Rags To Riches
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Reese Fernandez travelled frequently as a child, with her missionary mother. After witnessing much suffering, she was inspired to find solutions to the social problems she saw. Fernandez went on…
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Thinking Ahead
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‘Technologies alone do not change the future of higher education – creative minds do’ Anders Hallberg, Vice-Chancellor, Uppsala University, Sweden Sublime: What is your vision for the future of education,…
Urban Winners
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As the world of sport knows, maintaining camaraderie alongside competitive spirit is no mean feat, especially when the competition is between cities or nations. An environmental award, on the other…
Mathieu And The Machine
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Philosopher come anthropologist come artist come fill-in-the blank – yes, Mathieu really does seem capable of just about anything – has quite literally revolutionised the design market. The youngest of…
The Value of Nothing
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That the result of banking on the omniscience of the free market is not only the state that we are currently in, but that we now live in a society…
The Plundered Planet
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In The Plundered Planet, Collier attempts to reconcile economic and environmental interests by showing that they are not competing, but mutually dependent. With the bottom billion wary of environmentalism, cooperation…
Ill Fares The Land
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Judt argues that the pursuit of materialism has taken the place of a shared sense of common purpose, pointing out that we need a new kind of discourse, engaging in…
Making Connections
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Sometimes I get invited to give weird talks. Like, to the people who dress up in stuffed animal costumes to perform at sporting events. Unfortunately I couldn’t go. But it…
Burning Ice
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In 2008 a team of 45 scientists, artists, musicians, architects and performers set sail on a voyage into the Arctic with Cape Farewell, an organisation dedicated to raising awareness of…
