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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Getting Beyond the Economy: A Journey with Extinction Rebellion
In April this year I first went to the protests organised across central London by Extinction Rebellion. I had never attended a demonstration before. To my surprise I…
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Zen Ethics: Collective Awakening and the Five Mindfulness Trainings
Each winter in Plum Village we have a three-month retreat. There are about 250 people, monastics and laypeople, practicing together for ninety days. We get up very early…
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Sustainable Fabrics A-Z: Which Clothing Materials Are Ethical?
The fashion industry always seems to be proclaiming the next revolutionary sustainable fabrics: confusingly, some of these trending materials are organic, natural fibres; some are synthetic; and some…
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Meaning Returns – The Business Conference Focused on Fixing the Problems of Our Time
Meaning – the annual gathering for progressive business – returns to Brighton’s Dome on 14 November. Now in its eighth year, the conference has a packed agenda that…
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Ethical alternatives to Microsoft
Independent guide to Microsoft alternatives for Windows, Office, OneDrive, Teams and GitHub: who owns each one, how it makes money, the trade-offs.
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OMG CLIMATE | A Free Community-Run, Open-Space Event around Tech and Climate Change
Talk about it! It’s one of the first things you can do about the climate crisis, and one of the main pieces of advice anyone from climate scientists…
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Ethical Consumerism and Self-Growth
Why ethical consumerism is essential to self-growth Ethical consumerism is sometimes perceived as a luxury for those who are money or time-rich, or even as an affectation to…
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Story of Change | Work Less, Gain More? The 4 Day Working Week
Responding to a recession in the early 1990s, the public sector in the Netherlands began offering a four-day week to staff to save money. Since then it has…
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Sustainable pens and pencils
Sustainable pens, pencils and highlighters by job: refillable first, who owns each brand, checked FSC and B Corp claims, and what to do with old pens.
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Social Prescribing | 6 Ways to Boost Wellbeing
Before you write this article off as another phony list of cure-alls, hear me out. For twelve years, I’ve had endometriosis. Through seven surgeries and seemingly every diet,…