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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Educating girls is more effective in the climate emergency than many green technologiesHydrogen powered superyachts and donations from billionaires often grab headlines in the fight against climate change. Whilst more simple and potentially...
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European sleeper trains are waking upAfter a slow and steady decline, the sleeper train – a vital link to more sustainable, connected transport systems – is waking-up and getting back on...
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Extinction Rebellion – one year on, and growing and learning quicklyIn the space of a single year, the environmental social movement that goes under the name Extinction Rebellion (XR) has gone from being an idea in the minds...
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Faith in rapid transition: how calls for rapid climate action are rising from the major world religionsAll around the world, the fossil fuel industry is finding itself the target of faith based groups, most recently in their support for the growing call for a...
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Fly me to the moon – we did that in 8 years, so can we stop climate change in 10?When faced with adversity, or just extreme challenges, humanity is capable of doing remarkable things, and has repeatedly done so. People collaborate,...
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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...
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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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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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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...
