Author: Anca Rusu
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Interview | Easy Eco Tips
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Social media is the perfect format for sharing tips—easy-to-digest and visually vibrant advice for every quandry you can conceive of. As you might expect, we’re always keeping an eye out for the latest eco-living tips, and we noticed there’s a growing number of Instagram accounts dedicated to sharing actions you can take against the current…
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Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy by Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone
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The concept of planetary emergencies can make us, as individuals, feel small and powerless. Active Hope (How to Face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy) (first published in 2012), and all the concepts behind its title, reassures us that we contain enough strength and imagination to tackle these emergencies (the climate crisis, social division…
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Experts’ Advice: Steps You Can Take to Tackle Climate Breakdown
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After any conversation about the climate crisis, most people ask (or should ask) “What can I do?”. According to climate scientist and communicator Katharine Hayhoe, if you’ve had a conversation like this, you’ve already done a lot. She thinks that the key to having a real discussion about the climate crisis is to connect over…
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London National Park City | Get Involved and Celebrate
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The attempt to create a national park city in one of the UK’s most dense, polluted and crowded urban centers has been taking shape nicely over the last few years, with a lot of help from a group of committed volunteers as passionate about London as they are about nature. In a nutshell, this ambitious…
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Grassroots Organizations to Join & Support in 2019
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Grassroots Definition The first Cambridge dictionary definition of grassroots is “the ordinary people in a society or an organization, especially a political party”. The second grassroots definition is “ordinary people in a society or organization, rather than the leaders”. And it’s this second definition that mainly comes to mind when we think about grassroots movements:…
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The #FlyLess and #NoFly Movements | Would You Stop Flying If You Knew Its True Cost?
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Let’s kick off with the good news: In the last few months people have started important conversations about the climate crisis. Some have even taken it to the next level and started walking the talk by making changes to their lifestyle to lower the damaging impact on our common home. Ranging from fast fashion and…
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Ethical Presents | What to Gift When All You Can Think of Is Reducing & Reusing
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Let’s assume that you’ve just decluttered your home. You kept only the things that spark joy and the few practical utensils that make life easier in the kitchen, because you’ve also decided to cook more and eat less processed foods, fast foods, and takeaways. Reducing, reusing, making do with less, precycling, upcycling and other similar…
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How To Save Paper in the Office
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Short list of small changes that saves paper in the office.
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10 UK-Based Zero-Waste Local Shops
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A zero waste shop is no longer a surprising encounter. It’s gaining momentum. And it’s here to stay.
