Consumerism
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Ecological Civilisation – Introduction (Free Course)
Dr Samuel Alexander co-director of the Simplicity Institute brings to us this free online course – “Ecological Civilisation: Beyond Consumerism…
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House Cows, Golden Eggs, and the True Cost of Cheap Supermarket Food – Part 3 – Updated
In the previous part of this Series we explored how the drive for more and more “golden eggs” in large…
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Out-Growing Consumerism – Part 5
Self-determination is the ability to re-parent ourselves: to learn new ways of being that may be very different from the…
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Out-Growing Consumerism – Part 4
What too many children learn at school is not to take risks and not trust their own thinking. When digital…
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Out-Growing Consumerism – Part 3
The consumer culture has an easy path which leads us to behave like dependent juveniles for our entire lives. The…
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Out-Growing Consumerism – Part 2
Better questions lead to more informed choices, enabling you to live a life designed by you rather than one that’s…
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Out Growing Consumerism – Part 1
There’s a background mantra playing that we’re so accustomed to, we no longer notice it: “Consume something. You’ll feel better.”…
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Ethical Clothing and the Impacts of Fast Fashion
This past weekend my wife Emma and I visited the historic Brinegar’s Cabin along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Doughton…
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Plastic Waste – Part 2
In part 1 of this article, we looked at the current status of plastic waste in the world, and some…
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Considering My Carbon Footprint: A Permaculture Assessment
As someone who had already actively viewed everyday lifestyle choices as consequential acts, one of the things that excited me…
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Monitoring Air Quality through AirVisual
According to the WHO, 7 million deaths annually are linked to air pollution, a number that is hard to digest…
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The Question of Turning Back the Clock
I woke up this morning hoping to send some emails and get a bit of computer work done before heading…
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