Pensions. Assets. Investment funds. Boring, right? Yet research shows their potential impact on our carbon footprint to be a game-changing 27-times higher than diet and lifestyle changes. Have we all been missing a huge trick? The world of finance is often murky and confusing. Deliberately so. If you don’t know Read more…
Bicycles. They’ve given Chris Hoy thighs like Superman, and Freddie Mercury was clearly very fond of his. But what’s so great about cycling anyway? It turns out, a lot. Lockdown has been rough. Yet, out of a terrible situation, positives always emerge. Being the ideal open-air activity and providing blissful Read more…
A report from Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment details a recovery strategy in response to COVID-19. The media has described the effect on the planet as the silver lining of this devastating virus, exclaiming the Earth ‘can breathe again!’ There has been an increase in reports of Read more…
Even during quarantine there’s something your loo roll fortress can’t protect you from. It’s something that’s already in your home… It’s in all our homes and that is the plight of… FOOD WASTE! The launch of the Climate Venture Collective (CVC), on 13th March, was held in the heart of Read more…
Starting something is a really scary thing to do. You have a vast expanse of nothing infront of you with literally everything to do. So many people I’ve met talk about wanting to start something but never pluck up the courage to get the ball rolling and although it’s understandable Read more…
Where there’s a will there’s a way, and there’s certainly a will. It’s been seven months since launch, and so far the going is good. The number of enterprising and creative ventures attaching themselves to The CVC continues to grow, and we now have an enthusiastic team of volunteers dedicated Read more…
This is great news, but it’s important we try and go further as we return to a ‘new normal’. Over the lockdown period, The Climate Venture Collective (CVC), has been running a social media campaign called Lockdown Leftovers. We challenged people to think more carefully about their food waste and Read more…
This project will help us all to make sure our money is doing good, not harm – i.e. propping up the existing economy which is largely based on fossil fuels. We are starting with pensions as it’s typically the biggest and sometimes only pool of money we have invested. However Read more…
Our message: The People’s Planet. The People’s Economy. The People’s Plan. It’s time our voice is heard because we believe the world can be a better place. We are speaking up for the people, to protect our future and our children’s futures. No longer do we choose the economy over Read more…
An introduction to the power of finance to fund a sustainable economic system, and an invitation to join the Go Invest Green initiative offering guidance on switching to a green pension There are two broad paths to forcing the transition to an ecologically sustainable global economy. One is to rewire Read more…