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Getting on your bike

The climate-friendly bicycle – still overlooked by many city planners – enjoyed a revival throughout lockdown. Bike suppliers struggled to keep up with...

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Glimpsing a different kind of streetscape. How claiming back urban space for people from cars makes healthy spaces

Throughout the numerous lockdowns, streets around people’s homes and town centres were rapidly transformed and repurposed. The most obvious change was...

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Green travel now means staying grounded

When realisation of the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic hit, overnight it became impossible to get on a plane and fly to a far-flung destination, for...

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Hello good food – goodbye waste

From field to plate, around one third of food is wasted creating a huge impact on nature and the climate. But during the pandemic there is evidence that...

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Investing in change, not just profit

For many, the onset of the pandemic disrupted the rhythm of everyday life which included, for those who had spare income, what to do with it. This forced...

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Journal article: the business of rapid transition

As long as there have been attempts to develop policy on climate change at national, regional and international levels, businesses have been involved in...

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Lessons from Lockdown: Living with less stuff

During lockdown many people have adapted to create new, different, ways of living that turned out to be less wasteful, more thoughtful and kinder on our...

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Lessons from Lockdown: Looking after each other better

The way in which individuals, organisations and governments responded to benefit the wider community points the way toward a world where this way of...

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Lessons from Lockdown: More space for people and nature

Responses to the coronavirus pandemic showed that we can quickly make more space for people and nature in our towns and cities. This briefing on lessons...