Hello. This is The Live Positively Collective: an online space where people can discover, talk about, and be inspired by the things people are doing to make the world a better place to live.

We are updating this site every day - so be sure to keep coming back and join the conversation. It's early days for this space, so we'd love your ideas, comments, pictures and stories to help shape Live Positively into a site that really fires people's imaginations about what can be achieved when we all put our heads together...

Walk The Walk For Safe, Clean Water

Easy to get, clean tap water and walking just for fun aren’t a luxury that we all enjoy. Many people [...]

February 29, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Grow More Than Just Flowers On Your Window Sill

Window farm is a great new product allowing you to grow your own fruit and vegetables at home even when [...]

February 28, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Rugby Starts Recycling

(Image: Touch)
Touch is a program in South Africa making upcycled rugby balls. Using materials such as where plastic bags and [...]

February 27, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

How To Recycle In The Shower

There are some mornings when, try as we might, that 30 second shower just eludes us. We put on the [...]

February 24, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Get Happier With A Houseplant

It might be cold and wintery outside but you can still grow some colour and happiness inside. Cheer up your [...]

February 23, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Make Money By Doing Nothing

Any service enabling you to Drive the Good Drive is a keeper in our books. We have heard of car [...]

February 22, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Saving The Planet, One Stew At A Time

(Image: Wonderbag)
The Wonderbag is quite simply the best kitchen invention for third world countries we’ve seen in a long time. [...]

February 21, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

What A Freightfully Good New Farming Idea

Buying local when you live in an urban environment can be pretty difficult. If you have no space of your [...]

February 20, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Buy The Product, Not The Plastic

(Image: The Soap Dispensary)
The Soap Dispensary in Vancouver, Canada is a new shop filled with lovely soaps, shampoos, washing up [...]

February 16, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Plugged Out Speakers

(Image: Paul Cocksedge)
There is no faulting simple, energy free speakers. And ‘Change the Record’ are some of the trendiest ones [...]

February 15, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Copper Load Of This Pipe

Power pipe is a simple and snazzy heat exchanger. You wrap your bathtub drain pipe with layers of highly conductive [...]

February 14, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Birdhouse For Sale. One Previous Owner

(Image: Brian Carlisle)
Winter is here, the days are short and we’ve dug out our wolly hats and gloves. While we’re [...]

February 13, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Worms To Departure Gate 6

We’ve told you before about bees at the airport and now we’re hear to discuss worms.
Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in North [...]

February 10, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

From Plum Pits To Plum Pots

Chile is the second biggest exporter of dehydrated plums in the world. This means they are left with around 47 [...]

February 9, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Turnips: Not As Boring As You Might Think

Turnips are pretty great because you get two for the price of one. Both the root and the greens of [...]

February 8, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Set Sail For Your Summer Holiday

Boatcation (n), the art of Staying Grounded while availing of the many holiday opportunities a boat can offer.
This year why [...]

February 7, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Driving? That’s So 2011

With less and less young people learning to drive and more people using car sharing services, bike schemes and owning [...]

February 6, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Get Free Stuff From Your Boss For Cycling

PleaseCycle want you to cycle to work. And they are doing it by providing your bosses with the necessary tools [...]

February 3, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Borrow A Bike

We know what a great idea it is to borrow your neighbour’s car but what if you could borrow their [...]

February 2, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Borrow A Bike, Borrow A Helmet

Ok so by now we all have the concept of bike sharing schemes quite firmly in our minds. They are [...]

February 1, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

One Shoe, Endless Possibilities. Well, At Least 5.

If you’re a fan of Gok Wan then you’ll know all about the capsule wardrobe. Several pieces of clothing that [...]

January 31, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Plugging Out

The Energy Saving Trust estimates that the average UK home can save around 1.1 tCO2 and £280 per year by [...]

January 30, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Clean Up The Seas As You Clean Up Your Home

Sometimes when good ideas happen you just want to smack yourself on the forehead and say ‘Of COURSE! Why didn’t [...]

January 29, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

Bright Lights For Better Futures

(Image: Kickstarter)
The Wakawaka light is a new product in prototype phase that will hopefully be soon lighting up developing and [...]

January 28, 2012 | Filed under Do The Green Thing.

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