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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Growing our way out of crisis: how to dig for victoryThe scandal of food waste is generating headlines and highlights a broken relationship with what we eat. But interest in growing our own is increasing,...
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Goodbye gas: making the global leap to heat pumpsThe humble heat pump, a clean energy technology, is making a late global leap to help wean homes off fossil fuels and slow the climate crisis. The shift is...
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Giving rivers rights: a rapid solution to pollution?In March 2023, councillors in the picturesque town of Lewes in the south east of England successfully passed a motion that recognises the legal rights of...
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Future homes: the rapid rise, fall, and return of UK social housingHousing is the ‘crucial backdrop’ to poverty in the United Kingdom according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human...
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From passive consumers to active producers – how crisis restrictions open opportunities for creative culture shiftsAs the global pandemic continues to reshape whole economies and the lives of populations, normal consumer behaviour has been suddenly altered. The focus has...
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From oil crisis to energy revolution – how nations once before planned to kick the oil habitJust as the modern oil and debt fuelled consumer age was building momentum in wealthy industrialised countries, the energy taps were turned off by the 1973...
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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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Free public transport: the new global initiative clearing the air, roads and helping keep climate targets on trackAll around the world, cities, towns and even whole countries are waking up to the many benefits that come from making public transport completely free. In...
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Food waste is a climate emergency issue: how to chop it across the boardFood waste is alone responsible for an estimated 8% of annual greenhouse gas emissions globally, equal to the amount from tourism. Cutting it back not only...
