THE GREAT TRANSITION A special series. In this special series we investigate the transformative changes, both social and economic, necessary to combat global climate change. Particular emphasis is placed on challenging traditional economic models of growth, reimagining cities and looking at social innovation to tackle some of the...
“Hope with its sleeves rolled up” THE BIRTH OF A MOVEMENT When Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Movement, returned from the south of Ireland where he taught permaculture at a college for ten years, he decided to start an experiment. In 2005, together with a group of friends...
“We definitely don’t need hierarchies and we definitely don’t need leaders. We need a leaderless revolution,” says Christian climate activist Richard Barnard. IN AN ACT OF MERCY One 7 a.m. rush hour in April 2019, Richard scrambled up a retractable ladder onto the roof of a busy...
An investigation into the social and economic transformations necessary to sustain ecosystems and improve human wellbeing. ALARM BELLS In November 2019, 11,000 scientists from 153 nations published a statement in the journal Bioscience. They declared “clearly and unequivocally that Planet Earth is facing a climate emergency.” Those least responsible...
The inspiration to launch the refugee project, came after a touching encounter with a little girl, during my visit to Saudi Arabia in August 2018. I came across this little girl who had fled from Syria. She was selling wooden handmade fans, to support her family...
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My project digs deep into the mental health issues associated with social media. As you can hear throughout the documentary, there is a wide variety of people from all different walks of life experiencing problems. They are all entirely varied; some are mild like fear...
Generation Why - Documentary Nowadays, “kill me”, “I want to die” or “I’m so depressed” are no longer alarming phrases as they are frequently used by young people online. Does this mean that the number of mental health cases has grown, or has the recent awareness given people...
My project Growing up with darker skin is hard when the world compares you to lighter skinned people. Everyday people are discriminated against for something as insignificant as complexion, the term for this is "Colourism". I wanted to explore those who were affected by the issue...
Podcast listenership is booming in the UK. As on demand takes over the way we consume content, podcasts are quickly becoming a staple of peoples listening habits. We as listeners have an ever changing audio landscape to consume content from. Audio as a format has...