/09/07

Childhood/Education - many children are still not getting the education they need to thrive in today

Read more about Problems - 09/09/07

Responses - 08/09/07

Gender - where women are respected and empowered, families and communities are strengthened, citizens are better represented, corruption is reduced, and peace is prioritised.

Read more about Responses - 08/09/07

Problems - 07/09/07

Food/Poverty - in a world with so much food, why is hunger still so pervasive?

Read more about Problems - 07/09/07

Responses - 06/09/07

Ageing/Politics - the new "Elders" club set up by Nelson Mandela plans to use its "almost 1,000 years of collective experience" to tackle crises governments are unable or unwilling to confront.
Consumption: a new site offers socially conscious shopping where consumers can "blend their personal values with their purchasing power" to foster positive change around the world".

Read more about Responses - 06/09/07

Problems - 05/09/07

Poverty - life expectancy in the richest countries of the world now exceeds the poorest by more than 30 years.
Privacy - do plans for international DNA databases impinge on personal privacy?

Read more about Problems - 05/09/07

Responses - 04/09/07

Design - new industrial design trends include using sustainable materials, cleaning up processes and considering the environmental impact of shipping and production. Meanwhile, many organisations are turning to design thinking.

Read more about Responses - 04/09/07

Problems - 03/09/07

Climate/Food/Poverty - climate change may decrease food production in the developing world while industrialised countries could gain in production potential, increasing food insecurity in poorer nations.

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Responses - 02/09/07

Energy - one of the most favourable characteristics of solar,wind, biomass, and other types of organic energy is their universality.

Read more about Responses - 02/09/07

Problems - 01/09/2007

Depression/Health/Therapy - as much as 14% of global disease and 23% of global disability are attributable to mental illness.

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Responses - 30/08/07

Ethics - a new forum for a diversity of "voices arguing for a responsible, constructive approach to emerging human enhancement technologies".
Health - invasive diagnostic tests such as biopsies may soon become a thing of the past, as researchers improve the sensitivity of scans such as MRIs.

Read more about Responses - 30/08/07

Problems - 29/08/07

Water - calls for increased political help are on the rise as global efforts to tackle the world's growing water and sanitation crisis have largely failed to produce any meaningful results so far.

Read more about Problems - 29/08/07

Responses - 28/08/07

Health - a new World Health Organisation report stresses the need for international collaboration, with open sharing of knowledge and technology, to guarantee global public-health security in the future.

Read more about Responses - 28/08/07

Problems - 27/08/07

Consumption - consumers in developing countries are concerned about global warming, but not enough to forsake the luxury of owning a car or other perks of being rich.

Read more about Problems - 27/08/07