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Achiron, Evan
American University Students
Andersson, Kristian
Aziz, Afdhel
Benedito, Francisco
Bhat, Nilima
Borgstrom, Nina
Bostock, Jon and Reed, Alex
Breuning, Loretta
Buckland, Fiona
Chapman, Bob
Clarke, Tessa
Crowe, Jasmine
Cullberg, Johannes
De Silva, Aslak
Dickinson, Paul
Dunn, Paul
Eisenstein, Charles
Fee, Natalie
Frimpong, Abby
Graham, Jenn
Green, Dr. Jemma
Haag, Sofie
Henderson, Adam
Henderson, Mary
Kalf-Hansen, Rune & Fabian
Kane, Brendan
Kayongo, Derreck
Kleregård, Mia
Lalich, Jeff
Macartney, Mac
Marais, Jacques
McGrath, Mary
Mousavi, Sepehr
Musembwa, Paul
Östholm, Jimmy
Pipe, Steve
Reed, Alex
Reisz, Julian
Reznek, Darius
Schneider, Rene
Sisodia, Raj
Smith, Jarvis
Stezzi, Trisha
Szaky, Tom
Teike, Marie
Thau, Per
Ullmann, Phillip
Venturini, Daniela
Wallace Family
Wan, Bonnie
Whelan, Tensie
Williams, Zac
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Global Challenges
How did we get to here? And where do we go next?
The story of seperation
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Climate Change: Its impacts, what we can do and what’s holding us back
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The challenges we face, and the individual’s role in solving them
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Society and Communities
Transforming society and rebuilding community
Creating sustainable urban ecosystems to live and work in – with people in mind
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The power of a community meal
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How do communities benefit from business decentalization
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Business and Organisations
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ing
business mindful
and successful
‘Caring for People’ Needs NO Business Justification, Yet the Justification Is Clearly There
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Next phase of Capitalism: Running business with a stakeholder model rather than a shareholder model
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It’s not enough anymore for brands to just be ‘cool’
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Personal Development
Achieving g
rowth, happiness and fulfilment
What is The Life Brief and how it helps you to find out what really matters in your life
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Sustainability: Reconnect and change values
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Use a Challenge to Become an Agent of Change
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Health and Wellbeing
Taking steps towards
a healthy body and mind
Would you leave everything behind to travel the world?
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How to stimulate my happy brain chemicals in a sustainable way
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How One Slight Shift in Consciousness Creates Harmonious Flow
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Energy, Transport and Environment
How we can reduce our climate impact
Power Ledger, Blockchain, and the challenges of the current energy market
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Sustainable transportation and mobility in our cities
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Our adiction to disposability, waste and the true reason why so little gets recycled
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Finance and Funding
Financing
sustainable projects
The financial sector plays a larger role in solving sustainability challenges
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Finance, innovation and new technologies for long term sustainable investment in developed and developing countries
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The future of finance and funding innovation & flaws in our current financial systems
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Trends, Innovation and Technology
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olv
ing
, not creat
ing
, problems
It’s that easy for everyone to support meaningful climate projects
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How can design help to create more liveable and sustainable cities?
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How we can create awareness of how technology is changing our behaviour, business & society
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