I quit Amazon and Online Book Purchases
Although I hardly used it, Amazon's presence in my life still had some potency, until this week. I used Amazon to keep book lists and...
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Ben Stopford
- Apr 7
- 2 min
2024: My Life Vows
In 2018 I put a post out publishing my life vows. It was a beautiful experience of accountability and today I wish to renew these vows,...
Ben Stopford
- Apr 6
- 2 min
Flying: Exceptional Circumstances
I have vowed not to fly again in my life. This has been an immensely difficult decision, as a man who was known as a global traveller for...
Ben Stopford
- Oct 9, 2023
- 5 min
Regenerative Finances
International financial institutions are a part of our lives we may feel unable to control. We generally need bank accounts, pensions,...
Ben Stopford
- Oct 2, 2023
- 4 min
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...
Ben Stopford
- Jun 29, 2020
- 5 min
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...
Ben Stopford
- Dec 21, 2019
- 3 min
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...
Ben Stopford
- Nov 8, 2019
- 6 min
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...
Ben Stopford
- Oct 11, 2019
- 4 min
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...
Ben Stopford
- Aug 6, 2019
- 5 min
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...
Ben Stopford
- Jun 16, 2019
- 5 min
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...
Ben Stopford
- Apr 28, 2019
- 3 min
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...
Ben Stopford
- Feb 8, 2019
- 4 min
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,...
Ben Stopford
- Nov 10, 2018
- 3 min
2018: My Life Vows
Dear Reader, A massive part of my adventure into living well and in reality has involved setting myself personal challenges and delving...
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