by Andrew Simms | Sep 21, 2020 | General, Resilient response, Resources
During lockdown many people have adapted to create new, different, ways of living that turned out to be less wasteful, more thoughtful and kinder on our environment. And, given that ecological decline creates conditions for pandemics, how especially in relatively...
by Andrew Simms | Sep 15, 2020 | General, Resilient response, Step Change
Responses to the coronavirus pandemic showed that we can quickly make more space for people and nature in our towns and cities. This briefing on lessons from lockdown by Green New Deal group member, and Rapid Transition Alliance co-ordinator Andrew Simms looks at how...
by Andrew Simms | Sep 8, 2020 | General, Resilient response, Resources, Step Change
The first of the Rapid Transition Alliance’s ‘Lessons from Lockdown’ series, explores what we can learn from the first national lockdown about the way in which we can look after one another better. The way in which individuals, organisations and...
by Richard Murphy | Aug 24, 2020 | Other coverage, Resilient response, The Green New Deal
Your editorial (19 August) correctly points to the fact that the “money no problem” approach to tackling the short-term upheavals caused by coronavirus must now shift to tackling the climate crisis. If not, it risks the further alienation of young climate...
by Ann Pettifor | Jul 20, 2020 | General, Resources, The Green New Deal
Writing for the Guardian, Green New Deal group member Ann Pettifor suggests books that offer hope for the future and the Green New Deal: Everyday life has been upended by the pandemic, but the Arctic heatwave is a reminder that the climate crisis still poses an urgent...
by Andrew Simms | Jun 30, 2020 | General, Resilient response, Resources
What can be learned from the coronavirus pandemic for the challenge of rapid transition in the face of the climate emergency and how can we build fairer, more equal societies? For several months the Rapid Transition Alliance, co-founded by Green New Deal Group member...
by Caroline Lucas | Jun 15, 2020 | Media, Other coverage, Resilient response
In a letter to the Guardian, Caroline Lucas MP and Professor Richard Murphy set out the case for a post-coronavirus recovery with a Green New Deal at its heart: Your editorial (9 June) rightly calls for the post-coronavirus economy to be rebuilt in a fairer,...
by Larry Elliott | May 28, 2020 | General, Media, Other coverage, Resilient response, The Green New Deal
Writing in the Guardian, the papers economics editor and a founding member of the Green New Deal group, Larry Elliott explores the opportunities that were missed in 2008 when the group first explored a transformative Green New Deal, what has changed since then and...
by Colin Hines | May 10, 2020 | Media, Other coverage, Resilient response, The Green New Deal
In a letter to the Guardian, Colin Hines makes the case for an ambitious Green New Deal for the UK, to rebuild the economy after coronavirus and tackle the interlinked social and climate crises: Oxford University’s call for a green stimulus for the economy and Polly...
by Andrew Simms | Apr 3, 2020 | General, Media, Other coverage, Resilient response, The Green New Deal
A brewer of ‘craft’ beer starts making sanitising hand gel and a car manufacturer converts one of its factories so it can make medical face masks. Just two of the many global examples of how different industries are responding to the health crisis and economic shock...
