Rapid Transition
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Europe by Train: England to Sweden, Return
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This past December, I took the train from London to a small town in Dalarna, Sweden. About a year before, I made the same journey by plane. Travelling on land wins hands down; not only was it doable, it was easier and more fun than anticipated. First of all, I’m not new to train travel.…
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OMG CLIMATE | A Free Community-Run, Open-Space Event around Tech and Climate Change
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Talk about it! It’s one of the first things you can do about the climate crisis, and one of the main pieces of advice anyone from climate scientists to engineers and teachers would give. But it needs to be constructive talk in conjunction with action. This series of unconferences explores complicated topics (last year it…
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Story of Change | Work Less, Gain More? The 4 Day Working Week
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Responding to a recession in the early 1990s, the public sector in the Netherlands began offering a four-day week to staff to save money. Since then it has spread and become common employment practice, with the option offered to workers in all sectors of the economy. As a result, job-sharing has become the norm in…
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Experts’ Advice: Steps You Can Take to Tackle Climate Breakdown
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After any conversation about the climate crisis, most people ask (or should ask) “What can I do?”. According to climate scientist and communicator Katharine Hayhoe, if you’ve had a conversation like this, you’ve already done a lot. She thinks that the key to having a real discussion about the climate crisis is to connect over…
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Polly Higgins: Ecocide, The 5th Crime Against Peace – Transcript
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This is a transcript of the talk offered by Polly Higgins (Earth Lawyer) at TEDxExeter in 2012 – shared with kind permission of Ecological Defence Integrity. Seven years ago, I was standing in the Royal Courts of Justice in London — I’m a barrister — and it was the very last day of a long…
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Grassroots Organizations to Join & Support in 2019
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Grassroots Definition The first Cambridge dictionary definition of grassroots is “the ordinary people in a society or an organization, especially a political party”. The second grassroots definition is “ordinary people in a society or organization, rather than the leaders”. And it’s this second definition that mainly comes to mind when we think about grassroots movements:…
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The #FlyLess and #NoFly Movements | Would You Stop Flying If You Knew Its True Cost?
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Let’s kick off with the good news: In the last few months people have started important conversations about the climate crisis. Some have even taken it to the next level and started walking the talk by making changes to their lifestyle to lower the damaging impact on our common home. Ranging from fast fashion and…
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Story of Change | Growing Our Way Out of Crisis: How to Dig for Victory
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The scandal of food waste is generating headlines and highlights a broken relationship with what we eat. But interest in growing our own is increasing, which could both bring a healthier way to relate to food and be part of the jigsaw of making the rapid transition towards preventing climate breakdown and protecting ourselves from…
