Author: Anca Rusu
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The World Wide Web & Our Search for Sustainable Clean(er) Search Engines
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If there is a time for positive change, look no further – it’s always now. Because there’s no better time than now to do something, but also because this world, on so many levels (you know, you’ve been there too) was seriously derailed in the past couple of years. Chances are you are already struggling…
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Out with The Single-Use, In with Ethical Sustainable Disposables
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How do you feel about having a takeaway lunch that doesn’t trash the world around you with non-recyclable packaging, cutlery, plates? Can you forget ‘conventional’ plastic? Can you eat ethically sourced food from unethically sourced plates? Lots of questions, but luckily we’ve got some tasty answers. Our selection of innovative or just common sense sustainable…
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Alternatives to Black Friday, or: What to Do Instead of “Going Shopping” (or “Buying Stuff”)
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You’ve probably never wrestled somebody for a 50-inch plasma-screen television. But this is an image emblematic of Black Friday, demonstrating the damaging behaviours and values such events can incite. Black Friday is a festival of senseless consumerism which helps rocket the planet past its annual Overshoot Day months early (the date at which “[our] demand…
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The Sustainable Toothbrush: Where to Find It and Why It Should Be the New Normal
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I have been using the same toothbrush for more than three years. Despite never imagining I would write about this particular activity, here I am, trying to convince you to make zero-waste eco-friendly toothbrushes a part of your life too. Oh, and there’s nothing to be squeamish about because I do regularly change the head!…
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Must Try of the Year | Vegan Gourmet Artisan Cheeze (with a z from zing!)
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Wait, vegan what? This is usually the first thing you hear when you invite someone to taste your nicely set cheese board or when you excitedly tell stories about your first encounter with a heavenly vegan spread. Vegan cheese is not as new as you’d expect, as it has been around since the 1980s. There’s…
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Ethical Consumer Annual Conference | A Place to Meet the Hope Squadron
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We’re avid readers of Ethical Consumer magazine and regard it as essential for anyone living in UK (but not only) who aims to become a more ethical consumer. Like it or not, you decide on the world you live in with every penny you spend. Last time we checked, humanity was in unprecedented climate crisis.…
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VegfestUK | Two Days of Vegan Products, Talks, Panel Discussions, Films, Future Collaborations, and More
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If you’re vegan, you’ve got to go to VegfestUK, one of Europe’s biggest vegan festivals. The thing is, even if you’re not vegan or vegetarian, you’d still like Vegfest. Who doesn’t like a warm golden latte, roasted potatoes, and nutty bars to last you for the whole day?! But it wasn’t just food, creams, clothes,…
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Repair & Maintain | Or How to Keep Your Beloved Clothes Longer in Your Life
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Happily, if you don’t want to buy new stuff — even the kind that lasts a lifetime — you can repair and prolong the life of your beloved clothes. I’ve seen too many perfectly good jackets thrown away just because the zipper wasn’t working. That very jacket was the result of large amounts of energy…
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Clothes for Life (Socks Included!) and Tips to Keep them in the Closet for Longer
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This is not some unheard of offer concocted by the marketing wizards of a popular clothing brand. We just want to help you find those clothes that last significantly longer that the cheap, distressing consequences of fast fashion nicely wrapped on shiny shelves all over the world.Today we talk longevity as an essential ethical feature…
