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The urgently needed and radical innovation is now happening in small cities filled with brave councils who prioritise life before profit. The last century has been one with an enormous focus on global scale - global production, global profits, global solutions and global social media. The scale of possibilities, dreams,
A letter read to the audience at ‘The Conference’ in Malmö, August 2023 Dear audience, Dear fellow living beings, I try those words in my mouth and they feel profound, almost pristine - ’living beings’. We rarely think of ourselves as living, we tend to think of ourselves as more
As I write this I am sitting in a beautiful garden overlooking a large magnolia tree. One persistent flower is still hanging on to its branch although the season is long over. Hordes of swallows are playfully cruising the blue sky, chatting to each other about insects and life, I
Enjoying our last moments. What if 2022 is the year when scientists will tell us the 3 degree warming will be faster and more dramatic than first anticipated. What if they tell us humans have about 100 more years to live on this planet? The above imaginary statement could open
We talk about transitioning. We talk about transitioning societies for a sustainable future. We talk about the emergency and absolute need for a just transition. But what exactly is it that we believe should transition? Our current status of the planetary crisis is clear and undeniable. The way we wrestle
We are standing in front of a massive challenge; we need to shift the way we co-live with our planet. We have collected theories, thoughts and suggestions about how to do this over the last decades, and there has been a massive push forward on discussing and raising awareness of