According to <a href="https://www.gensler.com/14-percent-of-corporate-workers-use-coworking-spaces">a 2019 survey by the Gensler Research Institute</a>, workers who have access to a coworking space &ndash;&nbsp;even if they only use it for a few hours a week &ndash;&nbsp;typically perform better than employees who don&rsquo;t have that same perk. Often thought of as spaces for freelancers and founders to set up shop, many corporates now see coworking spaces as an essential ingredient when it comes to driving innovation. <a href="https://www.knightfrank.co.uk/office-space/insights/culture-and-space/not-just-for-startups-the-rise-of-coworking-corporates">Knight Frank says</a> that 44% of global companies expect flexible space will make up at least a fifth of their office space by the end of next year.
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<h4>Seeking a startup mindset</h4>
<blockquote>
Corporates who want to strike new partnerships or launch new products and services &ldquo;really want to be able to [...] think like entrepreneurs&rdquo;, Emma Mills-Sheffield, founder of business consultancy Mindsetup, observes. &ldquo;But it&rsquo;s really hard to think entrepreneurially when you&rsquo;re really burdened with red-tape, hierarchy, and approval [processes].&rdquo;&nbsp;
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Getting out of the office and into an environment that emphasises collaboration, not just between team members but across organisations, she says, can be the key to empowering staff to adopt the elusive entrepreneurial mindset. &ldquo;Giving them exposure to other businesses and how entrepreneurs work &ndash; there&rsquo;s a richness to that. You can get a bit stuck between the four walls [of the HQ].&rdquo;
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To make the most of a hybrid model where the home, the HQ, and collaborative hubs are all part of the workspace mix, Ms Mills-Sheffield says it&rsquo;s crucial to figure out where &ndash; among the options available &ndash; different types of work can be carried out most effectively. This could mean recognising &ndash; within each organisation &ndash; the most consequential social network brokers, which is to say those players who will benefit the most from making new connections and discovering opportunities to partner with entrepreneurs. Alternatively, it could mean identifying which teams are going to find being situated in a creative environment most useful.
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<h4>A bold way to build</h4>
<blockquote>
For Accenture&rsquo;s FinTech Innovation Lab, when it comes to helping start-ups hit their next stage of growth and create connections in the financial services world, coworking has long been or the team a no brainer. The 12-week accelerator programme has been successfully held at Huckletree's Shoreditch for a few years now.&nbsp;
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&ldquo;We decided to go for a coworking space because it takes you out of that corporate mindset,&rdquo; says Celin Phoen, the FinTech Innovation Lab&rsquo;s programme manager. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s really underplayed how a physical space can change your attitude, and it&rsquo;s fun being [somewhere] that is very open plan, has a lot of greenery and colour, and events going on where you can meet people from different businesses.&rdquo;
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For Ms Phoen, the ability to move between different working environments within the same building not only provides the headspace needed to think more creatively but it also makes it easier to create the connections the Lab needs to work as effectively as possible. Instead of fighting for meeting rooms in a traditional HQ, communal events spaces like <a href="https://www.huckletree.com/host-your-event/shoreditch/event-spaces/56c70c7eea457786368b456c">The Classroom</a> provide a neutral ground for corporates and startups to convene for workshops and demo days, and share ideas and fresh perspectives.
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It&rsquo;s estimated that 40% of demand for coworking spaces is now coming from large corporates, with the likes of Adidas, American Express, and Microsoft currently seeking spaces outside of their HQs to help nurture inspiration.
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&ldquo;Most corporates are focussed around efficiency, whereas Huckletree is fostering creativity and collaboration,&rdquo; Ms Phoen concludes. &ldquo;It speaks to innovation so much more than your classic workspace.&rdquo;
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A Startup State of Mind: Why innovation at any size thrives in coworking spaces

Where do corporates send their staff when they want them to flourish? Coworking spaces.

<a href="https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2020/andy-haldane-engaging-business-summit-and-autumn-lecture" style="color: #236fa1;">Speaking in October</a>, the Bank of England&rsquo;s chief economist Andy Haldane shared his perspective about it. Without the opportunity for people to bump into each other around the office, he argued, we are starved of the raw ingredients required to stimulate creativity. &ldquo;Homeworking means serendipity is supplanted by scheduling, face-to-face by Zoom-to-Zoom,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;What creativity is gained in improved tunnelling [focus] is lost in the darkness of the tunnel itself.&rdquo;

<h4>The loss of serendipity: What&rsquo;s the cost?</h4>
It&rsquo;s easy to figure out how much money a company could save by scrapping its office space. But it&rsquo;s far harder to put a figure on what a business loses when its employees can&rsquo;t interact in the same room as each other &ndash; and the potential knock-on effects can be wide-ranging.

Many workers report <a href="https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/careers/loneliness-working-from-home-remote-how-to-cope-wellbeing-mental-health/418948" style="color: #236fa1;">experiencing loneliness</a> due to working from home during the pandemic; mental health-related absences could increase if staff aren&rsquo;t given enough opportunities to socialise.&nbsp;

It might also be an issue of access and development: for team members who already struggle with feelings of marginalisation, isolation could hinder career progression. According to McKinsey, knowledge workers typically spend 14% of their week chatting to other team members &ndash;&nbsp;and that non-verbal cues have a more significant impact on building a positive impression.
Chance encounters outside formal meetings are a way for employees to build up the rapport needed to land exciting projects or even promotions. What happens to their potential in a WFH world?&nbsp;

&ldquo;Zoom is okay for holding a pattern, but it&rsquo;s not good if you want to get ahead, and it&rsquo;s especially not good for those who historically have not been [represented],&rdquo; Martin Kilduff, Professor of Management at the UCL School of Management says. &ldquo;They don&rsquo;t have the opportunity to make their presence felt in a way that would be true if [they] were in the workplace itself. You can hold water &ndash;&nbsp;but it&rsquo;s difficult to make the connections or impressions that are going to change your role in the organisation.&rdquo;

Serendipity, described as &ldquo;value creation based on unexpected encounters&rdquo; by Sebastian Olma in his book The Serendipity Machine, is widely considered one of the driving forces behind innovation and motivation at companies. Whenever workers bump into each other when making a cup of tea, cross paths as they come in and out of the building, or end up sitting with teammates from different departments at lunch, they increase the likelihood of joining the dots in new, unexpected, and exciting ways. If they don&rsquo;t keep building this valuable social capital, their creative capabilities may eventually peter out.&nbsp;

<h4>Design for serendipity</h4>
While individual moments of serendipity are impossible to grasp and replicate, strategically designing a workplace to encourage those events is far from out of reach.&nbsp;

Having this goal in mind, Apple&rsquo;s co-founder Steve Jobs famously decided not to separate his design and engineering teams; instead, he allowed them to bounce ideas around together.&nbsp;

A similar perspective is also why Google packs its offices with restaurants, kitchens, and snack stations, giving workers many excuses to stop, nibble, and chat as possible. For instance, <a href="https://99u.adobe.com/articles/16408/how-to-build-a-collaborative-office-space-like-pixar-and-google" style="color: #236fa1;">according to Adobe</a>, you are never more than 150 feet away from food on Google&rsquo;s New York City campus.

But an open-plan design and an abundance of communal areas are not the only things required to encourage serendipitous social interactions. In many cases, a cultural shift is necessary, too.

Humans will naturally gravitate towards what and who they are comfortable with. Still, true serendipity requires people to continuously seek social interactions across an organisation, not just with people they already know.

&ldquo;It actually takes somebody with an unusual talent to be able to say, wait a minute, what you&rsquo;re saying is going to be useful for the people I was talking to yesterday,&rdquo; Martin explains. &ldquo;These social network brokers can translate that idea and pass it on to the other group. Without those people, all this rearranging of the office is not really going to do that much.&rdquo;

At Huckletree, we see providing that brokering service as a massive part of our role. Our curation committee looks at the dynamics and chemistry within each of our communities, and every programme we deliver is borne out of what we see happening each day on the ground with our members.&nbsp;

We want our members to create through serendipity as much value as possible &ndash; our Huckletree Connects programme and Pure Joy events are ways for members to find common interests with people outside their organisations. Moreover, our Growth Services, which include office hours and founder consultations, help us explore what our members are working on and understand how we can facilitate mutually beneficial connections.&nbsp;

While in lockdown, 89% of founders and startup talent we surveyed said they missed their work friends. This datum doesn&rsquo;t account simply for not being able to see familiar faces; it&rsquo;s also referred to the interactions that spark ideas, which drive forward momentum &ndash; an aspect that every business needs support with right now while life and the economy are slowing down.&nbsp;

We at Huckletree think it&rsquo;s a formula that works. &ldquo;My favourite part about working at Huckletree is how the environment really allows for creativity,&rdquo; Huckletree West member and Reckitt Benckiser senior brand manager Sandra Toivo says. &ldquo;Whenever I [have] a big piece of strategic work looming, I would plan a day at Huckletree to ensure I place myself in the right atmosphere to think outside of the box.&rdquo;

Huckletree&rsquo;s recognised secret ingredient is precisely that: the energy and commitment we put into championing each and every one of our members and equipping them for success.&nbsp;

We strongly believe a workspace isn&rsquo;t just about having a desk and a decent wifi connection; it&rsquo;s about creating a solid and supportive community where every win is celebrated. No mind is an island &ndash;&nbsp;and by bringing together ambitious startups and progressive enterprise teams, everybody can get where they are going faster.

Chasing serendipity: the (unexpected) inspirational power of the workplace

Is working from home good for creativity? 

Since we launched <a href="https://www.huckletree.com/" style="color: #236fa1;">Huckletree</a> in 2014, we have strived to make sure that being environmentally conscious played a part in all of our decisions. For example, our very first space in Clerkenwell was awarded a Silver SKA rating, and with that became the very first coworking space in the UK to achieve this high standard - something we&rsquo;re really proud of to this day. For the launch of all subsequent spaces, we&rsquo;ve made sure to work with developers who are committed to sustainability, and with architects and designers who are best-positioned to keep sustainability at the foreground of their design ethos. Then, once our spaces launch, we look to only partner with the most sustainable brands and suppliers to bring them to life. And to go even a step further, in 2017, our in-house cafes, and all of our events have been fully vegetarian. Finally, last year we successfully managed to eliminate single-use plastics across our 200,000 sf of our spaces. Needless to say, the work continues.

And, as we all know, sustainability has never been such a polarizing topic, from early-stage business all the way to bigger corporates. We&rsquo;ve seen the trend in &lsquo;sustainable businesses&rsquo; sky-rocket too; with more Green and Cleantech businesses entering our community due to the growing concern around the lack of action on the climate crisis, and the increasing urgency to develop new tools and technologies to help us fight climate change. But we feel like this is just the beginning of a much bigger movement; where consumers are demanding more from the business they buy from and voting with their feet (and wallet) if they don&rsquo;t get it. Right now, we're living through one of the bigger consumer revolts in our history.&nbsp;

Facing this, the GreenTech space is exploding with responses and we&rsquo;re seeing an urgent rise in members who have successfully transitioned to B-Corp or are in the process of doing so. These businesses, who have committed to acting in the best interest of all stakeholders and not just their shareholders, are demonstrative of the changing tide and the growing belief that the old way of doing business is no longer serving our planet.&nbsp;

The urgency is growing, but so is the movement; with more and more businesses and leaders coming together to help, and who are fighting to make significant change. There is a growing sense of urgency, but coupled with a growing sentiment that together we can create change.&nbsp;
Whilst all of us in the startup ecosystem must consider our place and how we can help - we must also realise that each and every one of us are in the position to help turn the tide. And we must fight to play our unique, individual roles in the growing movement around Climate Action.
As such, we will be opening a Net Zero, Sustainable Planet themed workspace in London for the most exciting investors, businesses and brands in the sustainability sector to work alongside one another, ideate, collaborate. This will be a new hub, adding to our growing portfolio of spaces across the UK and Ireland and we aim to launch this hub in 2022.&nbsp;

If Earthrise Summit has taught us anything it&rsquo;s that if you&rsquo;re an investor, entrepreneur, corporate brand, educator, student&hellip;.we all have a part to play in tackling the climate challenge. The more we can debate, learn and co-solve together, the faster business leaders can embed these principles into their work and culture to make a material difference. Off the back of an incredible one day summit we thought, imagine what we could collectively achieve if this was every day, in real time and in real space. This is why we wanted to create a space dedicated to building a more sustainable planet.&nbsp;

The Net Zero hub will be a true ecosystem of D2C disruptors, B2B experts, tech innovation, human ideas and capital, all tackling the climate challenge crisis from various angles, but all under the one roof and all connected by the wider Huckletree network.&nbsp;

If you would like to be involved in our first Net Zero hub, please get in touch: info@huckletree.com&nbsp;

Huckletree Co-founders
Gabriela Hersham and Andrew Lynch&nbsp;

Net Zero Themed Workspace

Gregory Dewerpe, A/O Proptech's founder, could well be a Renaissance man, such is the ease with which he moves between technical and philosophical topics, with every thought strung together seamlessly, much like an alfresco Davincian stroll.

We sat down with Gregory just ahead of his fireside chat at Earthrise Summit to dive deep into some pretty existential matters, and we don&rsquo;t necessarily mean that metaphorically.
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<h4>Gregory, you have said in the past that one great motivator for you is wanting to make an impact, getting the most out of the time we have on this Earth. Why have you chosen RE as a preferred area on which to leave your mark?</h4>

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A large portion of our lives is spent in a professional capacity.&nbsp;

I have always held the conviction that my career path must eventually enable me to achieve my professional ambitions as much as my more philosophical ones and provide me with a platform for positive change.

Real estate technology is a means to an end for me; it&rsquo;s where I found the opportunity to express this multi-layered ambition of mine. And the reason is clear:

Real estate is the largest class in the world; it&rsquo;s over half of the world&rsquo;s assets. Real Estate surrounds us all; it&rsquo;s where you live (housing is the single largest expenditure in people budgets), where you work, where you play, where you learn. It&rsquo;s everything around you. It&rsquo;s the built environment.

It&rsquo;s also an industry where technology penetration is marginal. More importantly, it&rsquo;s also the most polluting asset class in the world (40% of global greenhouse gas emission,&nbsp; 30% of global raw material consumption).

This unique combination of size, a technological lag, and overall inefficiencies make the transformation of this mammoth industry a generational opportunity for investors, technologists, environmentalists and landlords.

I genuinely believe it can be one of the most powerful and influential platforms to ignite change and make a positive impact, much beyond the industry itself.

Imagine a world where you can build better, greener, faster and cheaper thanks to technology and science. Right there, you solve the housing shortage and affordability tensions and address the huge global issue of climate change. Imagine a world where landlords leverage data to service their tenants smartly and offer them a frictionless experience, healthy living and buildings, flexibility, and transparency.&nbsp;

That&rsquo;s what real estate technology is about for me. The entire lifecycle of an asset (office, home, apartment, hotels, logistics etc.) can be improved, end to end: from the material supply chain to the design and architecture, the construction, the operations and the transactions. It&rsquo;s a lot of innovation to unpack!&nbsp;

We are in the early innings of a massive innovation wave (an unstoppable one). Because innovation promotes more innovation in a world of distributed knowledge and access, it&rsquo;s never been a greater time to be an entrepreneur, and things will accelerate exponentially.&nbsp;

I am not running a non-profit fund by any means, but I think nowadays, profit and purpose need to go hand in hand. We must all try our hardest to do well by doing good, regardless of our industry. With proptech, we can do exactly that.
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<h4>Architecture, in broad terms, has often been described as a&nbsp;material&nbsp;language. What should define the spaces of the future, and what messages should we embed in our living and working environments? &nbsp;</h4>

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Architecture is much more than materials; it&rsquo;s defining the space, the dynamics and the energy that surrounds us 24/7. It&rsquo;s one of the most critical aspects of our well-being, our climate, friendliness and our safety as a society.&nbsp;

Building buildings that promote healthy, sustainable and positive living is going to be one of the most critical missions of our generation. For starters, leveraging design to build better, faster and cheaper helps solve a lot of the affordability and accessibility issues that currently contribute to the housing crisis that we are facing.

Designing buildings to promote healthy and positive living and privileging bio-diversity, and being more in sync with the surrounding natural habitat is essential. Not only do we need to be more respectful of our surroundings when building,&nbsp; but we also need to build assets that can withstand the effects of extreme weather.

We are in the early innings of this, and I strongly believe that with the suitable investment in science and technology, architecture will play a defining role in the future of our built world.
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<h4>How do you resist the temptation of the "beaten path"? In other words, how do you nurture that underdog vision that has made you who you are, and what fuels your entrepreneurial drive and passion for what you do?</h4>

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I love being an underdog; that is where I find the motivation to challenge myself, to surprise others and hopefully offer some inspiration to the people who have been made to believe they are not good enough or can&rsquo;t achieve what they want.

Early on in my life, I faced life-defining challenges, having to fight a rare long-term illness and then, later on, suffering tremendously from the devastating effects of bullying as a young boy.&nbsp;

However hard the journey has been, it was a blessing in disguise because it taught me to be resilient, grow a thick skin, and find motivation in adversity by always focusing on the positive side of life. It&rsquo;s not always easy or straight forward but that&rsquo;s what makes life exciting and so rewarding, in my opinion. More than 30 years later, it still fuels me every day.&nbsp;

I didn&rsquo;t get through all of this to just get by in life. It would be unfair to my younger self or my parents, who fought and sacrificed so much to fight for me early on in life. So that&rsquo;s my fuel, my motivation and my inspiration.&nbsp;

Despite being the largest proptech VC in Europe, even today, A/O PropTech can be viewed as the underdog. I came as an outsider in the venture capital industry, raising the eyebrows of doubters and people who expect you to fail. The jury is still out there for us, we are only at the beginning of our journey and we have this extra motivation to prove ourselves and prove the doubters wrong. I think it makes us extra hungry, extra motivated and aligns us with our portfolio companies even more.
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<h4>You are very committed to fighting bullying, not to oversimplify; still, one could argue that, from a purely behavioural perspective, our attitude towards the planet is a form of bullying or abuse? Would you agree? How can we best promote change? How can the built environment (and space more generally), our attitude towards it, and the tools we employ to develop and shape it make a difference and enable tangible action towards a more sustainable future?</h4>

<blockquote>
I would not compare this to bullying. It would undermine how terrible bullying is and probably overcomplicate the climate change issue.

Climate change is first and foremost an education issue; people simply don&rsquo;t really understand what climate change means, and when they do, they don&rsquo;t always comprehend it in tangible ways and therefore tackle it efficiently.&nbsp;

We have a tendency to focus on the wrong problems which, in the end, have a limited impact in the context of global climate change. Consequently, we end up missing out on the elephant in the room.

Real estate is a perfect example. If you read the news, people talk about aviation or agriculture as the mega culprits for climate change. In fact, real estate is much more harmful than all of those combined and more, yet until recently, it was not a focus point in the fight against climate change.&nbsp;

Real Estate is 40% of GHG emissions. Imagine if you enhance it by 25%, you wipe out 10% of global emissions. That in itself will be much more impactful than any other measure in other industries. I am not suggesting that we shouldn&rsquo;t focus on the other issues as well, but we have to make sure we allocate capital, time and resources to the most impactful problems as time is running out and we need to show progress fast.&nbsp;

As mentioned, every aspect of a building is contributing to climate change:&nbsp;

<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">the materials used to build and their supply chain</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">its design and architecture&nbsp;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">the construction process&nbsp;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">the operations</li>
</ul>

All of these stages within the building lifecycle are now seeing the brightest entrepreneurs develop amazing technologies which will enable drastic reduction of carbon footprint on assets, with the goal of this eventually reaching zero. So that&rsquo;s where we try to spend a lot of our time as a firm because it&rsquo;s possibly the biggest opportunity of our lifetime.&nbsp;
 
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<h4>How can we encourage the Real Estate industry to engage with Tech and how essential is this in reaching decarbonisation goals?</h4>

Education, capital and adoption are essential. Equally, regulators, investors and customers are pressuring the industry to change, so it leaves them no choice in my opinion. There is no way out from this movement. Real estate companies are being faced with three choices:&nbsp;
<blockquote>

<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Do nothing and get ready to become obsolete within the next decades.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Do the bare minimum to satisfy regulators, investors and customers and get by.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Embrace the opportunity to lead the way and drive fundamental change by not only adopting technology but by investing into technology and science, learning to fail forward and adapt their culture, strategy and talent to become the leader in a followers industry.&nbsp;</li>
</ol>

</blockquote>
I am very hopeful that we will see change in the next decade, not because we have to but because we want to. I hope that we come to accept the responsibility upon us and put profit and purpose on equal footing.

“Real Estate surrounds us all, it’s also the most polluting asset class in the world.”  In conversation with Gregory Dewerpe, A/O Proptech

The UK alone consumes &pound;5.7 billion worth of fish and seafood products every year. For the first time the other day, I realised I was hesitant when reaching for that familiar tin. Let me explain: it occured after viewing documentary of the moment, Seaspiracy, which seeks to expose the fishing industries&rsquo; impact on the world's oceans - creating passionate vegetarians and detractors alike in its wake.&nbsp;

This Earth Day, I&rsquo;ve been reflecting on the 2021 theme: Restore Our Earth, which focuses on innovative thinking to restore the planet&rsquo;s ecosystem. As we begin to make moves to restore and rebuild in a post-COVID world,&nbsp;
<h3> DIVE IN</h3>
As the high profile doc continues to gain traction, there will no doubt be many more like myself following suit with similar reevaluations of our lifestyle choices. This is a shocking, brutal and bleak watch. You are forced to see cruelty and disregard on such a scale you wonder how the ecosystem of the sea hasn&rsquo;t already collapsed. But, one can&rsquo;t deny that it is eye opening and stirring, currently holding the number one watched spot in many countries on Netflix. Ali Tabrizi, the filmmaker, says his ultimate goal was &lsquo;to create a global discussion around the topic of food choice and sustainability, that effects change on a personal, industrial and governmental level.&rsquo; Well, he&rsquo;s certainly achieved the first element. I generally think of myself as proactive in my contributions to reduce my impact on the environment. However, my long-held tuna habit definitely questioned after the viewing. Afterwards, I started researching tuna fishing and ended up with a much deeper understanding of the impact fishing as an industry has on the environment.

<h3> WIDENING THE NET: INSIDE THE CONTROVERSY</h3>
Firstly: no, I don&rsquo;t think Seaspiracy represents its facts and figures in the most impartial ways. Considering the documentary is produced by those behind Cowspiracy, there are times where the film loses its way, the transparency of the producers&rsquo; motives err towards pushing a vegan agenda and vilifying those who eat fish. But, you would be wrong to assume that this is the entire backbone of the documentary. It simply blemishes the integrity of something that doesn&rsquo;t need any hyperbole. There is a certain naivety behind the film&rsquo;s suggestion that we simply end fishing and that there is no such thing as a sustainable alternative. Not only does this dismiss organisations which are actually doing good and proving alternatives can be a success, it also disregards the many millions of people who rely on fishing as a means of living and don&rsquo;t make a dent on the fish stocks. If this makes people read up and reveal the inaccuracies and misrepresentations, it&rsquo;s challenged indifference, which is arguably better than denial and ignorance. Seaspiracy viewers might not necessarily walk away as fans of the film - but they can still become critics of a system that clearly has major flaws.

&nbsp;A lot of people I know who have viewed the documentary, have said they will never eat fish again. This, I suppose is a good start, if a lot of people reduce demand for a product ultimately the reduction in profit will make it less appealing to those big investors responsible for the majority of problems behind extensive fishing. But, unfortunately, there WILL always be a demand for fish, the money to be made will simply move elsewhere. Fish is a necessity for a lot of communities wellbeing, whether through diet or financially, there is no alternative. They would perish without the ability to fish. This is the point where the excitement of a documentary like this wears off, people become driven to make a change but that change is eventually viewed as having so little impact that there is very little point in sacrificing this element of your diet. When you see the selfishness and greed of those at the top, combined with the power, ruthlessness and money those people have, it is a bit of David and Goliath situation.&nbsp;
<h3> THE TAIL&nbsp;</h3>
Perhaps the main problem I have with Seaspiracy is that the main takeaway viewers will have is &lsquo;I will stop eating fish&rsquo;, as this is framed as the single and only thing one can do to help with the fishing crisis. That doesn&rsquo;t leave any room for alternative activism. So, what else CAN you do to help? 
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">The most effective way to enact change is unifying and creating pressure on those in power. Industrialised fishing is the real evil that&rsquo;s frequently given the blind eye by those in power. <a href="https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/challenges/sustainable-fishing/" style="color: #236fa1;">Sign up to and shout about this petition</a> for ocean protection via Greenpeace. If this were to be enforced, it could protect up to 30% of the world&rsquo;s oceans, allowing them the essential time to recover. We need to hold the fishing industries to account, as they have too much influence over governments. Bottom trawling needs to become an offence where the negatives of being caught outweigh the potential profits. Remember, recovery IS possible. It could even happen within a few decades if we take action right now.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Want to make an impact? Become aware of your footprint (try our pre-seed programme grad, <a href="https://www.evocco.com/" style="color: #236fa1;">Evocco&rsquo;s</a> supermarket shopping monitoring app). A lot of things you throw away will end up in the ocean, plastic being the obvious one, and it all takes time to perish whilst simultaneously threatening the health of ocean residents. Disregard Seaspiracy if you find it too disingenuous, thanks to its scientific inaccuracies and misrepresentations, but remember that legitimate data on the impact of fishing has been publicly available for many years. Maybe some creative license was needed to force us to take action to ensure we can all enjoy the planet for years to come.</li>
</ul>
 
<h3>JOIN THE MOVEMENT FOR OUR PLANET&rsquo;S FUTURE</h3>
 Learn, listen and get inspired by innovation leaders, academics, politicians, campaigners and more at our first ever virtual, sustainability festival, Earthrise Summit on May 19th. Hear from the minds behind food businesses championing sustainability, including Iceland and Tony&rsquo;s Chocolonely, plus food waste campaigners Tristam Stuart and Saasha Celestial-One, Founder of Olio. <a href="https://www.huckletree.com/education/sustainability-summit?utm_source=team+email+signature&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=summit_2021" style="color: #236fa1;">Book your ticket here</a>.

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Take the new world of work one day at a time. Use our pre-paid day passes in packs of 5, 20, 50 or 100 for you and your team.

Day Passes

Settle into your own secure private studio office, within the wider community. Ideal for growing teams.

Studios

Keep it flexible and work from our spaces for 10 days each month. Ideal for whenever you or your team need a base to collaborate and a home to call your own.

Light

Take on a dedicated desk within our vibrant and inspiring open-plan workspace areas. 

Resident Desk

Float between collaboration zones and buzzing open-plan workspaces for 20 days each month.

Floating

Discover flexible curated workspace packages designed around how you work, not where you work from.

Memberships 

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Read the headlines, business break-throughs and perspectives from the people inside Huckletree.