Earth Overshoot Day 2022
July 28, is 2022’s Earth Overshoot Day. Overshoot Day is the day of the year when humanity starts to ‘overshoot’ the earth’s renewable (i.e. sustainable) resources. … Read more
Saving money
Earn more or spend less
There are fundamentally two ways for people to become more financially secure. The first is to earn more and the second is to spend less. In … Read more
Buy Nothing Day
November 26 (or 27, depending on where you are) is ‘Buy Nothing Day!’ Buy Nothing Day is the day after Thanksgiving, which is now promoted as … Read more
How to be sustainable
Sustainability in 3 steps I am often told that sustainability is too hard but I truly believe that to be sustainable is much easier than not … Read more
Convenience and ease are a disease
The downsides of comfort and convenience Our economic system is geared to providing ever more convenience and ‘value-added’. Some convenience can certainly be good, but too … Read more
Urban farming
Not very long ago the majority of people grew vegetables and fruit in their home gardens. It was a valuable part of the household economy. It … Read more
The benefits of simple living
There are many reasons why people chose lives of sufficiency and voluntary simplicity. People can become slaves to the belief that we need stuff that we … Read more
Life is easy
I strongly encourage you to watch this TEDx talk. It’s a little bit cheeky to have a blog post that is a Youtube video, but I … Read more
More good with less
We say ‘Do more good with less’. ‘Do more with less’ is a catch-cry in the sustainability movement but it is also a catch-cry for businesses … Read more
The best things in life
Money, where it comes from and what it can buy, is not everything. In our society, the economy gets way too much attention – in policy-making and political rhetoric, … Read more