One pleasant October morning in 2019, thinking designer Chris Thomason was crossing London Bridge on his way to work when he found traffic at a standstill. Extinction Rebellion activists had blocked the road junction and were using loudspeakers to raise awareness of the climate change issues they wanted people to pay attention to. Despite the…
Category: Climate change
Climate change
Empowering Citizens for Climate Action
In a world grappling with the urgent need for accelerated action on climate, a new movement has emerged to champion the cause of sustainability. Unlike traditional environmental and sustainability movements, which often focus on lobbying governments and international bodies, this project focuses on empowering citizens to take action in their own communities and regions. By engaging…
London Climate Action Week 2023: Uniting for a Sustainable Future
Climate change remains one of the most pressing issues of our time, and it demands immediate action. As the latest IPCC report stated: to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees, We need to have rapid, far reaching and unprecedented change. In response, cities around the world are organizing dedicated events to raise awareness and promote…
Addressing Food Waste this Christmas
Food waste is a major issue within our food system. Globally one third of all food produced by weight is lost or wasted. Food waste includes all of the lost or discarded food across all stages of the food system from farm to fork. Making it a major issue to be solved, which is why…
Fix Food Waste, Fix Climate Change
This Thursday Citizen Good’s Caroline Bates is joining Andy Young from Achieve Goal 12 and Jeff Macdonald CSO of Bulbshare to share their recent learnings on the topic of food waste. It’s the latest huddle from the Future Food Movement, a community bringing together people from across the food and drinks industry for collaboration, learning…
MRS Sustainability Summit 2022
We hope you enjoyed our panel session at the Sustainability Summit today. We wanted to share some resources and findings that might be useful for those who want to learn more on the challenge of plastics, some of which we referenced in our session. We’ve also included a few topics we covered beyond the conference…
Sustainability Summit 2022: Tackling the plastic challenge through citizen collaboration
We’re delighted to be hosting another panel for the Market Research Society Sustainability Summit 2022 on 17th November. We’ll be discussing the challenge of plastics and how citizen collaboration can help brands drive impact on addressing this massive issue. Just a few days ago, Greenpeace’s latest plastics report reminded us how big this challenge is…
Future of Farming
Over the last 6 months the Citizen Good impact team have been working with DEFRA, looking into how government policy should evolve around the future of farming agenda in the UK. They have been working with farmers and businesses exploring how corporate funds could work together with government funds to achieve a greater environmental and…
Start here. Today.
From Simon Sinek to Sakichi Toyoda, we are reminded that it pays to start with ‘Why’ when trying to understand a problem before jumping to solutions. When faced with an ongoing climate crisis and systemic social challenges, we are armed with ‘Whys’ from academics, scientists, government officials, business leaders, and activists. ` So how many…