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Embodying a Regenerative Economy: EFN 2022 Retreat Keynote Talk

Stephanie Brobbey, Good Ancestor Movement and Aliyah Green, EFN Embodying a Regenerative Economy: EFN 2022 Retreat Keynote Talk

Posted on 29 Jul 2022

Stephanie Brobbey’s informative keynote talk during our annual retreat for funders this year was titled ‘Embodying a Regenerative Economy’. Stephanie laid out some of the problems we face — climate change, biodiversity loss, extreme inequality — and argued that to understand them we need to interrogate systems, starting with the economy.

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How connecting young people to their sense of rebellion, their values and their community can save the planet

Chris Large, Global Action Plan How connecting young people to their sense of rebellion, their values and their community can save the planet

Posted on 2 Jul 2018

By connecting young people to their sense of rebellion, their values and their communities, we can help turn on its head the increasingly pervasive norm that success is defined by what you earn and what you own. In so doing, we can improve young people's mental health and help protect the environment at the same time.

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Rethinking consumerism for the sake of young people’s mental health (and the planet)

Chris Large, Global Action Plan Rethinking consumerism for the sake of young people’s mental health (and the planet)

Posted on 24 May 2018

British millennials have the second worst mental wellbeing in the world, second only to Japan. One in four young women between the ages of 16 and 24 report having self-harmed and 93% of teachers report increased levels of mental illness in children and young people. What if the solution to the mental health crisis facing young people is the same as tackling environmental degradation?

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