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Sustainable Crafts: Play That Helps the Planet
In a world where screens dominate our work, social lives and even our downtime, finding entertaining ways to unplug can be difficult. Try and make those options affordable, family and...
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London’s Ancient Woods: Why Urban Forests are Essential
London is famous for its theatres, museums and skyline – but just beyond the busy streets lies another side of the city: forests. From ancient woodlands to royal hunting grounds,...
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What is Europe Doing on Sustainability That the UK Can Copy?
I think the UK still sometimes operates with the mentality that we’re doing just fine on our own – Rule, Britannia! and all that. We have a centuries-long history of...
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Experience-based Gifts: the Personal and Planet-friendly Presents
It was my hubby’s birthday last week. In the days prior my inbox started filling up with loved ones asking “what does he want? He’s so hard to buy for!”....
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Emotionally Immature Parents? Now What?
Why I Chose a Minimum Viable Relationship Instead of “No Contact” I have been thinking a lot about emotionally immature parents lately. In the very practical, day-to-day sense of what...
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How to speak, so someone who disagrees with you, doesn’t feel attacked
I spend a surprising amount of time in rooms where I hold the ideological minority. I care about climate action, social justice, institutional accountability, and the way systems shape people’s lives. I...
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Solar or Lunar Calendars: Which is Better for Humans and the Planet?
Let’s be honest, most of us don’t think very much about the calendar we live by. It sits quietly on our phones, reminding us about school runs, work deadlines, dentist...
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Laughter Yoga: Giggling Your Way Into Wellbeing
It might sound like just another bizarre trend, but laughter yoga is an established practice helping people all around the world release tension. It combines intentional laughter with traditional breathing techniques...
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Population Growth vs Planetary Limits: is There Enough for Everyone?
The global human population currently stands near eight billion people and is projected to rise before hopefully stabilising later this century. How should we interpret this growth and what does...
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Filmmaking as Therapy: The Conversation I Couldn’t Have
There are conversations we know we need to have but also know we can’t. Not because we don’t care. But because we care too much about what we might lose...
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Protein: How to Care for Your Health and the Planet
It’s the classic question any vegetarian knows well: how do you get your protein?! But this is something we should all be asking ourselves, now more urgently than ever. Before...
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Adoption: Why ‘Low-Needs’ Is a Dangerous Myth
Adoption isn’t about parents picking and choosing the “right” child, it’s about providing for the child’s needs.
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