Sustainability
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Story of Change | Growing Our Way Out of Crisis: How to Dig for Victory
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The scandal of food waste is generating headlines and highlights a broken relationship with what we eat. But interest in growing our own is increasing, which could both bring a healthier way to relate to food and be part of the jigsaw of making the rapid transition towards preventing climate breakdown and protecting ourselves from…
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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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Don’t Snooze This Alarm | Book Review: The Uninhabitable Earth, David Wallace-Wells
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The alarm bells have been ringing for a while; at first sounded by well-meaning yet powerless scientists, then the activists chimed in, and more recently even the very young are joining the protests, marches, civil disobedience movements all around the world, and what they’re saying is that, had society started acting earlier, there would still…
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Sustainable Art Projects | Micro-Life Under One Sun
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ethical.net starts today a series of articles celebrating projects and artists that consider sustainable ways of producing and distributing their art, and the long-term impact of their creations on the communities and the surrounding environment. Have a closer look at the community oriented project Micro-Life Under One Sun by artists Dana Olărescu and Paulina Sidhom.…
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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…
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How To Save Paper in the Office
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Short list of small changes that saves paper in the office.
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10 UK-Based Zero-Waste Local Shops
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A zero waste shop is no longer a surprising encounter. It’s gaining momentum. And it’s here to stay.
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Interview with Tom Berman of Ecopush about Their Fully Automatic Smart Plug that Saves You Money & Lowers Your Carbon Footprint
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This smart plug listens to the conditions of the grid and calculates the best time for you to use energy.
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What Is Fracking and Which Energy Suppliers Are Frack-free?
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Let’s talk about fracking (hydraulic fracturing), the anti-fracking campaigns, and the frack-free energy companies.
