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If they tell you you can't, then you can
This week's newsletter features a song by Chumbawamba (no, not that one), research about the power of action-focused storytelling, art in the dark…
 • Rob Greenland
Dreaming of better times
It's easy to forget that things could be better than they are. That's why imagination matters.
 • Rob Greenland
Moving on
After thirteen years, I've left the social enterprise I co-founded in 2010. It's the right thing to do, but not an easy thing to do.
 • Rob Greenland
The Feel Good Movement
My weekly dose of parkrun does me so much good - and I know it does the same for so many others too.
 • Rob Greenland
I'd much rather be doing something else
It wasn't really the plan to end up focusing so much of my time trying to work out how to tackle the climate crisis. Yet here we are.
 • Rob Greenland
What I Talk About When I Talk About Climate Change
What if our conversations about the climate crisis began with a chat about the things that we love the most?
 • Rob Greenland
Why we need fresh thinking to help new students kit out their new home
The same thing happens every year. People buy loads of new stuff. Much of it doesn't get used. Too much of it then gets thrown away. There are better…
 • Rob Greenland
Tuning in
A psychologist's perspective on how we might best respond to the climate crisis - with a big dose of compassion - both for ourselves and for others.
 • Rob Greenland
The Social Business, #64
School uniform sharing, a dystopian vision of the future, composting and sport. It's all here.
 • Rob Greenland
The kids are alright (well, relatively)
It's easy to point the finger at festival-goers for abandoning their tents. They're certainly not blameless - but let's not let the organisers off the…
The Social Business #61
How not to talk to people about climate change; exploring alternatives to car ownership; Yosser Hughes, and Gareth Southgate.
 • Rob Greenland
The Social Business, #62
A story about a future with fewer things, but better things. Abundance and joy, not hairshirts and misery.
 • Rob Greenland
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