The Edit: The Road Ahead
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The Edit

The Edit: The Road Ahead

The future of the agricultural industry, the intersection of the climate crisis and the workplace, commercial space travel and more in this week’s edition of The Edit.

2 minute read

9th Jul 2021

At The Beautiful Truth’s core is a belief in our collective ability to nurture a better future for our planet and everyone on it. 

With complex challenges facing our future – navigating the ongoing pandemic, the climate crisis, inequality and discrimination – how can we pursue positive change? What does the path to a fairer, more sustainable and prosperous world look like? 

This is our edit of the global conversation on purpose. 

  • How design and creativity are key in advancing commercial human space travel (Creative Review). 
  • Retail giant John Lewis plans to build 10,000 rental homes in a bid to improve their social impact while generating profit (BBC News). 
  • Will the food of the future be grown without soil? These hydroponic farms are sparking a complex debate in the agricultural industry (The New York Times). 
  • The future of corporate travel: how planning ahead is key (McKinsey).
  • At the intersection of the climate crisis and the workplace: what changes are needed to keep employees safe as extreme weather events become more frequent? (Financial Times)
  • The company using digital transformation in order to fight food insecurity (Fast Company).
  • Does the future of cities rely on micro forests? (The Economist)
  • How can technology improve the happiness and wellbeing of employees working from home? (Raconteur

“The past teaches us a simple but crucial lesson: things could be different.”

Rutger Bregman, Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There