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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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You know you’ve been on the road for a while when…

4 July 2020 Six years ago today I incorporated my business. For months it sat there quietly as a few printed sheets of paper. It was, more than anythi

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Steps to Ethical Banking

Last month my HSBC current account – which I have been using since my early teens – died. Rest In Peace the bank account that saw me

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With Many Roots turns 3

Owning my own business provides the opportunity to act on my ethical principles. Giving What I Can Update Last year I wrote a post about how I decided

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Giving what we can

August 2017 update: I have made some changes to how I donate and increased my giving – you can take a look here: https://www.withmanyroots.com/b

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I want to #breakfree

I’m a fledging activist but I’ve still a way to go, I stumble and falter, succumb to a burger (grass fed) every now and then and eat my hy

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A month without single use plastic

On April Fool’s Day I laid out my intention to try a month without single-use plastic, you can read the “why’s and what for’s&

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Setting my intentions for April: No disposable plastic

See Daily Updates Why? I’ve made some conscious attempts to avoid single-use plastic for the last while – using tote bags, my glass coffee

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What does it take to be an ethical business?

The proverbial rabbit hole led me to an Agile Rabbit event with Natalie Bennett, former leader of the Green Party, speaking in Exeter last night. I kn

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