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Musings in a climate crisis, wrestling with the big ideas, ups and downs of a newbie activist

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Using Batik to share climate messages

Starting off a series of interviews with inspiring activists, we speak to Tatang Elmy Wibowo, from Yogyakarta, Indonesia, who is using traditional Jav

4 min read Sophia Cheng

Guilty Digital Nomad? One tried and tested way to offset your emissions ✈️

Scroll down ⬇️ to see the 3 steps I use to offset my flight emissions. One question I get asked a lot is, “How can you be a digital nomad AND ca

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Sprouting her first seeds: a photo diary

Inspired by the Mothers of Invention podcast and facilitated by a timely trip to the Vegan Fair Tallinn I have just started sprouting my own seeds.Ok,

3 min read Sophia Cheng

Curious reducetarian faces the music

I’m not a vegan but today I attended my first vegan fair. In Tallinn, Estonia. I’ve slowly been digesting the recent IPCC report that came

7 min read Sophia Cheng

Zero-Waste: spreading the word in Budapest

While interrailing around Europe in Spring and visiting Impact Hubs along the way, I had the pleasure to meet Dora, zero-waster and fellow minimist an

9 min read Sophia Cheng

What to do about climate apathy

On April 18th 2018, peaceful protests over pension reforms turned violent. Since then hundreds of thousands of Nicaraguans have been taking to the str

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Unshackling conservation from its colonialist roots

I want to lead a more ethical lifestyle, I read a lot on the subject and can talk passionately about it over a pint. But what does that mean in practi

7 min read Sophia Cheng

Clear Conscience Shoe Shopping at Ecoalf

Shopping as an ethical consumer is a fraught affair – full of pitfalls and indecision – so much so that I rarely shop anymore. It takes me

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