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Broadly, I’m in agreement with this article. If we are to win the fight against climate change, collective political action is necessary, individual consumer choices will do nothing on their own, and trying to overturn the negative effects of a...

On the second day of my On Purpose placement with the London Borough of Ealing I was invited to attend the exclusive Homes for Londoners event. Being completely new to the social housing sector and only one day in, I felt totally out of my depth...

On the 22nd August, in the wake of that the purpose of their companies is to serve all stakeholders, the Economist magazine asked itself: ?In light of the climate emergency and the recent (and upcoming) days of action, this question takes on even...

As an, sustainability and systems change are two of the key social and environmental topics that arise frequently in debate and discussion with my cohort and in our wider community.I believe the way we build food and farming systems has a major...

This obesity system map is taken from the .The world is a complex, interconnected, finite, ecological-social-psychological-economic system. We treat it as if it were not, as it were divisible, separable simple and infinite. Our persistent,...

Exploring intentional communitiesOur cohort’s recent visit to a co-housing project outside of LondonHalf way through the On Purpose Associate Programme my cohort and I reflected on what we had learned so far and what areas we wanted to learn more...

As an , sustainability and systems change are two of the key social and environmental topics that arise frequently in debate and discussion with my cohort and in our wider community.I believe the way we build food and farming systems has a major...

As an , sustainability and systems change are two of the key social and environmental topics that arise frequently in debate and discussion with my cohort and in our wider community.I believe the way we build food and farming systems has a major...

On 27th June, our April 2019 cohort of the Associate Programme set off to Embercombe, on a weekend designed to bring us closer together as a group and to explore how we might address the unique challenges currently facing our world. The retreat...

According to the over half of the world’s people live in urban areas, a figure that will reach nearly 70% by 2050. One challenge of urban growth is to ensure cities are healthy and sustainable places where people can thrive. But how can that best...

This journey starts in October, when I joined the On Purpose Associate Programme, started at my first placement at King’s College London and took the WWF for the first time. Horrified, I learnt that annually I was using 200% of my share of the...

The science is clear. We are facing a climate crisis — a crisis that could cause . We need to take dramatic action to cut emissions in half within 12 years, in order to limit the most catastrophic consequences of climate change. Just as the...