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No’ way back for petrol and diesel cars – how Norway flicked an electric transport switchIn 2021, the oil-rich Scandinavian nation of Norway hit a critical point in its rapid transition: 60% of all new cars sold so far have been fully battery...
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New money meets the cost of change: how local currencies save economies and communities, and help them flourishIn times of crisis and other upheavals, local communities have discovered that one answer to being failed by the mainstream economy is to print your own...
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Milking it: cleaner climate, non-dairy milk alternatives go mainstreamUsing cows to produce milk for human consumption is a massive industry. But it’s also a very inefficient, polluting one. Making dairy milk takes far more...
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Making streets people friendly: the rise of car free communitiesThe rise of ‘low-car to no-car’ residential initiatives is gathering pace in many cities around the world. In the UK they offer a glimpse of how to...
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Make do and mend: the rise of repair cafesThe relationship with ‘stuff’ in high-consuming, wealthy economies is set to change. From the European Union to the United States new laws are being...
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Local, civic action is growing a climate revolution from belowIn the yawning gap between national action and what is needed to stop climate breakdown, a rapid rise of local and city level activism is growing a...
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Leaving the burning building – the rapid spread of fossil fuel divestmentFrom the first known, active divestment from fossil fuels by the small Unity college in Portland, Maine, United States in 2012, in just six years the...
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Large-tired and tested: how Europe’s cargo bike roll-out is deliveringAcross Europe, as cities get to grips with road congestion, air pollution and meeting climate targets, the manual and electric cargo bike is rapidly...
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Iceland – independent economic policy, holding finance accountable and experimenting with local democracyIn 2019 Iceland is in the news for erecting a memorial plaque to its glacier, known as Okjökull, or Ok, which shrank so much due to the raised temperatures...