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Changing fashion from the ground up

How can our places shape a different future for fashion? Introducing Leeds Fashion Futures, a partnership with Zero Waste Leeds.
19 Apr 2021 Josie Warden
A person with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a red sweater, stands indoors next to a pile of folded clothes in a wooden container. The background is slightly blurred, with a bright, open space.
Blog

How to break your fashion addiction

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?
27 Dec 2019 Josie Warden
Racks of colorful clothes on hangers with a prominent red "SALE" sign. The background is blurred, highlighting the garments and the sign in the foreground.
Blog

Democracy versus the climate?

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.
20 Jun 2019 Riley Thorold
A large globe depicting Earth sits on a textured, gravel-like surface. The background features a clear sky with scattered clouds and distant hills. The globe shows continents and oceans in vivid colors.
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RSA Short: George the Poet on Climate Change

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)
29 Sep 2015
Artistic illustration of a heart with legs walking across colorful splashes on a textured background. Two plants grow from green splashes left behind. Sparse handwriting decorates the top, adding an abstract element.
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Kate Raworth on Growth

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.
25 Mar 2014
A grid of nine colorful squares depicts various activities: a parent with child, people walking, a child swinging, a bar chart with a dollar sign, a person biking, someone in a wheelchair, a person playing guitar, and a child petting a dog.