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Story of change

Educating girls is more effective in the climate emergency than many green technologies

Hydrogen powered superyachts and donations from billionaires often grab headlines in the fight against climate change. Whilst more simple and potentially...

Posted on 21 February 2020
Secure rights, Enough money, Decent work

Story of change

From financial exclusion to financial revolution: the story of mobile money

Update Since publishing this story of change, we have seen an interesting critique of the original paper that underpins much of the narrative, ‘The...

Posted on 4 March 2019
Enough money, Digital progress

Story of change

From passive consumers to active producers – how crisis restrictions open opportunities for creative culture shifts

As the global pandemic continues to reshape whole economies and the lives of populations, normal consumer behaviour has been suddenly altered. The focus has...

Posted on 9 April 2020
Digital progress, Enough money, Liveable cities

Reset series

Getting creative beats consumerism

Finding pleasure in play, culture and experience rather than the false promise of shopping for more ‘stuff’, is a potentially big, positive step for...

Posted on 31 May 2022
Clean energy, Enough money

Commentary

Given Half a Chance: Ten Ways to Save the World

Environmentalist Edward Davey’s new book, Given Half a Chance: Ten Ways to Save the World shows how little it would take to set a rapid transition in...

By Edward Davey on 12 April 2019
Clean energy, Liveable cities, Safe water, Enough money, Secure rights

Commentary

Hope from the Seed of Trauma

The pandemic years were the pivot for a rapid shift bringing a better new world into being. Andrew Simms travels through time in a special feature for New...

By Andrew Simms on 4 April 2023
Decent work, Enough money, Liveable cities, Good food, Efficient travel

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

Story of change

How learning to share again cuts waste, and makes more resilient communities

Sharing is one of the very first things we are taught to do as children, it’s almost the defining difference between being ‘good’ or seen as selfish....

Posted on 30 October 2019
Decent work, Clean energy, Better homes, Enough money

Story of change

Iceland – independent economic policy, holding finance accountable and experimenting with local democracy

In 2019 Iceland is in the news for erecting a memorial plaque to its glacier, known as Okjökull, or Ok, which shrank so much due to the raised temperatures...

Posted on 30 July 2019
Enough money
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