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How Whatcom County opposed fossil fuel expansion and showed how to winFor more than two years now, the small community of Whatcom County, in Northwest Washington State in the U.S. has been working with local leaders to take...
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Meet The Members – Paul Allen, Centre for Alternative TechnologyThe Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) is an educational charity dedicated to researching and communicating positive solutions for environmental...
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The decline of the single bottom line and the growth of B-CorpsBusiness is rarely a byword for sustainability. Sometimes a founders’ own ethics build a corporate culture of greater environmental care. Now, the B Corps...
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Space to breathe: From garden cities to cities in gardens – the rise of National Park CitiesOver half of the world’s population (55%) live in urban areas with that share expected to grow to over two thirds by 2050. In North America the figure...
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Meet the Members – Jeremy LeggettIn the latest instalment of our ‘Meet the Members’ series we speak with Jeremy Leggett of Solarcentury. Jeremy believes that there is no time to...
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Iceland – independent economic policy, holding finance accountable and experimenting with local democracyIn 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...
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Adblocking – the global cities clearing streets of advertising to promote human and environmental healthAdvertising fuels consumerism and overconsumption. One graphic representation of how much we are living beyond our environmental means is that in 2019, the...
Commentary
Mobilisation in the war on climate changeThe ecologist and campaigner, Chris Rose, argues against the dangers of ‘climate appeasement’ and says that there are answers to even some of the most...
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The polluter elite and the challenge of rapid transitionThe window of opportunity to prevent irreversible climate breakdown and mass species extinction is closing. Accelerating the transition requires directly...