Talking dinosaurs, half-naked Finns, radical ideas and paradigm shifts – Helen Gilchrist joined Contagious' Planet Matters event for insights and inspiration on how the advertising and marketing industry can, is, and should be responding to the biggest challenge of our time. Read on for 5 thinking points to give your own campaigns head-turning, planet-saving impact that can boost brand affinity at the same time.
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What we eat, and where it’s come from, is a hot (and hefty) topic that can leave a bad taste in our mouths. From toxic farming to climate change, corporate greed to rising hunger, our industrialised global food systems are broke and need fixing. But there’s a sweet smell of change in the air, and it’s getting ever stronger. We meet some of the inspiring folk working tirelessly to grow better, fairer, cleaner, healthier, climate-fixing ways of feeding ourselves…
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Looking backwards, looking forwards... We just can't help ourselves at this time of year can we? Well, the seeds for Issue Eight (out in March 2022) have already been well and truly sown, with a behemoth feature I've been working on to explore our broken food and farming systems, and meeting some of the inspiring folk who are working tirelessly to grow better, fairer, cleaner, healthier, climate-fixing ways of feeding ourselves. Here's a little taster to whet your appetite... and, more importantly, we'd love to hear from any of you who'd like to contribute to/ have ideas for our upcoming ROOTS issue.
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In this first year of the United Nations ‘Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development’ – established to safeguard global oceans and people through science – we explore the impact of storytelling on behaviour change. And how hope could just save the day...
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How can we think differently about thinking differently?
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Feeling overwhelmed by an endless domino effect of doom? Delete your news apps, turn off the radio and indulge in a delightful dose of 'half-full' invigoration served up by the brilliant Positive News. We talk to Pauline Milligan about big ripples, Twitter rabbit holes and the importance of hope...
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It's cold outside and we could all do with a rousing beat to dance off the lockdown blues. So turn up the volume and savour a hip-swaying blast of African and Latino heat to warm your soul, in our playlist lovingly selected by Clare Tavernor – documentary filmmaker and director of two landmark BBC Four series exploring the music of Africa and Latin America.
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A new social network shining with creativity, honesty, ideas and culture recs to connect kindred spirits worldwide...with zero advertising, fake news or political bullsh*t. What's not to love?
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The woodsmoke is washed from our clothes, the camping kit packed away for another season. But before we disappear headlong into the winter darkness, we raise our glasses to this season’s Firelight.
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Female racing car drivers in the West Bank. Women of colour running for political office in the US. The first female Sharia judge. Award-winning director and cinematographer Amber Fares is interested in diverse stories that give volume to, and develop understanding of, lesser heard voices. Her feature-length directorial debut, 'Speed Sisters' (2015), has played at over 70 film festivals around the world, picking up multiple audience and jury awards, and 'The Judge' (2018), on which she was cinematographer and co-producer, has just won a Peabody Award (the equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize for broadcasting and documentaries). Thanks to her connections with one of our League of Strangers members, we carved out some time for quick chat from her home in Brooklyn...
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From floorboards to gin glasses, solid wool resin to soap stamps, hip flasks to leather patches for jeans – and much more besides – Jenny Shipley sure knows how to cut it. With a laser. Her eye-catching creations are lighting up different ways of doing business everywhere, from wooden bar tokens for Do Lectures to sustainability awards.
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From immersive zombie shooting to house-hunting to training yourself to survive a bear attack, virtual reality (VR) technology has long left the realms of sci-fi to move into the realms of, well, everything.
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Were you there? Naomi Frears and Luke Vibert’s car park wondershow, 'All Going Nowhere Together', is sure to fuel excited whispers for years to come…
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From prehistoric to punk, rap to rock n' roll, Brandon Stosuy and Nick Radford's beautifully illustrated musical trip is a delight for adults and children alike.
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“I probably looked like a hectic spider doing contemporary dance.” Dan Arnold, the artist behind our studio’s striking new window installation gives us a sneak peek into his creative process.
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