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Abouleish, Ibrahim 210
Adams, Douglas 216
addiction, to technology 134–6, 154–5
advertising 133
Agyeman, Julian 24
Ahvalo, Susanna 119–22
Air-Ink 143
Anderson, Alexander P. 165
Andhra Pradesh 178
Anglian Water 36–7
animals 48–50
Aoun, Joseph 147
Appert, Nicolas 161
Aristotle 90
Aunt Jemima pancakes 163–4
Banting, William 168, 169, 171
Barnard, Nick 163
BedZED eco-community 27–8
bees 142
Beverly Hills Diet 169
Bezos, Jeff 39
Big Bang 228–9
bio-couture 139
Bowen, Joanna 21–2, 33, 36, 164
brains
and body parts 129
deep brain stimulation 138
linking 15
Brazil 209–210
bread 164
Breatharian Diet 170
Brooke Bond 74
Buddha 171
business 38
B Corp 66–70
and community 36–7
conscious capitalism 56–9
green shoots 51–3
greenwashing 54
history of 42–6
Patagonia 59–66
post Covid-19 good news 227
reasons for change 53–6
and status 46–7
Unilever 70–79
where we are now 38–42
Callas, Maria 162
Cape Town 208–9
conscious capitalism 56–9
see also business
cassava 141
Chen, Marc Collins 27
Chester, Louise 75–7
Chicago Democratic Convention 185–8
China 123
death by work 39
Churchill, Winston 48
cities 23–5
BedZED eco-community 27–8
floating 27
living cities 25–6
non-tech solutions 26
cleverness 85
climate change 64, 71, 123, 181, 220–21
Clouds Over Sidra 150
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) 147–8
comedians 13–14
connection 12–14
Frazzled Cafes 17–18
in future 22–37
linking brains 15
loneliness 11–13
post Covid-19 good news 228
Ruby’s story 14–17, 19–22, 34–5
Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) 178
compassion 8–9, 156, 221, 225, 228
computers
mindfulness exercises 155–6
quantum computing 143–4
conscious capitalism 56–9
B Corp 66–70
Patagonia 59–66
Unilever 70–79
Conscious Capitalism (Mackey and Sisodia) 57–8
consumption 47
Copenhagen 24–5
corporations see business
Coursera 104
homeschooling 94
lockdown 12
post Covid-19 good news 227–8
Crisco 167
Crispr 5
Crystals of Kaydor 149
cycling 25
Daley, Lee 105
Darcy, Alison 147
Davidson, Richard 148–9
Dawkins, Richard 50
deep brain stimulation 138
desalination 142
Dickens, Charles 79
The Diet Myth (Spector) 175
diets 168–73
Dirt (Montgomery) 159
Domestos 74
Dove 75
Dunbar, Robin 12
Dynasties 49
eco-communities 27–8
Ecological Intelligence (Goleman) 138–9, 183–4
ecovillages 28–30
Findhorn 30–36
edible packaging 142
edible spoons 142
education
in China 95–102
in Finland 113–22
history of 88–93
importance of failure 82
league tables 94–5
measuring success 113
post Covid-19 good news 227
REAch2 106–113
rethinking 80
smartness 85
and technology 102–6
what’s not working 84
where we are today 93–4
Egypt 210
EmerGENcies 207
emotional intelligence, and technology 147–54
environment 55
climate change 64, 71, 123, 181, 220–21
sustainable innovations 138–43
EOSTA 178
evangelical churches 14–15
Extinction Rebellion 218–22, 223, 228
principles 222–3
COMACO 178
food waste 179–80
Regenerative Agriculture 182
Zero Budget Natural Farming 178
fasting 170–71
Favela da Paz, São Paolo 209–210
Feedback 179
Finland, education 113–22, 227
5:2 diet 170
floating cities 27
food 157–8
cereals 164–5
diets 168–73
farming 180–82
good news for the future 176–9
history of 158–65
humans and plants 182–4
probiotics 173–6
sugar 165–6
vegetarianism/veganism 171–2
waste 179–80
Franklin, Benjamin 161
Frazzled Cafes 17–18, 226, 227
Fuld, Richard 45–6
future 1
fear of 5–6
and hope 9–10
Ruby’s story 1–2
Futurelearn 104
Gandhi 171
garbage see waste
Garbo, Greta 15
Garden City Academy, Letchworth 106, 107–113
Gehl, Jan 24
GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) 36, 204–5
five principles 205–8
other international projects 209–211
Oude Molen 208–9
Generation Y see millennials
Gilbert, Paul 9
Gleaning Network 179
global warming 64, 71, 123, 181, 220–21
Goleman, Daniel 76, 138–9, 183–4
Goodall, Jane 49
Goodfellow, David 213–18
Google 60
Grant, Adam 113
greenwashing 54
gut bacteria 173–6
Harari, Yuval Noah 146
Hayek, Friedrich 50
health
work-related deaths 39
hedge fund managers 51
Hello Genius 105–6
Helsinki 114–15
Hilton, Paris 12
Hitler, Adolf 3
Houlahan, Bart 67–8
Human to Human 153–4
Humphrey, Hubert 187
Impact Hub Brixton 177
India 178
Indigo Volunteers 189
Industrial Revolution 43, 91–2
Instagram 132
intentional communities see ecovillages
isolation see loneliness
Jackson, Michael 170
James, William 85
Japan
death by work 39
education 95
Paro 152
Jardim Angela favela, São Paolo 209–210
The Jetsons 1
Jews
ice 161
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 161
Kenya 211
ketosis 171
Keynes, Maynard 128
Keys, Ancel 168
The Kindness Offensive 213–18
King, Martin Luther, Jr 223
Kitezh, Russia 210
KOMP 152
Korea, suicide rate 98
Krieger, Mike 132
Kuma, Kengo 25–6
league tables 94–5
Lebow, Victor 47
Lee, Suzanne 139
Lehman Brothers 45–6
Leo, Pope 43
Let My People Go Surfing (Chouinard) 59
Letchworth Garden City Academy 106, 107–113
Lever, William 72–3
life expectancy 7
Lifebuoy 74
lighting 141–2
Liter of Light 141–2
literacy 7
‘The Little Mermaid’ 121–2
living cities 25–6
London, BedZED eco-community 27–8
London Grows 177
and robots 151–2
Lucas, George 217
Luther, Martin 90–91
McCallum, Ian 52
MacDonald, Melissa 220
Mackey, John 57
McLaren, Duncan 24
Maclean, Dorothy 31
Martin, Canon Jessica 220
Massachusetts 91
Mazel, Judy 169
Me: A Kid’s Diary 150
Mead, Margaret 156
medicine, and technology 137–8
mental health, innovative technology 145–56
millennials, and business 53–6, 64
and business 75–9
Minnelli, Liza 169
Miranda, Claudio 209–210
mission 58
Miyako, Eijiro 142
mobile phones 126
mindfulness exercises 155–6
Montgomery, David 159
mycelium 139–40
Napoleon 161
Natoun, Togo 211
Natural Born Learners (Beard) 85, 113
Nea Kavala refugee camp 189–95
Neoliberalism 45
Netflix 136
Netherlands 178
neural connections 15
Neven, Hartmut 143–4
New York, garbage collectors 47
NextGEN 207
No Isolation 151–2
Nørrebro, Copenhagen 24–5
Ocean Cleanup 143
Oceanix City 27
Omega Point 130
Omond, Tamsin 219, 220, 221, 223
On the Origin of Species (Darwin) 47–8
Oodi Helsinki Library 114–15
Orchard Project 178
Otepic, Kenya 211
Oude Molen, Cape Town 208–9
Paleo Diet 171
Paro 152
Patagonia 59–66
Peabody Trust 27–8
Pearlman, Leah 132
People’s Fridge 177
pet alternatives 152
PG Tips 74
phone whispering 213–17
PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) 95
plastic 140
alternatives to 140–41
Pollan, Michael 172
Port Sunlight 72–3
Prakash, Manu 138
Presley, Elvis 169
probiotics 173–6
puffed rice 165
quantum computing 143–4
Random Acts of Kindness 213–18
Random App of Kindness (RAKi) 150–51
Ranpura, Ash 22
REAch2 106–113
Reagan, Ronald 44
refugees 188–9
EmerGENcies 207
Nea Kavala refugee camp 189–95
Samos refugee camp 195–203
Regenerative Agriculture 182
Reinventing Organizations (Laloux) 52–3, 56
Rickman, Alan 83
Robinson, Ken 105
jobs that can’t be replaced by 128
jobs that will be replaced by 127–8
and loneliness 151–2
Rosenstein, Justin 132
Rothschild, Mayer Amschel 43
rubbish see waste
Russia 210
Saltwater Brewery 142
Samos refugee camp 195–203
Sanders, Colonel 162
São Paolo 209–210
Seabin Project 142
seaweed 140–41
Sekem, Egypt 210
Seldon, Sir Anthony 95–6
self-help 4–7
The Selfish Gene (Dawkins) 50
Senegal 205
Shanghai 95–102
sharing 24
Sharing Cities (Agyeman and McLaren) 24
Shelley, Percy Bysshe 171
Singapore
education 95
living cities 25
The Singularity is Near (Kurzweil) 130
Sisodia, Raj 57–8
Sleeping Beauty Diet 169–70
smartness 85
Snapchat 132
South Africa, Oude Molen 208–9
Spector, Tim 172, 173, 174, 175
Spencer, Herbert 50
SpinCycle 142–3
status 46–7
Stevenson, Juliet 83, 189, 219
Strasburger, Vic 102–3
sugar 165–6
summer camp 19–20
survival of the fittest 47–8, 50
Sydney, Seabin Project 142
technology 123–4
addiction to 134–6
advertising and data hacking 133, 136
the bad news 126–31
and business transparency 63
and education 102–6
for good 136–54
history of 124–6
in medicine 137–8
for mental health 145–56
mindfulness exercises 154–6
post Covid-19 good news 227
quantum computing 143–4
Ruby’s story 126
sustainable innovations 138–43
where it might have gone wrong 131–3
Thoreau, Henry 13
Tidemill Academy, Deptford 106
Time Banks 205–6
Togo 211
Tokyo 25–6
Toribio-Mateas, Miguel 174–5, 176
trans fats 167
transformation 228–9
transhumanists 130
Trump, President 3, 45, 62, 123, 131
Udemy 104
‘The Ugly Duckling’ 122
UN Habitat 27
Unilever 70–79
United States
Chicago Democratic Convention 185–8
education 91
farmers markets 179
heart disease 158
urban planning 23–8
urge surfing 155
vegetarianism 171–2
Venice 228
video games 148–51
virtual reality (VR) 150
vision 58
Wall Street 45
waste 157–8
food 179–80
GEN ecovillages 205
water, desalination 142
Waterlily 142
Watson, Julia 26
Watt, James 129
Wellington College, Shanghai 95, 99, 100–102
Wisbech 36–7
Woebot 147–8
women
GEN ecovillages 205
self-help 4
Extinction Rebellion 218–23
GEN 204–213
post Covid-19 good news 228
Ruby’s story 185–8
Samos refugee camp 188–203
The Kindness Offensive 213–18
XR see Extinction Rebellion
Yunus, Muhammad 51–2
Zambia 178
Zero Budget Natural Farming 178