Awakening to a new economics
Catherine Masterman considers secondhand goods and what holds them back as a wider solution to consumer excess. Question: In what high street shop can you spend five minutes and £25 … Continue reading Why second-hand is still not first choice
As a small network, our job at Joy in Enough is not to run campaigns on everything we’d like to see change, but to direct supporters to other campaigns that … Continue reading Stop The Squeeze
Catherine Masterman on what we can learn from The Repair Shop. The Repair Shop, “the heartwarming antidote to throwaway culture” aired a special edition recently, showing that heritage crafts could … Continue reading The heavenly repair shop
Katie Taylor asks whether greater awareness can change our shopping habits. The damaging effects of the fashion industry on the environment are well-documented. The industry has been estimated to produce … Continue reading Fast fashion – a necessary evil?
Our monthly series of Joy in Enough talks has restarted, and John Daniels leads us off with a talk on Money: where it comes from, where it’s going, and why … Continue reading Talk: John Daniels on money and where it’s going
Green Christian’s 2022 conference took place on the 7th and 8th of October in Birmingham, on the theme Build Back Greener. Speakers included green economist Molly Scott Cato, who spoke … Continue reading Talk: Molly Scott Cato at the 2022 conference
Dr Andrea Werner considers alternative and sustainable fashion. Clothing, alongside food and shelter, is one of our most fundamental human needs. But clothing has always been about more than just … Continue reading Consume better, consume less
In 2015, Pope Francis made a powerful intervention in the story of climate change. His encyclical Laudato Si set out a vision for addressing climate change, confronting injustice and working … Continue reading The letter – watch the Laudato Si film
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