Story of change
London’s ‘Great Stink’ of 1858: how a rapid policy response stopped the stenchIn 2022 raw human waste was pumped into the United Kingdom’s rivers and seas 825 times per day on average. Modern Britain has a big, steaming sewage...
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Story of change
Local, civic action is growing a climate revolution from belowIn the yawning gap between national action and what is needed to stop climate breakdown, a rapid rise of local and city level activism is growing a...
Commentary
Local food for rapid transitionAs a nature-loving child growing up in the 2000s, I was debilitated and depressed by the idea that we could either save species and ecosystems, or provide a...
Commentary
Life, but not as we know itAmid the fear, uncertainty and personal loss that surround the current Covid-19 pandemic, people are starting to think about what form a ‘just recovery’...
Commentary
Let’s work with nature and let nature work with usI was reminded by Facebook yesterday that I had posted a picture of my sunglasses 5 years ago. One balmy June evening, I had dug my bike out from the back...
Report
Lessons from Lockdown: The possibilities of immediate changeFlying to attend a conference might swiftly be replaced by holding an event online. Many people have started to grow their own vegetables at homes,...
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Lessons from Lockdown: More space for people and natureResponses to the coronavirus pandemic showed that we can quickly make more space for people and nature in our towns and cities. This briefing on lessons...
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Lessons from Lockdown: Looking after each other betterThe way in which individuals, organisations and governments responded to benefit the wider community points the way toward a world where this way of...
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Lessons from Lockdown: Living with less stuffDuring lockdown many people have adapted to create new, different, ways of living that turned out to be less wasteful, more thoughtful and kinder on our...