Disruptive social innovation for a low-carbon world

This paper reviews various innovations in the sociocultural sphere – innovations that have the potential to ‘disrupt’ the current trajectory and rapidly reorient the world toward a low-carbon future.

Highlighting areas such as:

The Fossil Fuel ‘Divestment’ Campaign
Transition Initiatives
Collaborative Consumption and the Sharing Economy
Innovative Approaches to Renewable Energy: Transcending Political Paralysis
Reconstructing Food Systems from the Ground Up
The ‘Voluntary Simplicity’ Movement: Reimagining the Good Life
Redefining ‘Progress’ through Alternative Indicators to GDP
Taking Control: Direct Action, Political Protest, and Democratic Awakening