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By Jeremy Williams Posted on February 13, 2023February 8, 2023

Book review: Profit, by Mark Stoll

Genesis has two accounts of humanity’s relationship to the rest of creation. In chapter one there’s the famous invitation to “fill the earth and subdue it.” To rule over every other … Continue reading Book review: Profit, by Mark Stoll

Categories: books, Environment
By Jeremy Williams Posted on January 12, 2023

The Age of Resilience, by Jeremy Rifkin

Time isn’t always kind to authors who write about the future, but Jeremy Rifkin seems to have done alright. He has several books in his back-catalogue that demonstrate his foresight. … Continue reading The Age of Resilience, by Jeremy Rifkin

Categories: books
By Jeremy Williams Posted on June 13, 2022June 8, 2022

Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr

Cloud Cuckoo Land is a much celebrated novel by Anthony Doerr, who won a Pulitzer for his previous book All the Light we Cannot See. And it has a lot … Continue reading Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr

Categories: books, consumerism
By Jeremy Williams Posted on May 4, 2022May 3, 2022

Book review: Buy Better, Consume Less

When people start thinking about social justice or the environment for the first time, their own consumer choices are often a starting point. What brands should I be avoiding? Which … Continue reading Book review: Buy Better, Consume Less

Categories: books, consumerism
By Jeremy Williams Posted on April 21, 2022April 21, 2022

What I learned from hosting a little free library

Perhaps you’ve seen one by the side of the road, or when on holiday. Maybe you are lucky enough to have one locally, next to a school or fixed to … Continue reading What I learned from hosting a little free library

Categories: Articles, books
By Jeremy Williams Posted on March 30, 2022March 29, 2022

How the billionaires devoured the world

Every January the world’s powerbrokers meet in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum. While issues such as climate change or inequality are on the agenda, it is best known … Continue reading How the billionaires devoured the world

Categories: books, Economics, inequality
By Jeremy Williams Posted on February 8, 2022February 7, 2022

Fiction for a way through the climate crisis

“The climate crisis is also a crisis of culture, and thus of the imagination” wrote Amitav Ghosh in 2016. In his book The Great Derangement, he notes that literature has … Continue reading Fiction for a way through the climate crisis

Categories: booksTags: fiction
By Jeremy Williams Posted on February 1, 2022January 26, 2022

Could we all just… stop shopping?

“Stop shopping!” shouts the satirical anti-consumerist street preacher Rev Billy. “The shopocalypse is upon us!” he cries, and his gospel choir breaks into song. Blurring the lines between street theatre, … Continue reading Could we all just… stop shopping?

Categories: books, consumerism

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