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How much would you like?

As autonomy and self-management grow within working culture, how feasible is it to allow workers to set their own salaries? This piece by Felicity Hannah takes a closer look at what it's like to choose how much you earn...

Superblocks proved to be super

The design of cities has huge implications for the health and wellbeing of residents - and Barcelona continues to lead the way. Studies are suggesting that the Catalan capital's 'superblocks' implementation is really saving lives...

Workplace trial: the four day week

Support for a shorter working week is gathering political momentum, but implementing such a policy will be a complicated process. How many organisations can afford to put people before profit and make the shift? Well-being company Memiah are walking the talk in conducting a rigorous four-day-week trial with their 30+ person team...

More choice, less happiness

The principle of choice is held up as an ideal within our present economy. With a seemingly infinite choice of food, electronics, clothes, mortgages, we should be the happiest consumers alive, right? But what all this choice is actaully making us miserable?

Citizens assemble!

The idea of the citizens' assembly - already established in some countries - is attracting more and more attention in places like the UK, where political crisis is leading to frustration with democracy-as-usual. We'll be offering Meaning 2019 goers a taste of what this form of deliberative democracy feels like but in the meantime...

Sorry We Missed You

In 2016, Ken Loach's film I, Daniel Blake shocked and moved many of us with its portrayal of poverty in modern-day Britain. A new film from the same team continues to shed light on our society's injustices, this time revealing the stark realities of 'zero hours' contracts for workers and their families... 

Telling the truth about climate crisis

Movements like Extinction Rebellion are determined to effect real change, but many corporations and governments are continuing on a destructive path. A new initiative called 'TruthTeller' enables good people within bad organisations to speak out...

Meaning Fringe: 12 - 15 November

Meaning Fringe offers 23 opportunities to expand your experience of Meaning, with a choice of independently-organised events in the days before and after the conference. Even if you're not coming to Meaning itself, Meaning Fringe provides more opportunities for learning, connection, challenge and fun...