Storytelling plays a crucial role in how we share knowledge and learn about the world around us. Not only do stories teach us about life, they can also inspire us, fuel our imaginations and encourage us to act.
We are collecting stories of change to share and demonstrate how rapid transition has happened in the past, remove excuses for inaction and show the way ahead.
Transformative changes are called for to prevent climate breakdown and create the conditions for people to thrive together. These types of large scale, rapid changes can seem difficult to achieve but through our storytelling, we aim to show that this type of rapid transition is not only possible but has also been done before in many different ways.
The Reset series explores the lessons from the global pandemic on two vital areas for rapid transition: overconsumption and unnecessary travel. Our set of downloadable short briefings focus on the period we are living through for scalable, rapid change – evidence-based hope for the future.
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‘Charismatic’ crisis-leadership by communities reveals a potential for rapid transitionsOften overlooked is the degree to which communities as a whole, rather than individuals demonstrate leadership in times of change and crisis. Charismatic...
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A different Wind of Change – harnessing Africa’s largest wind project for climate actionAfter commencing only in 2015, the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP) in Kenya has rapidly become the largest such initiative in Africa, and Kenya’s...
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A fast plant for rapid shifts in construction – how the ancient supercrop Hemp can help build low carbon homesReducing emissions in the construction industry, with its dependence on carbon-intensive concrete, is notoriously difficult and extraordinarily important in...
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A kiss of life for climate action: the rapid growth of youth protestA global youth movement to force government action on climate change has brought 1.4 million children and young people out on strike and created a dilemma...
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A natural business advantage? The test case of companies helping us into the great outdoorsNature re-entered the urban environment and imagination when the coronavirus pandemic saw a sudden fall in traffic, pollution and other economic activity....
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A new roof for rapid transition – building low-carbon, affordable housing for communities with new ownership modelsAll across the world new approaches to home-building are emerging in response to the multiple crises of climate breakdown, unaffordable housing, deprivation...
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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 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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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...
