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Mya-Rose Craig: Featured Fellow Q&A

26 Oct 2022 Mya-Rose Craig

Mya-Rose Craig is a 20-year-old birdwatcher, environmentalist and activist, author and RSA Fellow. Read our conversation with her as part of our Featured Fellow Q&A series.

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Bird’s eye view

5 Jul 2022 Mya-Rose Craig

The importance of forging strong relationships between visible minority ethnic youth and nature

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Place: the missing key for unlocking a circular economy

24 Nov 2021 Josie Warden

Josie Warden on why we need to focus on and resource place-based change to enable a regenerative and circular economy.

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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?