Society
How can new technologies, policies and ideas radically reduce inequality and improve our health and social services, education, and overall well-being?
“Health Apartheid”: A tragically flawed system driven by profits
The world's health sector is dominated by a few pharmaceutical giants. While they rake in massive profits, millions of people across the globe are denied the medicines and treatments that they need. A system driven by making money, not saving lives, is immoral and flawed.
UK councils and universities adopt a plant-based future
Across the UK, a small but growing number of councils and universities are adopting plant-based motions, with Oxford City Council the latest to do so. Despite a backlash from some quarters, campaigners are drawing on the science to put a compelling case.
Sustainability in education: Challenges and reasons for hope
On the one hand, the pressure facing educational institutions makes it ever harder to incorporate sustainability into their curriculums. On the other hand, there are plenty of reasons to be hopeful, largely centred on the efforts of young people themselves to bring change
VegFund: Helping the vegan cause
Now into its second decade, VegFund has been an important funding enabler for many local campaigns spreading the messages that a vegan diet is better for health, animals and the planet
Building resilience through music
A music strategy has a lot of potential economic and other benefits, as increasing numbers of communities around the globe have demonstrated. This includes as part of any pandemic-related recovery
Thomas Wade Jackson: On a “vegangelist” journey with A Prayer for Compassion
Film-maker Thomas Wade Jackson talks about the four-year labour of love that resulted in "A Prayer for Compassion", his film that explores the disconnect between religions and non-violent diet