Awakening to a new economics
Good Money Week has been running for several years now, as a focus point for talking about ethical finance. Run by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association, it has … Continue reading Take part in Good Money Sunday
It’s a tough time to be young – job prospects are shaky. Higher education is expensive. Home-owning is a pipe dream for many. After decades of progress, young people are … Continue reading Faith, love and intergenerational justice
Every year around this time, I find myself pondering one of the great questions of life: what to take with me to read on holiday? As I read a lot … Continue reading Dystopia and hope on the summer reading list
Many a parent has stood in the doorway of a child’s bedroom and wondered how it came to this. Toys spilling from boxes, drawers. Components of this mixed with elements … Continue reading How many toys do children need?
I often listen to podcasts while I’m walking down to my town centre workspace, or when out and about on errands. Although I’m careful with them and I try to … Continue reading What sustainable electronics might look like
Our charitable giving is often led by the news, Catherine Masterman observes. But what if our generosity is called towards things that aren’t in the news? In the last couple … Continue reading Connecting with the stories beyond the news
Catherine Masterman considers the plastic habits of children’s craft. As a mum of two girls, my house has been bombarded over the years by single use plastic in the name … Continue reading Are we normalising plastic pollution in the name of children’s creativity?
There’s a time for everything, the writer of Ecclesiastes insisted. A season for every activity. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to build and … Continue reading The impossibility of stopping
Joy in Enough 