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  • Amazon Alternatives Guide: 2022 Update
    January 4, 2022

    Amazon Alternatives Guide: 2022 Update

    Why would anyone want to avoid Amazon? A one-stop-shop for everything from books to clothes to pillows featuring Nicolas Cage’s face… Read More

  • Why Plastic Pollution Is Even Worse Than You Think
    October 10, 2021

    Why Plastic Pollution Is Even Worse Than You Think

    Along the banks of the Mississippi River, right before it spills out past New Orleans into the sea, lies Cancer Alley:… Read More

  • The True Cost of Cryptocurrency
    August 10, 2021

    The True Cost of Cryptocurrency

    Amidst the loud hum of computers, digital gold is born. Churning and churning, hundreds of computers mine for a new form… Read More

  • Ethical Alternatives to Basecamp
    July 27, 2021

    Ethical Alternatives to Basecamp

    Basecamp made the news in April 2021 following the decision to forbid “societal and political discussions” internally – one of many… Read More

  • Podcasts on Topics Shaping Our World
    July 15, 2021

    Podcasts on Topics Shaping Our World

    In a sea of podcasts, some produce solid, useful information in a world often brimming with distractions from what really matters. … Read More

  • We had electric cars in 1900… Then this happened
    June 12, 2021

    We had electric cars in 1900… Then this happened

    Tearing through the crowded streets of Philadelphia, an electric car and a gas-powered car sought to win a heated race. One… Read More

  • Arne Næss: Good living according to deep ecology
    April 10, 2021

    Arne Næss: Good living according to deep ecology

    These days, we have the option to offset our carbon, recycle our waste, buy ethically, and build sustainably. At least in… Read More

  • Planned obsolescence sucks. Here’s why it still exists
    February 28, 2021

    Planned obsolescence sucks. Here’s why it still exists

    In December of 1924, the heads of all the major lightbulb manufacturers across the world met in Geneva to concoct a… Read More

  • Are Vinyl Records Sustainable?
    February 15, 2021

    Are Vinyl Records Sustainable?

    There was a time when spinning records was the only way to listen to music of your choice at home. Subsequently,… Read More

  • The Problem with Consumerism
    December 27, 2020

    The Problem with Consumerism

    In 2009, South Korea did something remarkable. The country poured 2% of its GDP – some 38.1 billion US dollars –… Read More

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