Category Archives: News

I heard an interesting point on a podcast I was listening to yesterday; ‘Can an economy built on the mental exploitation of citizens ever be sustainable?’ How on earth did we get to a place where companies make profit by stirring up feelings of inadequacy in people. If we all sat around a table designingContinue reading “Newsletter – September 2021”

This week I caught sight of a BBC TV show that I used to love. It’s called ‘Shop well for less’ and is basically a consumer show highlighting how much money you can save by swapping to cheaper brands. The show asks participants to test-drive differently-priced versions of a product and choose their favourite. Surprise,Continue reading “Newsletter – August”

Is the billionaire space race a final admission that humans need to look for a new home? It would seem so, given the aim of SpaceX, being “to make humanity multiplanetary” and to establish a permanent human colony on Mars, while Amazon founder Jeff Bezos champions the idea with the declaration that “we can haveContinue reading “Newsletter – July week 5”

I do my best not to moan on here. I think negativity breeds stagnation, and we most certainly don’t need that given the current climate crisis. But alas, I am worried about the lack of interest most citizens seem to have in reducing their impact on the planet. Even those who have started the journeyContinue reading “Newsletter – July Week 1”

It’s been 3 weeks since I last published a newsletter. I don’t know what happened, I just ended up out of sync with very little to publish a week ago. Maybe everyone was too busy getting ready to re-enter society to publish any news! Since I last wrote I’ve also been busy I was interviewedContinue reading “Newsletter – June Week 3”