Food is a basic need, but too often its availability is impacted by economic factors outside the control of normal people. How can we ensure reliable access to food in a new ism? It’s a straightforward question that raises extremely complex issues! Alex Matthews: We’re living in difficult times at the moment, with political and … Continue reading Rethinking Food
The Inner Development Goals is a framework established to empower people to live ‘purposeful, sustainable and productive lives’, with the ultimate aim of supporting and achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
We all live our lives in pursuit of happiness - but is it actually making us genuinely happy? As we approach an extra-long bank holiday weekend in the UK with its promise of celebration and time with family, Mel and Alex discuss what makes us happy - and whether society is helping us to achieve that.
The World Economic Forum took place in Davos this week. There were some interesting discussions around the social economy, and there are other alternative ideas and voices springing up across the world. Have we finally reached a tipping point or is it just talk?
Catalyst 2030 is an organisation that brings together social entrepreneurs and innovators from across the world and across sectors in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Mel is a member and talks to Alex about what it involves and their ambitious goals.
The United Nations was created in the wake of the Second World War to maintain global peace - but it is too big, and too slow to do that anymore. So how would we create and maintain peace in the New Ism?
As a society, we like our clothes cheap and fast. But the impact that's having on the people that make them, and on the environment, is ruinous. What would a fashionable new ism look like?
Mel Young: For The New Ism we have looked at issues around sustainability and economics among other weighty issues, but we haven’t discussed where creativity might sit in the spectrum. Allowing our imagination to run around is not only good fun but it has also led to the creation of many things. Books, films, pictures … Continue reading How important is creativity in a new ism?
The media is possibly the most powerful institution in any country - but the rise of fake news, state control and social platforms is eroding its trustworthiness. What can be done?
There are no words to properly describe the news coming out of Ukraine, as the Putin regime continues its unprovoked invasion of this peaceful country. How can we avoid war in a new ism? Is it even possible?
