Can we move from stress to slow living?

Stress is one of the scourges of modern living - so it makes sense to make slowing down a key tenet of the New Ism. But how?

Rethinking Food

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 …

The Inner Development Goals: How we can all drive change

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.

Is the system starting to change?

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?

Catalysing Systems Change

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.

is a new system the answer to all our problems?

A lot seems to be going wrong at the moment. Mel and Alex discuss what the root cause is, and how we can attempt to fix it. Alex Matthews: We seem to be in a bit of an ‘omnishambles’ in the UK at the moment. Every time you read a newspaper or switch on the …