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Book: The Politics of Green Transformations

Book published in 2015 that explores how 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' green transformations work, and the roles played by different kinds of alliances among...

Posted on 20 January 2015

Report

How did we do that? The possibility of rapid transition

A booklet which collects stories of rapid transitions to show what we can learn from history and the present day about how people adapt to rapid change.

By Andrew Simms and Peter Newell on 24 April 2017
Clean energy, Better homes, Decent work, Digital progress, Efficient travel, Enough money, Good food, Liveable cities, Secure rights

Report

Climate & Rapid Behaviour Change. What do we know so far?

“We’ve shown in the past that surprising changes are possible in how people behave, in smoking, driving, antibiotics, and sexual health. We now know...

By Andrew Simms on 15 October 2018
Clean energy, Better homes, Decent work, Digital progress, Efficient travel, Secure rights, Enough money, Safe water, Liveable cities, Good food

Story of change

How China brought its forests back to life in a decade

Over recent decades most countries around the world have been cutting down their trees at alarming rates. Since the 1990s, however, China has bucked this...

Posted on 2 December 2018
Good food

Story of change

The vegans have landed

The numbers of people following a plant-based diet have soared over the last 10 years. In the UK, polling by the Vegan Society indicates that around 1% of...

Posted on 3 January 2019
Good food

Story of change

Growing our way out of crisis: how to dig for victory

The scandal of food waste is generating headlines and highlights a broken relationship with what we eat. But interest in growing our own is increasing,...

Posted on 16 May 2019
Good food

Story of change

The Attenborough effect and the downfall of plastics

A pilot whale carrying her dead calf across the ocean for days. A baby albatross bringing up a plastic bag. Millions worldwide watched these events unfold...

Posted on 20 May 2019
Liveable cities, Good food, Safe water

Story of change

When everything changed: the US & UK economies in World War II

Both the United States and the United Kingdom has within living memory gone through a period of very rapid transition in terms of a huge reduction in the...

Posted on 25 June 2019
Decent work, Good food

Story of change

The post-Cold War Cuban food experiment

With the rising awareness of the speed and scale of action needed to prevent climate breakdown, is a nervousness about our ability to meet the challenge....

Posted on 26 September 2019
Good food, Safe water, Clean energy
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