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Taiwan’s Transition – from Garbage Island to Recycling LeaderThe world’s mountain of waste is growing, but one country once known as ‘Garbage Island’ has revolutionised its approach and rapidly reduced waste,...
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Can Costa Rica’s path to carbon neutrality be replicated by other countries?While the UN unveils another devastating report on biodiversity loss, showing the threat from humanity to the rest of life on earth, and as countries puzzle...
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All aboard the electric bus – modern public transport powered by electricity is coming back quickly, to the benefit of people and the climateIn 2011, the electric-vehicle manufacturer BYD Auto unveiled an early model of an electric bus at an industry conference in Belgium. The head of BYD in...
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New money meets the cost of change: how local currencies save economies and communities, and help them flourishIn times of crisis and other upheavals, local communities have discovered that one answer to being failed by the mainstream economy is to print your own...
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The rise of the rights of natureA global movement to give nature rights is growing in the face of a mass extinction event driven by climate change and human over-use of the natural...
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From financial exclusion to financial revolution: the story of mobile moneyUpdate Since publishing this story of change, we have seen an interesting critique of the original paper that underpins much of the narrative, ‘The...
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Make do and mend: the rise of repair cafesThe relationship with ‘stuff’ in high-consuming, wealthy economies is set to change. From the European Union to the United States new laws are being...
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The World’s first renewable island – when a community embraces wind powerThe Danish island of Samsø went from being entirely fossil fuel dependent to becoming the World’s first 100% renewable island, in under a decade. In...
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Turning the tide of water privatization – the rise of the new municipal movementPeople around the world are reclaiming their access to water as a basic human right, by seizing control of their water supplies from private companies. This...