Firefox
The browser from Mozilla - the not-for-profit "working to give everyone more power online"
Ethical Alternatives & Resources
Browsers
Tor
A specially modified version of Firefox that does more to protect users' privacy
Falkon
Another free and open-source web browser
Brave
A browser that doesn't treat you like a product
Vivaldi
A freeware, cross-platform web browser with flexible customisation and control
Waterfox
"Explore the web the way it was meant to be"
Midori
Fast, free & open-source
Search engines
DuckDuckGo
The easiest to use privacy-conscious search engine
Searx
An open-source metasearch engine, which aggregates the results of other search engines without giving them users' information
Ecosia
Ecosia use the profit they make from user searches to plant trees all over the world
Startpage
"The world's most private search engine"
Qwant
Another privacy-focused search engine
MetaGer
Not-for-profit offering privacy-protected search
Mojeek
No user tracking and hosted in the UK's greenest data centre
Apse
A personal search engine that runs on your computer
Gexsi
Support the Sustainable Development Goals with your web searches
Privado
Totally private search with no tracking or storage of your searches or IP address
Email services
Posteo
Powered by 100% green electricity and ad-free, Posteo costs €1 a month
Mailbox.org
Secure email service founded in the wake of the Snowden revelations - also available for €1 a month
Thunderbird
The Mozilla Foundation's open-source email offering
GreenNet
A not-for-profit collective offering hosting to supporters of the environment and human rights
ProtonMail
Secure email based in Switzerland
Tutanota
Tutanota claims to be the world's most secure email service
FastMail
Private and secure email, calendars, and contacts
StartMail
Private and encrypted email made easy
Delta Chat
Like Telegram or Whatsapp, but without tracking or central control
Runbox
Email powered by renewable hydroelectricity
Lavabit
Pioneers in encrypted email
Canary Mail
Slick email app with one-click encryption
Mailfence
Secure and private email since 1999
Riseup
Providing online communication for people working on liberatory social change
Spark
Spark provides distraction-free email - only notifying you about emails from people you know
Mailspring
Open-source email with advanced search, translation, spellcheck and more
Kolab Now
Safeguard your professional and personal data
Soverin
A private mailbox that’s truly yours
Mailpile
Community funded and supported with no ads and no spying
Librem Mail
Easy to use end-to-end encrypted email service
Climate 365
Send one email per day for 365 days to representatives of the 365 most polluted cities across the globe
Leave Me Alone
Unsubscribe from unwanted subscription emails and reduce your carbon footprint
Hush Mail
Email with enhanced security
Ethical Mail
Ad-free, carbon neutral Australian email service
Analytics
Matomo
GDPR-compliant Matomo is also free and open source
Fathom
Fathom provides simple website stats without tracking or storing users' personal data
Simple Analytics
"Simple, clean and friendly" analytics, with a focus on user privacy
Countly
Analytics platform for securely tracking across web, desktop, and mobile
AT Internet
Web analytics with built-in compliance
Plausible
Lightweight, non-intrusive alternative to Google Analytics
GoSquared
Web analytics engineered for privacy
TallyLab
TallyLab is a data tracking app where your data is your data, and you alone reap the insights
Arnold Analytics
Simple, green hosted analytics
Piwik PRO
An alternative to Google Analytics with a focus on user privacy and data security
Offen
Lightweight, self-hosted and GDPR-compliant
Web hosting
Kualo
Kualo boast 100% green-powered hosting, an energy-efficient data centre and home working for staff to minimise travel
Netcetera
Netcetera offer zero-carbon hosting at no extra cost - they claim to have saved 2.4M KG of CO2 to date
erjjio
erjjio offer a free website health check and plant trees on behalf of every customer every month
Aiso.net
Aiso.net are powered by 100% solar energy from onsite solar panels
Bounceweb
Web hosting powered by wind energy
Kinsta
Kinsta runs on Google cloud, and so benefits from Google's energy-efficiency leadership
Timpani
Timpani are based out of a secure data centre and run on 100% renewable energy
Raidboxes
WordPress hosting on 100% renewable energy, from hydropower
GreenNet
A not-for-profit collective offering hosting to supporters of the environment and human rights
Green Host
Sustainability and privacy-focused hosting
Acorn Host
Green hosting for ethical businesses
S4 Hosting
Reducing your carbon footprint with renewable energy, optimised servers, partnerships and tree planting
Broadband
The Phone Coop
The UK's only telecoms co-operative, offering pay monthly and pay-as-you go SIMs
GreenNet
A not-for-profit collective offering hosting to supporters of the environment and human rights
Green ISP
NFP, environmentally guided broadband
Somos Conexion
Spanish internet and phone coop
Team collaboration
Kanboard
Free and open-source Kanban software
Jitsi Meet
Secure, flexible and free video conferencing
Jami
Community-powered Jami aims to provide a universal communication tool
Rocket.Chat
Open-source team communication to replace email and Slack
Riot.im
Slack alternative that allows you to run your own server
Wire
Wire says it's the most secure collaboration platform
Loomio
Social enterprise Loomio aims to be a safe space for teams to make effective decisions
LiquidFeedback
LiquidFeedback is a tool for making fair decisions
Discourse
100% open source discussion platform "built for the next decade of the Internet"
WeChange
Cooperative supporting teams with seminars, consulting and online tools for safe cooperation
Whaller
Create your own secure social networks
Linphone
Open source project for calls and messaging
Mattermost
Flexible, open-source messaging platform
Kantree
Flexible work management platform built by a coop
Kimai
Free & open-source timetracker
Sandstorm
An open-source platform for self-hosting web apps
Twist
Distraction-free teamwork app
Messaging
Signal
Open-source text, voice and video messaging app supported entirely by grants and donations
Zom
Open-source messenger app created by a group of friends with an interest in Tibetan culture
Jami
Community-powered Jami aims to provide a universal communication tool
Rocket.Chat
Open-source team communication to replace email and Slack
Riot.im
Slack alternative that allows you to run your own server
Delta Chat
Like Telegram or Whatsapp, but without tracking or central control
Silence
SMS/MMS encryption made easy
Briar
Peer-to-peer encrypted messaging and forums
Tox
Made by people fed up with apps that spy on us, track us and censor us
Conversations
Jabber/XMPP client for Android 4.0+ smartphones
Matrix
Open network for secure, decentralised communication
Telegram
Fast and secure cloud-based messaging
Stealthy
Decentralised, end-to-end encrypted, communication protocol
Librem Chat
End-to-end encrypted chat, VOIP, and video calling
UpRing
Privacy conscious, device-to-device contacts app
Office
Only Office
Open-source office suite and collaboration platform
LibreOffice
The most popular alternative to Microsoft Office, tested daily by a devoted user community
Etherpad
Etherpad is an open-source online editor providing collaborative editing in real time
CryptPad
A private-by-design alternative to popular office tools
Turtl
Turtl is a community project building a secure, collaborative notebook
Standard Notes
A safe place for your notes and thoughts. A free, open-source, and completely encrypted notes app
OpenOffice
Free and open productivity suite
Zoho Docs
Secure online file management
Nuclino
Teams' knowledge, docs, and projects together in one place
Simplenote
Light, clean, and free way to keep notes
Arcane Office
Free, blockchain-based and private office suite
Framasoft
Non-profit offering a huge range of free office tools and more, with the aim of de-googlizing the internet
File sharing
Nextcloud
File storage service continuously improved by its transparent, open-source community
CryptPad
A private-by-design alternative to popular office tools
Pydio
Open-source and free forever file sharing
Firefox Send
Encrypt and send files with a link that automatically expires
Syncthing
Open, trustworthy and decentralised sync and cloud services
File Pizza
Free peer-to-peer file transfers in your browser
Resilio
File syncing and sharing, powered by P2P technology
TeamDrive
TeamDrive meets the highest requirements for data protection and security
Tresorit
End-to-end encrypted file sync and sharing
Sync.com
100% private cloud storage
Seafile
High-reliability sync and share platform
Owncloud
World's largest open-source content collaboration platform
Librem Files
Pay-as-you-go end-to-end encrypted cloud storage
SAFE Network
An autonomous network that runs itself, and can't be shut down, controlled or censored
Permanent.org
Nonprofit, secure cloud storage
BlackHole
Fast and private file sharing
Internxt
Encrypted cloud storage service planting a tree for every year you're subscribed
Tools
Website Carbon
Calculate websites' carbon emissions
Design Life-Cycle
Hundreds of data visualisations of the life-cycle of common products
Liberapay
Not-for-profit alternative to Patreon that doesn't take a cut of donations
Disconnect
Free yourself from unwanted tracking and take back control of your personal information
Action Builder
Toolset built by organisers, for organisers, to help manage networks and build power
Shift
Shift your energy consumption to times when grid production is at its least carbon intense
Warming Potential
API for Life-Cycle Analysis: calculate the warming potential of thousands of commodities with a single request
Trip to Carbon
Simple carbon footprint data API for transport
Data Detox Kit
Everyday steps you can take to control your digital privacy, security, and wellbeing in ways that feel right to you
Shrtcode
A secure URL shortener
Freedom
App and website blocker for reclaiming focus and productivity
Cold Turkey
Block distracting websites, games and applications
Citationsy
Private, simple and quick referencing
Hexadecimal
Uptime and certificate checks with no spyware and no dark patterns
Blogging & CMS
Write Freely
Free and open-source software for starting a blog or community
Plume
An application for more collaborative writing
WordPress
The most popular online publishing platform remains open source
Sigle
Decentralised and open-source blog maker
Ghost
A non-profit building technology for the future of journalism
Intravert
Monetise your community through privacy-preserving and ethical ad spaces
Posthaven
A safe place for all your posts, forever
ContextCue
A privacy-focused advertising network
Anchor
Super simple, lightweight blog system
Known
Open-source collaborative social publishing engine
Backdrop
Free and open-source CMS
Joomla
Another popular free and open-source CMS
Textpattern
Open-source CMS that's been developed for a decade
Dreamwidth
Open-source community for sharing your writing, artwork or innermost thoughts
Publii
Free, open-source static website CMS
Drupal
Free and open-source CMS
Imprint
Forever-free publishing platform where you retain rights to whatever you post
Mobile apps
Giki
Use Giki's badge system to help you shop more sustainably
Too Good to Go
Grab leftover (but tasty) food from local restaurants, for a low price
OLIO
Collect surplus food from neighbours to avoid food waste and connect with your community
Forest
Earn credits to plant real trees around the world - just by putting down your phone
Share the Meal
Share your meal with a child in need
if me
Open-source app encouraging discussion of mental health with loved ones
Good On You
Fashion brands that have a positive impact on people, the planet and animals
HappyCow
Source vegan & vegetarian restaurants and health food stores worldwide
Buycott
Scan a product's barcode to find out if it aligns with your values
CoopCycle
European federation of bike delivery coops, promoting a social and environmentally friendly model
Book Cities
A non-profit project created to promote independent bookshops
Jumbo
A universal interface to manage all your privacy needs in one place
Pocket Biases
Every cognitive bias in your pocket
Plum Village
Free app offering guided meditations, deep relaxations, practice poems, bells of mindfulness and more
Be My Eyes
A free app connecting blind people with sighted volunteers
Referenda
Movement-building tool built with humane tech
Forkful
View the nutritional benefit and environmental impact of thousands of recipes at a glance
Better
Protecting users from behavioural ads and companies that track and profile you on the web
Tomorrow
The climate impact of every choice you make
Space
Behaviour change app for controlling your phone usage
Hippo
Keep track of the info of friends, family and colleagues that you care for
abillionveg
Find vegan restaurants and share your feedback with business owners
Game stores
GOG
Games distribution platform with a "you buy it, you own it" philosophy
itch.io
Open marketplace for indie games, encouraging community between makers and fans
Humble Bundle
Humble operate a "pay what you want" model, and allow users to contribute to charity
Streaming services
Funkwhale
Self-hosted, free and open-source music server
Resonate
With Resonate, a co-op built on the Blockchain, you only pay for the music you stream
Radio 4000
Playlists generated by humans, not algorithms
BFI Player
Rent global cinema on demand through the BFI, with 1000s of free films from archive partners
Flix Premiere
Indie movie subscription service for just £3.33 a month
MUBI
Subscription service for cult, classic and indie films from around the world
NFB
The National Film Board (NFB) is Canada's public film producer and distributor
37d03d
A growing group of artists, freely sharing their work with each other and everyone
Criterion Channel
Classics and discoveries from around the world
Kanopy
Over 30,000 films entirely free with a library card from participating libraries
Bandcamp
Music platform with a "fair trade" for artists policy
Social media
Mastodon
With millions of users, Mastadon is the most popular alternative social network
Friendica
A Facebook-style social network with no central ownership
Diaspora
Facebook alternative based on the principles of decentralisation, freedom and privacy
Pixelfed
An ad-free photo sharing platform, with a chronological timeline
Steemit
Steemit promises a new kind of attention economy - by paying users for their content (in the STEEM cryptocurrency)
Scuttlebutt
Named after "basically a watercooler on a ship", this app is for gossiping securely
Zap
Social networking platform with privacy centre stage
Okuna
100% ad-free social network - beta version open soon
Tookapic
365-day photo-sharing platform that encourages you to be thankful for beautiful, ordinary days
Micro.blog
A safe community for microblogs
MeWe
Next-gen social networking with no ads, no spyware and no BS
Aether
Privacy-sensitive public communities
Freenet
Browse websites, post on forums and publish files with strong privacy protections
Hubzilla
Connecting free and independent communities across the web
Movim
A social platform for your community
MyBB
Free and open-source forum software
Newebe
Self-hosted social network
Librem Social
Safe social media that respects your digital rights
Flarum
Simple, fast, and free forum software
Factr
A social network built for organising and sharing knowledge
mltshp
Community-funded, picture-based social network
Feed Readers
Browser extensions
etictags
This browser extension tags websites with info, advice and alerts from citizen organisations
NewsGuard
A browser extension that tells you if the news site you're reading is reliable
Alex
Catch biased or offensive language
Privacy Badger
EFF's Privacy Badger automatically learns to block invisible trackers
Ghostery
Giving you control over ads and tracking technologies to protect your data
The Vegan Filter
Automatically sets vegan filters while you browse
Thyself
Mindfully track your mood throughout the day
NoBias
Nobias provides context around articles on social media before you read it
HTTPS Everywhere
Encrypts your communications with many major websites, making browsing more secure
Track Me Not
Periodically randomises your web searches to muddy your search profile
uBlock Origin
Content filter and ad blocker
Facebook Container
Prevent Facebook from tracking you around the web
Ad Nauseam
Clicks on blocked ads to obfuscate your browsing data
Smartphones
Fairphone
Fairphone are creating ethically-sourced and modular smartphones - meaning they can be easily repaired if one part breaks
Purism Librem 5
Set to release in April 2019, Purism's Librem 5 is built for security by design and run on open-source software
Ecotalk
UK phone network that's powered by 100% green energy and using its profits to give land back to nature
The Phone Coop
The UK's only telecoms co-operative, offering pay monthly and pay-as-you go SIMs
Clarity
Creating a decentralised open hardware and software communication device
ShiftPhone
A modular, easy to repair smartphone
Somos Conexion
Spanish internet and phone coop
Neibo
Belgium-based phone cooperative
PinePhone
Open-source smartphone supported by all major Linux phone projects
Mudita
Modern, minimalist phone designed to reduce the distractions of daily life
Accommodation & Maps
OpenStreetMap
A map of the world that anyone can use and edit
BeWelcome
A not-for-profit, open-source hospitality community run democratically and transparently by its members
Trustroots
Travellers' community run by a small group of activists
Marble
Virtual globe and world atlas
Fairbnb
Community-centred alternative to existing home-sharing platforms
Wheelmap
Mark and find wheelchair accessible places - worldwide and for free
MyHikes
Independent platform for hikers and backpackers to share and explore trails
Veggie Sailor
Mapping vegan-friendly businesses
electricityMap
Mapping the climate impact of electricity by country
OsmAnd
Open-source based offline mobile maps and navigation
Mapstr
Privacy-focused way to keep track of your favourite places around the world
von morgen
von morgen's mission is to put everything that's good on one map
Calendars
Mailfence
Secure and private email since 1999
Spark
Spark provides distraction-free email - only notifying you about emails from people you know
Kolab Now
Safeguard your professional and personal data
Etar
Android open-source calendar
Desktop OS
GNU
Free OS that's been developed since 1984
Qubes
Security-oriented, free and open-source
Debian
A free operating system that comes with over 51000 packages
Trisquel
Fully free operating system for home users, small enterprises and educational centers
Mobile OS
/e/
Mobile OS that respects users’ data privacy
Lineage
Free and open-source operating system for various devices, based on the Android mobile platform
Ubuntu Touch
A beautiful, free and open-source mobile operating system
Fairphone Open OS
Fairphone Open is an open-source version of Fairphone OS that puts transparency and ownership in the spotlight
Replicant
Free software mobile operating system putting the emphasis on freedom and privacy/security
Sailfish
Flexible, adaptable and secure OS
Graphene
Open source privacy and security focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility
Translation
Apertium
A free/open-source machine translation platform
Mate Translate
Translator app for text & speech
Deep L
Deep learning company that develops artificial intelligence systems for languages
Video
PeerTube
An open-source, ad-free video hosting network to "take back control of your videos"
MediaGoblin
A decentralised media hosting network powered by its community
Invidious
A private front-end to YouTube
Vimeo
Ad-free video sharing with advanced privacy controls
Jellyfin
The free software media system
Stocksy
An art-forward, royalty-free stock photo + video agency
DTube
DTube is short for decentralised tube: built on the blockchain, its users are rewarded for uploading content
apertus
Free, open-source professional digital cinema and imaging tools
Assistant
Snips
Private-by-design & decentralized voice assistant technology
Mycroft
World's first open-source voice assistant
Gladys
An open-source home assistant that runs on Raspberry Pi
Home Assistant
Open-source home automation putting local control and privacy first
Platforms
Threshold
Campaign to make Amazon ethical + great list of Amazon alternatives
Kialo
A site for engaging in thoughtful discussion and understanding different viewpoints
Sliced
Find opportunities that have a direct impact on reversing climate change
Cloverly
Carbon offsets on demand
ChangeAView
Aiming to improve the world’s discussions
Crowd Justice
Crowdfunding for legal issues large and small
Coworker.org
Start, run and win campaigns to change your workplace
Decidim
Free, open-source participatory democracy for cities and organisations
Wikis
TrashWiki
A collaborative world wide guide of creating value from trash
Veg Guide
World wide, community-maintained guide to veg-friendly restaurants and shopping
Hitchwiki
Collaborative website for gathering information about hitchhiking
Forms
Forms ID
Privacy-centric alternative to Google Forms and Typeform
BlockSurvey
End-to-end encrypted surveys, polls and forms
Campaigns
Recycle More
All you need to know about recycling in the UK
Bring Back Heavy Metal
National battery recycling campaign
Recycle Now
National recycling campaign for England
Ethical tech orgs
Restart Project
Learn how to repair and reuse your electronics
Code for Social Good
Global platform connecting nonprofits with techy volunteers
iFixit
A global community of people helping each other repair things
Center for Humane Technology
Working to realign technology with humanity's best interests
Doteveryone
Thinktank championing responsible technology for a fairer future
Open Climate Fix
Using machine learning to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as rapidly as possible
ClimateAction.tech
Global community of tech professionals supporting solutions to the climate crisis
Public Lab
A community where you can learn how to investigate environmental concerns
Wildlabs.net
A community developing tech solutions against the biggest conservation challenges facing the planet
OpenAQ
Fighting air inequality through open data and community
altruis
Ethical digital design for social organisations
Mailing Lists
GNU Mailman
Free software for managing e-newsletter lists
Mautic
Free and open source marketing automation software
phpList
Open source newsletter software
Schleuder
Mailing list manager made in order to help people "in the struggle for... social and economic justice and political freedom"
Buttondown
An easy way to start and run your newsletter
Organisations
Trainings 350
Tools and activities for educating yourself and others on climate change
IDEO
Design agency advocating for human-centred design
NEON
A network of organisers who run trainings on social and environmental justice
Transition Network
A movement of communities coming together to reimagine and rebuild our world
Love Your Clothes
Tips and inspiration on loving your clothes and making them last longer
80,000 Hours
You have 80,000 hours in your career. How can you use them to make a difference?
Rank a Brand
Independent rankings of the greenness, fairness and transparency of brands
Fashion Revolution
A global movement calling for greater transparency in the fashion industry
5Gyres
Empowering action against plastic pollution through science, education, and adventure
1 Million Women
Building a lifestyle revolution to fight the climate crisis
The Jane Goodall Institute
Nonprofit inspiring people to conserve the natural world
War on Want
Fighting against the root causes of poverty and human rights violation
myclimate
Calculate and compensate for your emissions
Open Food Network
Working to create new and better food systems around the world
Oceanic Preservation Society
A team of artists and activists committed to the preservation of our oceans
Rapid Transition
The climate is changing faster than we are - how do we speed up?
Edinburgh Remakery
Generating a repair revolution
Food for Thought
A social initiative inviting advertising creatives to donate their skills to help a charity, in exchange for a nice lunch
TerraCycle
TerraCycle can collect and recycle almost any form of waste
Kindness
A nonprofit educating and inspiring people to choose kindness
Action for Happiness
Helping people take action for a happier and more caring world
CharityBase
Comprehensive database of UK charities
Behind the Logos
Making the case against oil sponsorship of cultural institutions
Ecosurety
Producer responsibility recycling compliance scheme
Hubbub
A charity that creates environmental campaigns with a difference
Food Ethics Council
Working for a food system fair for people, animals and environment
Stand.earth
Bringing people together to demand corporations and governments put people and the environment first
Common Wealth
Designing ownership models for a democratic and sustainable economy
Conscious Business People
On a mission to help people make better business decisions
As You Sow
Empowering shareholders to change corporations for good
Conferences & Meetups
Sustainable UX (Online)
Remote conference for design vs. climate change
Meaning Conference (Brighton, UK)
An annual gathering for people who believe business can and must be better
Vegfest
VegfestUK is an annual vegan food festival held each year in Bristol, Brighton, and London
PebbleFest
A new eco-friendly festival from sustainable lifestyle platform Pebble
Festival of Maintenance
Bringing together maintainers to learn from and inspire each other
Media Democracy Festival
Promoting a democratic and accountable media
Fixing the Future
A day of surprise and inspiration with the changemakers reshaping our world
Magazines and Newsletters
openDemocracy
News platform with the mission of challenging power and encouraging democratic debate
Positive News
An online magazine about the good things that are happening
Pebble
An online magazine for sustainable lifestyle and green living
Waging Nonviolence
A source for news on struggles for justice and peace around the globe
Low-Tech Magazine
A magazine that refuses to assume every problem has a high-tech solution
Ethical Consumer
UK-based magazine publishing info on the social, ethical and environmental behaviour of companies
Resurgence
Perspectives on environmental issues, engaged activism, philosophy, arts and ethical living
Aeon
A magazine of ideas and culture
It’s Freezing in LA
Independent magazine with a fresh perspective on climate change
The Beam
Tri-annual print publication covering the race to a zero carbon economy
The Earth Issue
A collective of artists working at the intersection of fine art and environmentalism
Offscreen
An independent print magazine with a thoughtful, human-centred take on technology and the web
Dense Discovery
Kai Brach's weekly newsletter for discerning web workers
Shared Meaning
Ideas, insights and stories for travellers on the road to better business
Humane Makers
Practical tips on how to make technology in accordance with humane tech principles
New Internationalist
Media co-operative dedicated to socially conscious journalism and publishing
Ethos
Ethical entrepreneurs, responsible business, community and sustainability
Atlas of the Future
Inspired by the talent and energy of people across the world working to create a better tomorrow
Emergence
Exploring the threads connecting ecology, culture, and spirituality
E360
Opinion, analysis, reporting, and debate on global environmental issues
LiisBeth
LiisBeth connects the growing feminist economy globally
Futurible
Updates about technology and innovation with an eye to their social impact
Bright Zine
A lifestyle magazine for the ethically minded
The Happy Broadcast
Sharing positive news from around the world
Curiously Green
Wholegrain Digital's new newsletter about greening the web
Podcasts
Sustainababble
Lighthearted chatter about the environment and sustainability
Slow Home
A podcast for people who want to say no to living life at 110%
Low Tox Life
A relaxed exploration of the better choices we can make in life
Good + Social
Conversations with social and environmental innovators
Moral Maze
Live debate examining the moral issues behind current news stories
Everyday Ethics
Taking a look at the ethical dilemmas that face us every day
10% Happier
Podcast from the creator of the app "10% Happier: Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics"
Design Tomorrow
A podcast about design, technology, and being human
Machine Ethics
Interrogating AI, ethics and autonomy
Team Human
People-driven solutions for a top-down society
Leadership and the Environment
Replacing doom and gloom with acting on your values, joy, and integrity
Outrage and Optimism
A new podcast about solving the climate crisis and remaking the world
On Being
Pursuing deep thinking, social courage, moral imagination and joy, to renew inner life, outer life, and life together
Your Undivided Attention
Exposing the hidden tech designs that have the power to hijack our attention
The Interchange
Weekly podcast on the global energy transformation
The Energy Gang
A weekly digest on energy, cleantech and the environment
The Minimalists
Discussing living a meaningful life with less
Books
The Art of Living
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh's 7 meditations on living mindfully
How to Fix the Future: Staying Human in the Digital Age
Entrepreneur and longtime tech critic Andrew Keen argues for a more humane digital future
Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things that Matter
Essays on issues as diverse as sports doping and selling kidneys from one of the world's most influential living philosophers
Conscious Creative, The: Practical Ethics for Purposeful Work
Independent best-selling title, The Conscious Creative is an actionable guide to mindfulness and practical ethics for any creative professional who wants to make a living without selling their soul.
Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference
A manifesto for effective altruism: the practical, data-driven approach to doing good
Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
Kate Raworth proposes an alternative to growth economics
Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There
Could "utopian" ideas like Universal Basic Income and a 15-hour work week become reality within our lifetime?
No is Not Enough: Defeating the New Shock Politics
A toolkit for resistance to the shock tactics being deployed by politicians the world over
Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis
Monbiot argues for a "politics of belonging", and the reorganisation of civic life from the bottom up.
Eating Animals
A reflection on what eating animals says about us
How Bad Are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything
A look at the carbon footprint of everything from texts to volcanoes
Future Ethics
Modern ethical theory translated into practical advice for designers, product managers and software engineers
The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
Amitav Ghosh examines our imaginative failure in the face of climate change
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
A terrifying look at the consequences of climate change
Designing for Sustainability
A guide to building greener digital products and services
Soil Soul Society: A New Trinity for Our Time
Environmental activist Kumar presents a new trinity for our age
The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship With Money and Life
Lynne turns everything we think we know about money upside down
How to Resist: Turn Protest to Power
A roadmap for a new kind of effective activism
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism
Chang turns received economic wisdom on its head to show you how the world really works
Everything That Remains: A Memoir by the Minimalists
What if everything you ever wanted isn't what you actually want?
The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone
This book shows how inequality is the cause of many societal problems
A World of Three Zeros : The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions
Yunus offers his vision of an emerging new economic system that can save humankind and the planet
Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet
A key text for efforts to shape a sustainable future, locally and globally
Moralizing Technology: Understanding and Designing the Morality of Things
A study of the ethical dilemmas surrounding the interaction of humans and technology
Evil by Design: Interaction Design to Lead Us Into Temptation
Learn how companies make us feel good about doing what they want
Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design
Holmes shows how inclusion can be a source of innovation and growth, especially for digital technologies
White Hat UX
Focuses on creating unique user experiences without a dark side
Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution
A synthesis of cutting edge science, spiritual awareness, and detailed, practical knowledge
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities and the Remaking of the Civilised World
An urgent treatise on rising sea levels
Calm Technology
Exploring the concept of "calm technology" - capturing a user’s attention only when necessary
Fostering and Communicating Sustainable Lifestyles
This report sets out a strategy roadmap, illustrated by cases from around the world
Swallow This: Serving Up The Food Industry’s Darkest Secrets
A revelatory investigation into what really goes into the food we eat
Do Good Lives Have to Cost the Earth?
A range of experts share their conviction that living well needn’t cost the earth
Silent Spring
One of the most influential books in the modern environmental movement
Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in Without Going Crazy
About finding and offering our best response to the crisis of sustainability
Ethically Aligned Design
A vision for prioritising human well-being with autonomous and intelligent systems
Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future
The existential threat posed to capitalism by the digital revolution
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
How the global elite's efforts to "change the world" preserve the status quo
Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
An unsettling look at the prospects for human survival after global warming
No One Is Too Small to Make A Difference
The speeches of the young climate crisis activist who inspired global school strikes
PocketBook
E-reader that's not made by Amazon (and without ads)
Films & Talks
In conversation: Thich Nhat Hanh
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in conversation with environmentalist David Suzuki
The Cove
A call to action to halt mass dolphin kills in Japan
Earthlings
An exposé on the suffering of animals in many different industries
TED: Paul Tudor Jones
Hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones worries that capitalism is threatening society
How to Change the World
The story of how Greenpeace grew from a group of friends to a global movement
Chasing Ice
A multiyear chronicle of the planet's rapidly melting glaciers
TED: Greta Thunberg
16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg on the need to act right now on climate change
TED: Robert Waldinger
3 important lessons about happiness from a 75-year study on adult development
Human Flow
Ai Weiwei's detailed and heartbreaking exploration into the global refugee crisis
A Cambodian Spring
Portrait of three people caught up in the chaotic development that's shaping modern-day Cambodia
Baraka
A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion
Inside Job
A closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown
TED: Kathryn Shulz
Kathryn Schulz makes a compelling case for not just admitting but embracing our fallibility
TED: Ron Finley
Plants not only have the power to heal your body; they can strengthen your community as well
TED: Ellen Macarthur
Ellen proposes a bold new way to see the world's economic systems
TED: Amber Case
Technology is evolving us, as we become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of homo sapiens
Mind the Product: Mariah Hay
Mariah Hay challenges product managers to think about their ethical responsibilities
Mind the Product: Amber Case
How "calm technology" can help us be more human
TED: Richard Stallman
Stallman is the founder of the free software movement
TED: Graham Hill
Can having less stuff, in less room, lead to more happiness?
TED: James Hansen
A climate scientist tells the story of his involvement in the debate over climate change
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch
A meditation on humanity’s massive reengineering of the planet
Before the Flood
Leonardo DiCaprio explores the impact of global warming
TED: Tristan Harris
How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds every day
Soyalism
A film following the entire chain of pork production
The True Cost
Documentary about the impact our clothes have on the people who make them, and on the environment
Meaning: Jo Berry
An insight into the nature of empathy, from the founder of Building Bridges for Peace
Meaning: Pam Warhurst
Pam Warhurst on how she started nationwide community food network Incredible Edible
Meaning: Hilary Jones
Lush founder Hilary Jones on how ethics have shaped the company
Design
GIMP
GNU's free and open-source image editor
blender
Free and open-source 3D creation suite
Inkscape
Free and open source vector graphics editor
Directories
Veggie Sailor
Mapping vegan-friendly businesses
Veg Guide
World wide, community-maintained guide to veg-friendly restaurants and shopping
Love Local
Online directory of small businesses, farms and farmers markets across the U.S
ClimateChoice
Learn how you can help prevent earth’s climate breaking down
PrivacySpy
An open project to rate, annotate and archive privacy policies
Calculators
Global Calculator
Explore the world's options for tackling climate change
WWF Footprint Calculator
Calculate your environmental footprint
Plnktn
A daily consumption and ecological footprint calculator
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Dark Patterns
Exposing deceptive user interfaces
Humane by Design
Providing guidance for designing humane digital products
Calm Technology
Design technology that becomes part of a user’s life, not a distraction from it
Ethical Design
The ethical design manifesto
Designing Mindfulness
How to make technology which takes care of the people who use it
Is Your Product Designed to be Calm?
A scorecard for creating human-centered, anxiety-free tech solutions
The Copenhagen Catalog
150 principles for a new direction in tech
Ledger of Harms
Negative impacts of tech that don't show up on companies' balance sheets, but on the balance sheet of society
worrydream.com
A personal view on what a technologist can do about climate change
Tech Diet
The world needs a tech diet; here's how designers can help