World marks earliest ‘Earth Overshoot Day’
Blog / 1st August 2019On Monday 29 July, humanity will consume more resources through the end of 2019 than the planet can sustainably regenerate for the year, according to the Global Footprint Network, which has been calculating Earth Overshoot Day since 1986.
World hunger is on the rise
Blog / 25th July 2019The world already grows more than enough food to feed the world population. Why then do we keep getting it so wrong, acting like growing more commodity crops will end hunger? By Timothy A. Wise.
New campaign video: Let’s reclaim the United Nations founding vision!
Blog / 5th July 2019We recently teamed up with the team at Seven Billion Today to produce a short promotional video that summarises STWR’s key campaign message for use on social media.
What will the economy be when it grows up?
Blog / 26th June 2019In conventional economics, growth is recorded as a good thing in itself, even if it comes at the cost of social and environmental breakdown. If we considered growth to be a means to an end, what would that end be? What would we call it, and what comes after it?
The brown economy is killing us: Here’s how to fix it
Blog / 12th June 2019Instead of endless growth, can we put human health and welfare at the heart of the global economy, the prime policy goal of governments and business alike? By Ben Martin for the Green Economy Coalition.