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Get out before you burn out

When you feel the spectre of burnout looming over your working life, should you make changes to the way you do your job and the way you care for yourself? Or should you face up to fact that the best course of action may be to say goodbye?

A new age of social housing is here

There's no doubting the necessity of decent social housing - creating high quality places to live, with whole new levels of efficiency and sustainability. A development in Norwich has won the coveted Stirling Award - demonstrating the importance of fresh thinking in planning and construction...

The trouble with progress

The sensation of progress is a powerful motivator in our work. It gives us the reassurance that our time and effort are well-spent. But our obsession with progress can distract us and deceive us. Jocelyn K. Glei takes a look at the way we should - and shouldn't - consider the feeling of progress...

Lower taxes for the wealthy

The complications and injustices of taxation have always made for debate among economists of different political outlooks. But now the New York Times reports that, in the USA at least, the rich are actually paying tax at a lower rate than the poor...

Rebels with a cause

We were excited when our visionary friends Atlas of the Future asked Meaning director Louise Ash to compile a selection of her favourite world-changers. Here you'll find Meaning veterans like Lush and Tony's Chocolonely - alongside a sneak preview of some of our Meaning 2019 guests. If you want to hear more from these exciting players, this week is your last chance to pick up your Meaning ticket before prices increase...

We are what we eat

At Meaning, we love good food - nearly as much as we love finding new ideas around business and citizenship. So we're fully behind a move towards what's being termed 'food citizenship' - extending our status from being mere consumers to that of people taking a more active role in deciding how we produce that which sustains us...

What's the big deal?

One of the boldest concepts of the moment, the idea of the Green New Deal is central to the conversation on how we tackle climate breakdown. As well as looking forward to Miatta Fahnbulleh's talk at Meaning on 14 November, we're checking out this new book for Ann Pettifor - a brilliant primer on a big idea...

Carbon neutral for the win

As businesses increasingly strive to tread lightly on the planet services like Carbon Analytics' carbon tracker and Provenence's blockchain enabled supply chain tool can take the guess work out of sustainability benchmarking. Find out how Rebel Kitchen used this tech for good to become officially carbon neutral...