With Shared Meaning, we offer the global Meaning community a taste of the news, developments and innovations that give us hope for a better future.

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- Louise and the Meaning team

Reducing waste, creating food

In harsh environments, with scarce resources, the best innovations can emerge. This development at a refugee camp in Jordan uses waste mattress material to create fresh food. It's a great example of what our friend Jaideep Prabhu calls jugaad innovation...

Avoiding the pitfalls of purpose

Like many of the best ideas, the search for 'purposeful business' is at risk of being misappropriated and misused. Dee Corrigan of Blueprint for Better Business offers her tips on how to stay focussed and avoid purposewash...

Environment as infrastructure

When we talk of infrastructure, we often think of human-made systems like roads and railways displacing natural environments. But what if we were to start recognising trees as part of the critical infrastructure we need for successful urban living...

A classic search for meaning

The search for meaning in our work and in our lives is not new. For a classic take on this existential struggle, we turn to concentration camp survivor Victor Frankl. Here's an in-depth look at how logotherapy can help us cope with the challenges we face today...

The future of Wales

It certainly feels as though our current model of democratic decision-making is ripe for review. So for a taste of how our young people can be part of the political process, let's look to Cardiff, where Wales' first youth parliament is in session...

In praise of 'service journalism'

What is the objective of journalism? What role do journalists play in our lives? In this age of distrust, misinformation and confusion, journalism should be more than a commercial commodity. It must be a service to society...

Getting extra from the introverts

The model of extrovertism vs introvertism is so often misunderstood. Let's remember the important roles that introverts play within a healthy, diverse, creative workplace...

A wider view of mindfulness

Mindfulness, so often packaged as a cure-all for the stresses of modern life, needs a rethink. At  Meaning 2019 researcher Rachel Lilley explained the mechanisms behind mindfulness, and warned that the calming comforts of meditation are no match for the 'wicked problems' of our age...