Environment Archives

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Decarbonisation dynamics: Mapping the UK transition to net zero

12 Nov 2021 Fabian Wallace-Stephens

This paper examines where in the UK ‘decarbonisation dynamics’ could be most acutely felt and highlights areas at risk of being left behind.

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A design revolution for the climate emergency

12 Nov 2021 Joanna Choukeir

Joanna Choukeir on Design for Planet, the global gathering of designers during COP26, and the changes design must make.

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Regenerative Futures: From sustaining to thriving together

6 Oct 2021 Josie Warden

This positioning paper explores ways in which taking a regenerative approach can help address the complex challenges of today.

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Fast fashion’s plastic problem

11 Jun 2021

Our research into the amount of plastic found in clothing made by UK fast fashion brands.

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Changing fashion from the ground up

19 Apr 2021 Josie Warden

How can our places shape a different future for fashion? Introducing Leeds Fashion Futures, a partnership with Zero Waste Leeds.

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Climate change and the future of humanity | David Wallace-Wells

23 Apr 2020

David Wallace-Wells shows how the carbon we’ve released into the atmosphere in the last 25 years has taken us to the brink of climate catastrophe. The fate of humanity is in our hands, and the time to act is now.

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How to break your fashion addiction

27 Dec 2019 Josie Warden

What drives us to buy fashion? And in a climate crisis, how do we tackle our consumption guilt and change our relationship with what we wear?

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Democracy versus the climate?

20 Jun 2019 Riley Thorold

We need more democracy, not less, to fight climate change. Riley Thorold on the tension between the environment and democracy and plans to hold a citizens’ assembly on climate change in the UK.

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RSA Short: George the Poet on Climate Change

29 Sep 2015

What will it take to make us act on climate change? BRIT-nominated wordsmith ‘George the Poet’ issues a compelling call to action in this powerful new poem. Words brought to life via the stunning imagery of illustrator Katie Halil (AKA @WhatKatieDrew)

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Kate Raworth on Growth

25 Mar 2014

Our politicians are hung up on keeping the growth curve rising. But does GDP really tell us all we need to know about a country’s wealth and well-being? In this new RSA Short, Kate Raworth makes a powerful argument to look beyond economic growth alone for a true measure of prosperity and progress.