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Repair and maintenance – how we learned to use our hands againThe human urge to mend, repair and improve is nothing new – it has just been forgotten and gone untrained, buried under an avalanche of mass produced...
Our library of publications is a showcase of what kind of changes make a rapid and just transition possible, how people can help to shape them and what conditions can make them happen. They range from reports and briefings to chapbooks (pocketbooks of collected short writings and images), and short story and poetry collections.
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Repair and maintenance – how we learned to use our hands againThe human urge to mend, repair and improve is nothing new – it has just been forgotten and gone untrained, buried under an avalanche of mass produced...
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PODCAST: S2 Ep4: The Politics of Green Transformations: Melissa Leach, Peter Newell & Ian Scoones, interviewed by Andrew SimmsIn the latest edition of the Institute of Development Studies podcast, ‘Between the Lines’, Andrew Simms interviews the co-editors of The Politics of...
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PODCAST: How History Inspires Environmental Activism, Dan Snow interviews Andrew SimmsIn his latest History Hit podcast “How History Inspires Environmental Activism”, historian Dan Snow interviews the Alliances Andrew Simms. Together they...
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Playing against the clockA new report – Playing against the clock: Global sport, the climate emergency and the case for rapid change – by leading academic and author, David...
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Plant-based food enjoys a pandemic boostWhen the global pandemic hit, many of our habits around food changed as some people working at home had more time to grow and cook food and eat meals...
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Pandemic epiphaniesEat, sleep, work, shop. Sometimes in consumer societies it seems there’s not much more to life. In pre-pandemic days, the old economic system wanted...
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No flight necessaryAs flying becomes a no-go area for growing numbers of carbon conscious travellers, the default holiday is changing as a result of our experience during the...
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New report finds major polluters melting the snow of the winter sports they sponsorThe future of winter sports is under threat from the very companies that sponsor it, argues a brand new report from Badvertising and think-tank, New Weather...
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Make public art, not wasteFrom decorated stones left in public parks, to chalked pavements and doorstep theatre, making public art flourished during the pandemic. It demonstrated the...