Magazine
Guides to the alternatives, and essays on living with less harm. Guides show when we last checked them; essays are dated when they were written.
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How to Serve Your Community during Lockdown
On the first day of the lockdown we found a handwritten card in our mailbox: “During these difficult times we would like to offer some help or even…
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Ethical Remote-Working Tools During Lockdown
In March 2020, companies around the world suddenly realised that large numbers of employees could skip their daily commute, yet continue to work while at home – safe…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Eating Sustainably in London
We all know and love London as an incredible foodie city. However, we also know that the average diet is an unfortunate driver of climate change. Our current…
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What Coronavirus Teaches Us about Climate Change
Seemingly born out of the live animal market in Wuhan, China, the coronavirus has exploded into an international pandemic. China quarantined millions of people and basically shut down…
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The Pros and Cons of Emerging Communication Technologies
To give this intro a topical slant, consider COVID-19, the illness caused by coronavirus; the focus of early 2020 headlines since it began its slow spread worldwide. The…
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Why We Should Rethink Zero Waste
I eat a lot of tofu. And I buy the bulk of it from a Chicago company called Phoenix Bean. They make this amazing smoked five-spice tofu, which…
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Europe by Train: England to Sweden, Return
This past December, I took the train from London to a small town in Dalarna, Sweden. About a year before, I made the same journey by plane. Travelling…
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The Human Cost of Our Phones
2019 was another year of “techlash,” of outrage against social media’s continued spread of Fake News and conspiracy theories, its purposefully addictive designs, and its insidious invasion of…
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Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution
This is an extract from the book Being the Change by Peter Kalmus, published by New Society Publishers, 2017-08-01, reprinted here with kind permission. Chapter 1: Waking Up…
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On Ethical Consumerism
Interested in ethical issues like climate crisis, ecological collapse, animal welfare, and human rights? Looking to avoid problems like child labor or unfair working conditions for garment workers?…