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Indigenous cultural revival and re-enchantment with nature: the journey of the Colombian Muysca people

This story weaves the indigenous cultural revival of the Muysca people of Suba in Colombia, together with the transition to more sustainable living. It is...

By Matt Rendell on 23 September 2021
Natural advantage, Better homes

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

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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

Heating households not the planet: from China to Denmark rapid transition in heating brings warmer homes with less climate cost

Winter is coming in the northern hemisphere and keeping homes warm is on everyone’s minds. Much housing stock is old, inefficient and leaks heat, and the...

Posted on 10 December 2020
Clean energy, Better homes

Story of change

Goodbye gas: making the global leap to heat pumps

The humble heat pump, a clean energy technology, is making a late global leap to help wean homes off fossil fuels and slow the climate crisis. The shift is...

Posted on 2 March 2022
Clean energy, Better homes

Story of change

Future homes: the rapid rise, fall, and return of UK social housing

Housing is the ‘crucial backdrop’ to poverty in the United Kingdom according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human...

Posted on 4 June 2019
Better homes

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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

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Citizen-led retrofitting: how the poor relation of climate policy is becoming its secret weapon

Lessons for rapid transition: A citizen-led renovation model ensures that policy is aligned with local needs, while stimulating skills, business and supply...

Posted on 3 December 2021
Better homes, Clean energy

Story of change

Charged up: breakthroughs in battery technology are rapidly draining demand for fossil fuels

At the outset of the millennium, evidence-based hope for a rapid energy transition was consistently challenged by the critical matter of storage. Generating...

Posted on 10 February 2025
Clean energy, Efficient travel, Better homes
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