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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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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Heat pumps in cold weather? Snow problem!When Europe and the United Kingdom brace for cold weather, it’s a good time to explore the potential for a rapid transition from fossil fuel energy to...
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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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London’s ‘Great Stink’ of 1858: how a rapid policy response stopped the stenchIn 2022 raw human waste was pumped into the United Kingdom’s rivers and seas 825 times per day on average. Modern Britain has a big, steaming sewage...
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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...