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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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‘We march now so we won’t have to swim later’Many have wondered when the scale of public protest will match the scale of the climate crisis. That question increasingly is being answered by the sudden...
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The New Deal and a Green New Deal – turning economic and environmental disasters into an opportunity for national, public renewalA proposal for a Green New Deal from the dynamic new Democratic representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become a rallying point for progressive politics...
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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...
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New economic stories are needed to unblock the political embrace of rapid transitionThe breakdown of the climate will only be averted by rapid and radical action, but political courage and imagination are blunted blocked by narrow...
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Clearing city air: the death of diesel & the distance still to travelMany people can conjure images of London during the Great Smog of 1952. Black and white photographs of double decker buses with lights on full beam, barely...