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Ethical Presents | What to Gift When All You Can Think of Is Reducing & Reusing
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…
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Story of Change | Growing Our Way Out of Crisis: How to Dig for Victory
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…
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Magic and the Machine: Notes on Technology and Animism in an Age of Ecological Wipeout
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…
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Radical Mindfulness: Zen Teachings for Challenging Times – Transcript
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…
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Don’t Snooze This Alarm | Book Review: The Uninhabitable Earth, David Wallace-Wells
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…
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Sustainable Art Projects | Micro-Life Under One Sun
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…
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Low-Impact Water Supply: An Introduction
“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,…
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Ethics Should Not Be A Luxury
This is a guest post by Cennydd Bowles, a London-based designer and futurist focusing on the ethics of emerging technology. His second book, Future Ethics, was published in 2018. On first glance, living as an ethical consumer…
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10 UK-Based Zero-Waste Local Shops
A zero waste shop is no longer a surprising encounter. It’s gaining momentum. And it’s here to stay.
