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Story of change

Work less, gain more? The 4 day working week

Responding to a recession in the early 1990s, the public sector in the Netherlands began offering a four-day week to staff to save money. Since then it has...

Posted on 13 September 2019
Decent work

Story of change

When overnight, flying becomes impossible: the volcanic revelation

At the end of 2018 reported sightings of drones near a runway of the UK’s second most busy airport, Gatwick, led to the grounding or redirection of all...

Posted on 9 January 2019
Digital progress, Efficient travel, Clean energy

Story of change

When everything changed: the US & UK economies in World War II

Both the United States and the United Kingdom has within living memory gone through a period of very rapid transition in terms of a huge reduction in the...

Posted on 25 June 2019
Decent work, Good food

Story of change

Upward spiral: how circular economies break the cycle of overconsumption

The climate emergency is a result of the sheer weight of human economic activity on the biosphere. Extraction of resources and the production of waste is...

Posted on 2 June 2020
Digital progress, Better homes, Decent work

Story of change

Unnecessary travel? The return of breathable air and rethinking transport in a crisis

Bowing, perhaps to inevitability, the group of scientists responsible for assessing ways to cut the pollution that causes global heating, working group...

Posted on 15 April 2020
Clean energy, Efficient travel, Liveable cities

Story of change

Turning the tide of water privatization – the rise of the new municipal movement

People 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...

Posted on 28 January 2019
Safe water, Secure rights

Story of change

There is such a thing as a free-ride! Rapid innovations in urban transport

In the United States, once the home of car culture, cities are experimenting with free public transport following successful international experiments. In...

Posted on 5 February 2020
Clean energy, Liveable cities

Story of change

The wild way to rapid transition – how rewilding can slow climate breakdown, protect from its worst effects and improve biodiversity

Even as they fall under increasing pressure from human activity, the restoration of natural habitats like forests, is a key component of rapid transition....

Posted on 24 April 2019
Natural advantage

Story of change

The vegans have landed

The numbers of people following a plant-based diet have soared over the last 10 years. In the UK, polling by the Vegan Society indicates that around 1% of...

Posted on 3 January 2019
Good food
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