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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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Weaving our way towards sustainable fashion

Essex based hand weaver and educator specialising in slow design and sustainable practice. The main focus of my work is to celebrate craftsmanship and

4 min read Daphne Pleace

Fix the problem? Follow the money

Hello, and welcome to our new iteration of the Inspiring Activist series of interviews. As we come to the end of the tax year here in the UK, we start

4 min read Daphne Pleace

COP26: First timer’s view from the inside

By the time I am writing this, all the best COP puns have been used up. Good COP, Bad COP was probably my favourite and happens to be one of the best

14 min read Sophia Cheng

Meet Your Heroes

A love letter to the brilliant people I met at COP26

17 min read Allison Whitaker

Activism with a little ‘a’

Thoughts from a rule follower's first protest

9 min read Allison Whitaker

Should I protest (again)?

This is the question I was asking myself last week. The last time I protested was 2019, it was new to me then but I did the work: I learnt about how s

8 min read Sophia Cheng

Permission to feel: the key to unlocking our potential?

I’ve dedicated most of this weekend tucking into Marc Brackett’s Permission to Feel. I’ve wondered how much wisdom was lurking in th

14 min read Sophia Cheng

A Lonely Hearts Column for the Anthropocene*

Do you think in books? I thought it was just me – but it turns out others do too. On a random lockdown Sunday evening, when I was mulling over w

5 min read Sophia Cheng