This section houses a range of our major reports. Just click on each link to download the report.

'The Joy of Sects'
February 2007

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Subtitled 'What the movement for global change can learn from religions', this report develops a theme initially discussed in a previous document 'Why is it so hard to change people's behaviour?' (available below). It suggests that a movement for social and global change could become a more powerful force in itself and provide greater benefit to society if it were to offer some of the practical functions that the major religions provide. It discusses some of these functions and briefly considers how the movement might provide them.

'Why is it so hard to change people's behaviour?'
November 2006

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Organisations and individuals seeking change on global ethical issues such as the environment, poverty, human rights and animal welfare are failing to gain the behaviour change they need from the public. The report identifies and examines a number of factors that make it difficult for many members of the public in the western world to change their attitudes and behaviour on such issues. It provides some far-reaching recommendations, including the need to empower the public with the intellectual tools they need to become ethical global citizens and the need to establish a new movement for global change. It is essential reading for anyone involved in, or interested in, the search for a more just, sustainable and intellectually coherent world.

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