‘ETHICAL LIVING’ Archives
OVERPOPULATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
LET YOUR KEYBOARD SAVE THE PLANET. By JASON DREW. Let your keyboard save the planet. Let me first explain why we need to bother. The credit crunch has shaken our global economy, but it will recover. ‘The Protein Crunch’ is far more serious and, if we open our eyes, it is unfolding right in front of us. Our food – protein [...]
CHILDREN IN CONFLICT
INTERVIEW: PHIL VERNON Modern wars have a very different impact on women and children than the wars of the past. That’s according to Phil Vernon, Programme Director at peace building NGO, International Alert.
NATURAL FIBRES
INTERVIEW: DR BRETT SUDDELL Natural fibres are becoming more and more common in very day items from cars to clothes to appliances. They can come from animals, from minerals and from plants and they have a wide rnge of environmental benefits according to Dr Brett Suddell from ADAS.
ETHICAL SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL CRISIS
TOWARDS AN ECONOMY OF KINDNESS. By ANNIE LAWLER. Ethical Human Solutions to the Global Crisis It is clear to many people across the world that the current systems are not serving the majority of the people as well as they could. There are of course, solutions but we need to look at ways of breaking out [...]
CHANGING BEHAVIOUR
INTERVIEW: SARAH LEWIS How can you change behaviour? A lot of time, energy and money is spent convincing us all to goo green and although we know some of the things we should do, many of us don’t do them. So how do you convince people to behave differently? Sarah Lewis is managing director of Appreciating Change.
WORKING HORSES
INTERVIEW: SHONA DUFF If you want to take a horse from a flighty foal to a dependable adult what’s the process? Modern cowboy Shona Duff is based at Anchor D ranch just outside Calgary in Canada and she starts to build a relationship with her horses very early on so that by the time they reach 3 years old there’s a level of mutual respect. [...]
RAW MEATY BONES
INTERVIEW: TOM LONSDALE Until the 1860s there was no such thing as an artificial pet food industry. But an American called Jack Spratt arrived in London and seeing people throwing scraps to the stray dogs at the docks he thought he could create a business by selling people dog biscuits to feed the strays. It worked, and within a couple of [...]
ACCESSING ENERGY
ENERGY ACCESS FOR DEVELOPMENT. By ERNEST MUPUNGA, Practical Action Southern Africa. Too many of the world's poorest people, especially in Zimbabwe, continue to live without adequate access to energy. It's clear that for people living in poverty, energy access is absolutely essential for a better life. The services provided by energy are [...]
HOW MANY TYPES OF VEGGIE ARE THERE?
A GUIDE TO NON-CARNIVORES. By HELEN CHAPMAN With people using the word ‘vegetarian’ to mean so many things (I once heard someone describe themselves as partly vegetarian – what does that mean?) it’s no wonder people still get confused about what foods come under this diet. I even have a friend that claims [...]
OIL IS A CURSE
INTERVIEW: PROF PAUL STEVENS The developing world needs money to help raise its people out of poverty. So, surely it’s a good thing if that country discovers oil within its borders. But is this really true? Professor Paul Stevens is senior research fellow on energy at Chatham House.
