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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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Life-long activism

I had the good fortune to meet Anitra at the bi-annual International Degrowth Conference in Malmo Sweden this summer. It was my first real foray into

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BearHugs: On a mission to spread as much love as possible.

Next up in our Inspiring Activist series we speak to Faye, who may have the best job title ever, she is the Chief Sender of Hugs at BearHugs. This ent

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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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Seeking a solution on foot

For the next instalment in the inspiring activist series, we meet Angelo. We had the luck of meeting Angelo in the forests of West Kalimantan in the D

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Using Batik to share climate messages

We had the privilege of meeting Aca during a short and restorative stay at his guest-house in Bukit Lawang, Back to Nature last year. One quiet evenin

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Trying to walk the walk

Seeking out other conscious minded travellers, a fortuitous Facebook comment conversation on a large girls travel group led me to discovering Simply E

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