"Health as a Social Movement" is a three-year NHS England-funded program. It aims to understand and support social movements in health and care, working with New Care Model vanguards and national partners (The RSA, New Economics Foundation, Nesta). The program develops and spreads effective ways to mobilize people, improving health and care outcomes with a positive return on investment.

The animation, "More Than a Pill," sponsored through the RSA Student Design Awards, clarifies and illuminates the ideas behind creating a social movement for health. It was voiced by Nathalie Spencer, with thanks to Matthew Stidwill.

Find out more about the program: thersa.org/action-and-research/rsa-projects/public-services-and-communities-folder/health-as-a-social-movement

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“Why Climate Action Gets Stuck and What to do About it� begins with a vexing puzzle. There is a troubling and recurring pattern in responses to climate change where climate action (at many

“Why Climate Action Gets Stuck and What to do About it� begins with a vexing puzzle. There is a troubling and recurring pattern in responses to climate change where climate action (at many levels—cities, provinces, federal, global) gets started, but tends to run into obstacles and stalls or even backtracks. Drawing on multiple examples from a five-year research project, I explain why that happens and explore the possibilities for getting unstuck and catalyzing the kind of transformative change we need to head off and navigate the climate emergency. Matthew Hoffmann is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. He is also Co-Director of the Environmental Governance Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs. Professor Hoffmann’s research and teaching interests include global governance, climate change politics, and international relations theory. He is the author of Climate Governance at the Crossroads: Experimenting with a Global Response after Kyoto (Oxford University Press 2011) and Ozone Depletion and Climate Change: Constructing a Global Response (SUNY Press 2005). He also is a co-author on a recent collaborative book Transnational Climate Change Governance (Cambridge University Press 2014). His current collaborative research project, funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council, explores the development of Political Pathways to Decarbonization. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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Governments worldwide have committed to a target of reducing Carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. European countries are aiming to go further and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. But the actions

Governments worldwide have committed to a target of reducing Carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. European countries are aiming to go further and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. But the actions governments are collectively taking don’t look like they will be enough to meet their own targets. Matthew Tolley’s talk shows how you can, with your individual choices, have the power to reduce your carbon footprint from around 12 tonnes per year to 2.5 tonnes per year, with little or no lifestyle compromises, and without waiting for governments or businesses to take action. All the steps are simple, actionable and nearly all of them will save money too. Matthew is a qualified Energy Efficiency Assessor for domestic and non-domestic (commercial) buildings. His business helps schools, charities and businesses in particular to save money by shifting to energy saving technologies, focusing on measures with have a payback period of less than 2 years. Governments worldwide have committed to a target of reducing Carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. European countries are aiming to go further and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. But the actions governments are collectively taking don’t look like they will be enough to meet their own targets. Matthew Tolley’s talk shows how you can, with your individual choices, have the power to reduce your carbon footprint from around 12 tonnes per year to 2.5 tonnes per year, with little or no lifestyle compromises, and without waiting for governments or businesses to take action. All the steps are simple, actionable and nearly all of them will save money too. Matthew is a qualified Energy Efficiency Assessor for domestic and non-domestic (commercial) buildings. His business helps schools, charities and businesses in particular to save money by shifting to energy saving technologies, focusing on measures with have a payback period of less than 2 years. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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