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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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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
Active networks for global-to-local rapid transition
Meet the active networks working from the bottom up
It’s too easy to get depressed by the daily news cycle of wars and the threat of A.I., and to assume...
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Accelerating recovery of wild European mammals brings hope of wider nature regenerationIn 2022, something happened in Britain for the first time in 6,000 years. Deep in the Kent countryside, a wild European bison calf was born as part of the...
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Abolishing an ancient institution: the fight against slaveryIt is complicated and challenging for a society to undergo radical transition. There are many vested economic interests that can experience losses from such...
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A win-win four day week – the rapid rise of shorter working time to benefit people and planetAcross the United Kingdom (UK), a hundred companies are permanently moving over to a four-day working week with no loss of pay. These companies, which...
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A sobering shift: what can the declining rate of alcohol consumption among the young tell us about rapid transition?In the wake of ‘Dry January’, the nearly one in five British people who shunned alcohol for the first month of the new year may be weighing up which...
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A rapid transition towards peace and securityIt is hard to fully anticipate how Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine will change the world – but the potential for both great suffering and great...
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A Rapid Transition is underway – but will it happen fast enough?After 33 years working at Alliance member, Centre for Alternative Technology, Paul Allen reflects on his journey. The Centre for Alternative Technology...