A phase of regeneration in society is an entirely feasible prospect in the times ahead. It could be sparked at the intersection of the three great crises of our times: the crises in finance, in climate and in energy. Such a regeneration could be a global renaissance, a road capable of leading to a much better future than the one that looks probable for humankind at present. Sadly, this positive outcome is far from guaranteed.
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Desert Song – Camping in Namibia
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It’s Day One with Kunene Conservancy Safaris (KCS), and we are heading up the Skeleton Coast, a narrow, remote strip stretching up the westernmost side of Namibia to the border…
Patagonia
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Set amid glorious panoramic landscapes – the verdant Welsh hills and the golden wilderness of Patagonia – at the southernmost tip of Argentina, the film acknowledges aspirations of an earlier…
Blue Sky Thinking
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Sublime: Do you think it’s inevitable that we would be heading towards a climatic catastrophe, with key movements such as the industrial and scientific revolutions shaping the way we live?…
Out In The Open
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We’ve just begun the interview, and American artist Spencer Tunick receives a call from his wife. She asks him to read the grocery list: eggs for the two children, waffles,…
Clothed In Purity
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Gearing up to showcase this year’s Autumn/Winter collections, New York, London, Milan and Paris were hotspots for the most outlandish, head-turning outfits – and that was just the press. But…
Hold That Horse
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Here is a naked truth, as many neuroscientists see it, based on their recent research into how the human mind works both individually and collectively. Groups of humans sink too easily into dysfunctional ‘groupthink’, wherein some of us become so blind to rational argument that evidence, even if irrefutable, can actually drive us deeper into our own particular belief system.
Reducing Landfill With Spencer Brown
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‘I’d like to buy your trash.’ That request earned Spencer Brown, a product designer and founder of Rent-a-Green Box, plenty of sceptical looks when he stepped onto a southern Californian…
Saving The World With Erin Schrode
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Erin Schrode is typically West Coast: she rejoices in huge self-belief, and grew up in an organic household long before most of us knew what the term ‘organic’ meant when…
