It has become routine to remark ‘if you’re not sitting uncomfortably in today’s world, you’re really sick’. It is, paradoxically, comforting (not only for me, I have discovered) to meet more and more people who are wrestling with a growing sense of cognitive dissonance as they sense the gap between their daily behaviours and their…

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The field of polycrisis philanthropy is emerging, though less rapidly than the polycrisis itself. Distinct from climate philanthropy, polycrisis philanthropy recognises the interconnected nature of global challenges, from climate disasters and health pandemics to economic inequality and political instability. At the heart of the concept of the polycrisis is the understanding that we face not…

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I should start by saying, We can all do maths in pyjamas. Happiness is everything. But there’s no point in learning maths if there are no elephants left to count, And even if learning is possible in pyjamas, Words mean less if there are no trees left to describe. Poetry matters. It is the way…

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