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New Badvertising book out now

The new edition of a great book by our friends at Badvertising is out! https://theecologist.org/2024/sep/23/how-many-ads-do-you-see READ: The new, updated...

By Nicky Saunter on 25 September 2024
Liveable cities, Decent work, Enough money, Secure rights

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World Water Day: 5 stories of rapid transition

In the midst of a climate emergency, we are reminded that billions of people don’t have access to the safe water and sanitation they need. To accelerate...

By Andrew Simms, Peter Newell and Nicky Saunter on 22 March 2023

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COP15: lion or lamb, phoenix or dodo?

“Biodiversity is fundamental to human well-being and a healthy planet, and economic prosperity for all people. Including for living well in balance and in...

By Nicky Saunter on 21 December 2022
Natural advantage

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The Thriving Places Index – A positive way to measure human flourishing

Sometimes the daily deluge of email yields an unexpected pearl – perhaps because it offers hope, communicates clearly or is just a darn good idea. A few...

By Nicky Saunter on 10 October 2022

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Learning from the pandemic: lessons for unnecessary travel and overconsumption

For countries that celebrate it, December and January sees perhaps the biggest annual festival of overconsumption as Christmas and New Year roll together in...

By Nicky Saunter on 11 January 2022
Efficient travel, Enough money

Commentary

A one-stop shop for greener homes

It is about time the UK government got to grips with retrofitting existing housing to scale up home energy efficiency across the country. One way to do this...

By Nicky Saunter on 3 December 2021
Better homes, Clean energy, Decent work

Commentary

How quickly can change happen? Nesta and the Rapid Transition Alliance team-up to find out

It is time for better storytelling about the possibilities of change at the speed the climate crisis demands. Every nation needs to learn from each other...

By Nicky Saunter on 20 May 2021

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Let’s work with nature and let nature work with us

I was reminded by Facebook yesterday that I had posted a picture of my sunglasses 5 years ago. One balmy June evening, I had dug my bike out from the back...

By Nicky Saunter on 5 June 2020
Natural advantage

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The new, old way forward

The village emergency committee sounds like a possible subject for J. K. Rowling’s next novel of English rural life and is easy to mock. I felt my eyes...

By Nicky Saunter on 28 May 2020
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