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Guest author Hannah Anderson of Collaborate CIC shares insights from Nesta's Upstream Collaborative on how to move progressive practice from the margins and influence the wider system.
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Indigenous voices on sustainability take global platform Māori philosopher Associate Professor Krushil Watene has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the 2020 UN Human Development Report alongside some of the world's leading economists and humanitarian thinkers.
The University of Canterbury
An improved testing system for road materials could make our state highways safer and more robust to withstand years of heavy traffic. A new, modified ...
Victoria University of Wellington
Dr Simon Chapple, Dr Kate Prickett and Dr Michael Fletcher share some of the answers from their survey of wellbeing, family resilience and employment at alert level 4.
Centre for Public Impact (CPI)
The final 'Measurement for Learning' blog as part of the Upstream Collaborative supported by Nesta explores methods & tools.
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From political upheavals to anxieties about sex, technology and women, it turns out conspiracy theories can tell us a lot about what’s going on in our societies – and how to fix them.
New Zealand media faces a conundrum as it tries to create a trustworthy, innovative and sustainable model in the Covid-19 world, while absorbing thousands of job losses.
Stuff
Post-lockdown, former hot spots are encouraging Kiwis to see them differently.
BBC Reel
Today’s global economy has long been in need of a shakeup. Now an emerging economic model is trying to shift our focus from constant growth to balance and wellbeing. Could the Doughnut model become the compass we need for creating a safe and just 21st century? Video by Fernando Teixeira & Izabela Cardoso
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National Party leader Todd Muller says the revelation that the majority of people granted compassionate leave did not get tested prior to leaving isolation is a national disgrace.
The Spinoff
How come New Zealand's transport planning isn’t keeping up with the ideas now transforming the cities of the world? Not radical ideas, just orthodox planning ideas. Like: banning cars from the middle of town. This article was originally published in April 2017. Here’s a pretty good list of cit
80,000 Hours
Lessons from interviews with people whose work we respect and whose answers we offered to publish without attribution.
Newsroom
'There’s a sense that the ground beneath us is lurching,' writes Dame Anne Salmond. 'The global economy is fragile, with the climate crisis, mass extinctions and collapsing ecosystems looming like black clouds on the horizon.'
Newsroom
Diane Brand asks what the post-pandemic city will look like and how do we adjust our concept of urbanism to accommodate it?
Unprecedented. There’s a word that has seen a fair share of use over the last few months and it is probably the word that really does sum up 2020 so far. Everything is unprecedented - pandemics, economic hardship, sports seasons, baking obsession and even budgets.
The Spinoff
Māori leadership throughout the Covid-19 crisis has looked different from iwi to iwi, and hapū to hapū. In Whanganui, as before, iwi have taken their lead from Rangi, Papa and the sacred River, writes Āneta Rāwiri. Just over three months ago, on March 11, the World Health Organisation declared th
New Zealand’s food and primary industries need to capitalise on our rising international reputation with a long-term food strategy that supports sustainability and can adapt to new technologies and consumer demands, say experts.
Diane Brand asks what the post-pandemic city will look like and how do we adjust our concept of urbanism to accommodate it?
Newsroom
The struggles of jobless migrants worsen as food parcels and other support are rolled back now we've conquered Covid-19.
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Tens of thousands of us will soon be jobless. How will we manage?
The Spinoff
While undoubtedly a challenging time, for many of the capital's most marginalised people, the Covid-19 crisis provided the motivation they needed to move into a home – and showed how well government, social and community agencies can work together to help. When the call came to go home and stay h
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Rupert Read from Extinction Rebellion warns of the false hope of Green Revolution but argues the Coronavirus crisis has revealed our vulnerability and made a kind of restoration possible
You may have seen companies you follow speaking up on issues you care about lately, but marketing strategists say often these brands are making more of a business decision than a moral proclamation.
