I have always been fascinated with geography (physical and human) and my studies have allowed me to appreciate the extent to which this discipline is relevant to the lives of every single one of us in ways that go far beyond the specifics of its content. The R2R program fosters a deep understanding of this, making it relevant by intertwining the dimensions of geography that affect all our lives in a way that is understood from our immediate environment and lived experience.

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Future-Fit and the Impact Trust held the first “Resilience at Work” focus group conversations with Pioneer Companies last week. This collaborative effort seeks to explore how resilience is defined and operationalised in the context of people at work, collectively, and what intentional (formal) and spontaneous (accidental or informal) practices are understood to be supportive of…

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“Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up.” – Oliver Wendell theCollab is an immersive multi-dimensional platform that strives to take collaborative engagement and learning to a new dimension. It aims to create f a ‘metaverse’ of solution seekers, social and environmental / climate activitists, education providers…

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“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree today” (Martin Luther). 2020 was a difficult year, one full of uncertainty, suffering and endings. But it was also a year that encouraged renewal; an exceptional year that forced people and organisations across the world to…

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CHAIRPERSON’S STATEMENT CHAIRPERSON’S STATEMENT Building an Interconnected Society If freedom was the value at the heart of our social-economic system in the 20th-century, then today we must build a new system that deals with the central fact of this new world: interconnectedness… It’s ever-more clear that global interconnectedness, and the overwhelming complexity to which it gives…

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Report on activities and organisational achievements in 2019: From the Executive Director, R2R I am honoured to be able to write this first annual review of activities for the period ended December 2019.  Though I wish it were under better circumstances, we are more mindful than ever that our work building the pathways to resilient…

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You have heard it said, “Every little bit counts”. In a world facing extinction, one needing transformational change not just a tinkering at the edges, it’s understandable that we may feel our small efforts are meaningless. In the greater scheme of things does it matter if we give up eating meat – even if only…

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It is with immense sadness that I write to bid farewell to Tom McLaughlin – advisor, mentor, compatriot, co-creator on the Routes to Resilience programme and co-conspirator in delivering its first iteration at Cedar House School. Above all, Tom has been a friend and someone who has been a soft, warm and enduring presence in…

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