Something Has to be Done: Stephen Fry makes an eloquently reasoned case for Extinction Rebellion in this YouTube video

URGE’s Michael Pawlyn features on the latest episode of comedian Jon Richardson’s podcast series Jon Richardson and the Futurenauts. Michael was discussion the future of systems and Flourish, the book he co-authored with Sarah Ichioka. Find the episode here

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With a European premiere at the Sheffield DocFest last week, Becky Hunter’s film Fashion Reimagined follows fashion designer Amy Powney on her mission to create a sustainable collection from field to finished garment and transform the way we engage with fashion. More here

This year’s RSA Student Design Awards winning projects include ideas around the hybrid home, reusing steel from decommissioned oil platforms, rethinking the storage, delivery and dispensing of tablet medication, and making mutli-modla travel accessible to all. See all the projects here

The Dissolving Bottle by BBDO Guerrero has won the Design, Climate, Action: Designing Sustainably category on this year’s Design Week Awards. The Dissolving Bottle is a shampoo bottle with embossed text which aims to reduce plastic packaging. But is it a genuine solution to a problem or a project designed just to win awards? See all the winners here

In a speech to the UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment Annual Forum today, head of the UK Environment Agency Emma Howard Boyd will claim that widespread greenwashing by businesses is compromising efforts to prepare for climate impacts such as floods and heatwaves. “If we fail to identify and address greenwashing, we allow ourselves false confidence that we are already addressing the causes and treating the symptoms of the climate crisis,” she will reportedly say. More here

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