Sustainability

Regenerative Finances

International financial institutions are a part of our lives we may feel unable to control. We generally need bank accounts, pensions,...

Framing a Picture of Minimalism

We live in a world overwhelmed by stuff. Consumer society tells us that we are defined by the stuff we own; our cars, shoes, bikes and...

Climate Change: What Can We Do?

"Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.” John Muir Dear Reader, Last night I watched a Panorama episode about what we can...

Living Standards

Dear Reader, Each morning I get up and spend around an hour drinking coffee and talking with my girlfriend. It is a ritual of sorts, a...

Carbon Offsetting- Friend or Foe?

Dear Reader, My intention here is to chat a little about carbon offsetting and clear up the polluted air surrounding the subject. It can...

Easy Win #3- Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

Dear Reader, Saying has it that money the root of all evil. I have often felt that this is genuinely the case, with so many of modern...

Zero Waste Q & A with Conscious Roots and Smaller Footprints

Dear Reader, I have been away from my laptop for a while, working to get the Spanish farm to a ‘comfortable’ standard- it now boasts a...

Citizens vs Consumers

Dear Reader, I am under no illusion that a simple lifestyle is a powerful, world changing political act. I do not believe that my bicycle...

Easy Win #2- Switch to a Sustainable Energy Provider

Dear Reader, When we live in a normal modern house it tends to come ‘turn-key’, we step in and things simply work. It is an incredibly...

Easy Win #1. Plant Trees from your desk

Dear Reader, What could be better than performing a great deed without the requirement of hard effort? It is difficult to change habits,...

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