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Polly Higgins: Ecocide, The 5th Crime Against Peace – Transcript
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This is a transcript of the talk offered by Polly Higgins (Earth Lawyer) at TEDxExeter in 2012 – shared with kind permission of Ecological Defence Integrity. Seven years ago, I was standing in the Royal Courts of Justice in London — I’m a barrister — and it was the very last day of a long…
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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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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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Magic and the Machine: Notes on Technology and Animism in an Age of Ecological Wipeout
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A hallmark of the puzzling era we’re now living through is a remarkable juxtaposition of two apparently contrary trends. In many social circles, there exists a buoyant sense of possibility, an upbeat and expectant optimism with regard to the near and long-term future. Yet in other societal spheres, a spreading despondency weighs folks down whenever…
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Radical Mindfulness: Zen Teachings for Challenging Times – Transcript
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This is a transcript of “Radical Mindfulness: Zen Teachings for Challenging Times” – a talk offered by Plum Village monastics trained by peace activist and renowned author, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. The event took place at UCL in London, on May 2nd 2019 and included meditations and mindfulness practices, and discussion on how mindful…
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Why ‘Net Zero Emissions by 2050’ Needs a Green New Deal
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I remember the days when months would go by without anything much happening about climate change at all. Thinkers and doers called for stuff, politicians occasionally did a few things, but you could go on holiday for a month and come back and things were pretty much as they were. Not any more. The last…
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Humane: A New Agenda for Tech with Tristan Harris – Presentation and Transcript
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This is a transcript of the presentation offered by Tristan Harris at the “Humane: A New Agenda for Tech” event – shared with kind permission. Paleolithic Emotions, Medieval Institutions, and Godlike Technology What’s going on in the tech industry right now is a kind of cacophony of grievances and scandals and — oh, they screwed…
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Low-Impact Water Supply: An Introduction
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“We never know the worth of water ’til the well is dry” – Thomas Fuller What is low-impact water supply? Over 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered with water. From space, we’re the Blue Planet. However, only 2.5% of this is fresh water, and two thirds of that is locked up in glaciers and…
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10 Benefits of DIY Food
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By benefits of DIY food, we mean benefits to anything you make yourself to either eat or keep – cooking, preserving, drying, fermenting or curdling (e.g. cheese!). Each of us has our own motivations for doing these things – I can think of no less than 10 brilliantly motivating reasons why making your own DIY…
