One Value. One Action. Can We Create a Ripple Around the World?
What value does the world need most right now? Peace, perhaps. Compassion? Respect? Hope? Justice? Courage? Trust? Ask the question in London and you may get one answer. Ask it in Lagos, Mumbai, New York, Manila or Melbourne and you may get another. But what might happen if we brought people from those different places […]
The Hope Wheel: Turning Our Values Into Action
Hope can sometimes sound rather passive. We hope things will get better. We hope someone will do something. We hope that somehow the world will become a kinder, fairer and more peaceful place. But what if hope is something we do? That is the thinking behind the Hope Wheel Guide for World Values Day, a […]
Give your values a workout through volunteering
If you wanted to run a marathon, you wouldn’t just turn up at the starting line and hope for the best. You would train. You’d stretch, lace up your trainers, clock up the miles, and gradually build your endurance. The same applies to almost every other walk of life. Whether it’s learning to drive, playing […]
Wonder Stack: Children’s books that spark curiosity and nurture little values
Throughout 2025, we asked our community and social media following to recommend the children’s books that helped shape their view on values. Here is the list of children’s books that spark curiosity and nurture values from the very first page. This list wasn’t shaped by votes or rankings. Each book has been chosen on its […]
Real Pages: Non-fiction reads to inform, challenge, and grow your worldview
Throughout 2025, we asked our community and social media following to recommend non-fiction books that helped shape their view on values. Here is the list of books that informed, challenged, and shaped worldviews regarding values. This list wasn’t shaped by votes or rankings. Each book has been chosen on its own merits, so don’t read […]
Worlds Unbound: A list of fiction books to stretch your imagination
Throughout 2025, we asked our community and social media following to recommend fiction books that helped shape their view on values. Here is the list of fiction books that touched their hearts or opened their minds when it came to values. This list wasn’t shaped by votes or rankings. Each book has been chosen on […]
Values for the Future in Hungary for WVD 2025
Celebrations in Hungary for World Values Day 2025 started early in the year and involved different age groups across the country engaged around Values for the Future. A big new initiative was using the Living Values approach to help organisations develop their practice of values. Values training for staff at a day nursery and an […]
Laying Down the Feather
In an era marked by polarisation and discord, a deceptively simple initiative promises to restore something precious: the art of listening. Launching on 16 October to mark World Values Day, “Laying Down the Feather” draws upon ancient wisdom to address distinctly modern challenges. The brainchild of Professor Ann Teed of Adelphi University, New York, and […]
A New Global Alliance Aims to Transform Education Through Values
Leading academics unite to address crisis in schools worldwide The Global Alliance for Values-based Education (GAVE), a new international coalition bringing together some of the world’s foremost experts in values-based education, is being launched with an ambitious mission to reshape how schools prepare young people for an increasingly volatile world. GAVE unites scholars, educators and […]
Health, Humanity and Values: Bettina Buabeng-Baidoo and MESH
In a world increasingly preoccupied with the mechanics of health systems—budgets, technology, and targets—one voice is cutting through with a different emphasis: values. Dr Bettina Buabeng-Baidoo, a South African physician and public health scholar, is leading an ambitious global initiative that seeks to reframe healthcare not only as a technical or economic challenge, but as […]