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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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Back-to-the-landers in Galicia

It’s hard not to fall in love with Galicia, north-west Spain. Once you find yourself there it’s then not hard to fall in love with the cul

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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

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

There are wise lessons you have learned, widened perspectives that you will not be able to shrink back down again and some great experiences. But then

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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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What’s going on in Nicaragua?

I’ve just finished ‘Doing Good Better’ after reading a Guardian Books review some months back. An introduction to the world of effec

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Traveling with a conscience

Today has not been a good day. It’s 10 past 5 so it could potentially still take a turn for the better but with darkness already setting into th

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My Week At Totleigh Barton

I discovered this writing course almost two years ago now. Charged with the mission: “we will explore how to listen to different voices (human a

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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

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