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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The jump to pumps: how Finland found an answer to heating homesHow to heat homes and workplaces without relying on fossil fuels is one of the more difficult challenges for moving rapidly to zero carbon economies. Within...
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The Great Switch – lessons from when 14 million homes and businesses changed fuel in less than a decadeIn 2019 the UK’s official advisor, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), warned that the nation’s homes were ‘unfit for the challenges of climate...
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The Great Staycation – how the coronavirus pandemic could push a rapid transition to creative domestic holidaysIn the Northern hemisphere, summer is arriving and many families are deciding what to do for their holidays; trying to balance concerns about their finances...
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The great nature rebound – how nature steps up when people step back and both benefitAs humanity has retreated where possible behind closed doors to wait out the ravages of COVID-19, the rest of the natural world has emerged from the...
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The first flush of transition: the rise of British indoor plumbing and what it tells us about rapid transitionA little over 100 years ago, most households in the UK did not have access to an indoor bathroom fitted with a toilet, bath, or even running water. The rise...
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The decline of the single bottom line and the growth of B-CorpsBusiness is rarely a byword for sustainability. Sometimes a founders’ own ethics build a corporate culture of greater environmental care. Now, the B Corps...
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The dash away from gas: how the Netherlands kicked a big fossil fuel habitOne of the biggest problems in making a rapid transition away from fossil fuels is because whole industries become dependent on them and infrastructures get...
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The cooling, cleansing power of canopies – urban tree planting takes rootFrom the London borough of Hackney and Barcelona in Spain, to Freetown in Sierra Leone, increasing the number of trees in cities has been shown to be an...
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The big rebuild: one-week zero-carbon home makeovers and setting new comfort levels‘Build, build, build’ is a call heard to boost economies trying to bounce back from the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis impact of the...
