This week in sun drenched Hay on Wye we've been talking about rapid transition to a better way of doing things. And by that we mean a way of doing things, a future, that doesn't actually kill millions of us, impoverish other millions, further enslave Nature, and give...
Prof Richard Murphy of City University thinks out loud about the prospect of a rapid transition in economic thinking and practise, in conversation with New Weather Institute's Andrew Simms at the Hay Festival By Richard Murphy Andrew Simms and I had a lot of fun...
What can history teach us for the task of rapid transition in the face of climate change and corrosive inequality? Historian Molly Conisbee looks at how communities adapted during Britain's dramatic urban growth and upheaval in the 18th and 19th centuries. She reveals...
This pamphlet looks at how the UK is unprepared for a new era of crises and disasters. To illuminate the national predicament we look at lessons from recent history, and what we can learn, often from countries in the Global South, about the kind of local planning required and resources needed to be ready for when storms and other disasters strike near where we live.
