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Immersive audio play explores dementia and the hope in research

Stuart Mitchell

The Window is a thought-provoking immersive audio experience about love and grief, memory and science, and a story about the things families don’t talk about. The play premiers to the public on 31 March. It weaves personal experience of dementia alongside insight into research, charting the emotional personal journey family members often experience when a loved one develops the condition. The Window is the latest artwork from digital story studio Fast Familiar and is funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Inspire Fund. Dementia is caused by diseases and it affects nearly…

Climate Footprint Project launches toolbox to support governments with emissions tracking and monitoring

Stuart Mitchell

The Climate Footprint Project, an initative of the Under2 Coalition, has launched a new resource to support state and regional governments in improving their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions tracking and reduction efforts. State and regional governments are at the frontline of cutting emissions to meet regional, national and international climate targets. But, to meet these targets, they must be equipped to measure and record their emissions. And this can be done through regional GHG inventories. Without a GHG inventory, governments don’t have a full picture of where emissions are coming…

WRAP guide offers pattern for increasing clothing recycling

Stuart Mitchell

In-store take back schemes are expected to undergo a renaissance post-lockdown, as environmental charity WRAP publishes new best-practice guidance to delivering effective retailer-led collection schemes for post-consumer clothes. Many consumers are unaware of take back schemes, with current data showing that only 2% of people choose this route to donate their unwanted clothing compared to more established methods.  During lockdown, many people will be storing their items at home until restrictions are lifted, when many charity shops will see an influx of donations (Citizen Insights: Textiles and COVID-19 Survey). This…

Alzheimer’s Research UK welcomes Scottish government’s pledge to research why so many people with dementia have died from COVID-19

Stuart Mitchell

Alzheimer’s Research UK has welcomed the Scottish government’s plan to support people with dementia affected by COVID-19, as it vows to carry out research to find out why so many people with dementia have died during the pandemic. The commitment is one of several made in the government’s plan, outlining how it intends to support people with dementia, their carers and families, as the nation recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. In July 2020, the National Records of Scotland showed that of all deaths involving COVID-19 between March and June 2020,…

New peer forum series supports governments to accelerate the zero emission vehicle transition

Stuart Mitchell

Governments at the national, state and regional, and city level from around the world are leading the transition to zero emission vehicles (ZEVs). Realising the benefits that ZEVs bring not only to the climate, but to economic and public health systems, governments are developing and delivering solutions to tackle one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution globally – the transport sector. Through the Under2 Coalition’s ZEV Community – a project that brings together all levels of government to share and learn about ZEV initiatives –…