African Apocalypse

Rob Lemkin and Femi Nylander on the making of their new film about the realities and legacies of colonialism

“This was not just something that occurred in a faraway place. These events – not just in Niger but in all subjugated countries – formed the modern world”

The Universal Language of Football

Kawther Luay explains how the Homeless World Cup is giving hope to thousands of people all over the world, and talks to its co-founder Mel Young

“Being a part of something bigger than themselves has the potential to change peoples’ lives.”

Reconciliation and Justice in Australia

How a nation is trying to heal the wounds of its colonial past and reconcile with its indigenous people

“People had been asked: ‘What can be done to heal the situation?’ and many had replied, ‘If only someone would say sorry’.”

The Revival of the Commons

Political strategist David Bollier explains how a new economic/cultural paradigm is challenging the increasing ‘enclosure’ of wealth and human creativity

“Identity and human flourishing come about through having a connection, a relationship with others, including non-human life and the earth itself.”

Doughnut Economics

Kate Raworth’s new book asks: how we can reconcile the needs of humanity with the needs of the planet?

“The most powerful tool in economics is not money, nor even algebra. It is a pencil. Because with a pencil you can redraw the world.”