What is the IPCC? What does it actually do? And is it an effective force for tackling the climate crisis? Let’s find out. — IPCC. It’s one of many acronyms in the world of climate change — and it’s a heavily referenced one. In fact, you’ll likely see the term ‘IPCC’ pop up all over the news and social media feeds in the coming week, as they prepare for the release of their next…

A round up of the best (read: worst) examples of greenwashing to grace our screens in the last month. — It’s been a big month in greenwashing. We’ve had Primark sponsoring Repair Week, the launch of Amazon Aware, energy company TotalEnergies being sued for investing in fossil fuels whilst claiming to be carbon neutral, an analysis of climate pledges from the world’s largest companies, consumers voting H&M, Primark, and Amazon…

When it comes to the climate crisis, we’re all now well aware of the detrimental role that the fossil fuel industry has played. …

‘One sec, I’ll just Google it’ — a sentence that we hear on the regular in the internet-driven world of today. In fact, on average each of us makes 3–4 internet searches every single day, with Google being by far the most commonly used search engine. Google receives over 40,000…

Our use of the internet accounts for 3.7% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to Lancaster University researcher Mike Hazas. This is similar to the carbon emissions from the airline industry, and it’s predicted to double by 2025. …

From hustle culture to toxic productivity, there’s a very real dark side to all those self improvement books — The self improvement industry is seeing annual growth of 6%, with an expected value of over $13 billion by 2022. As well as coaching and speakers, much of this spend is on self help books and audiobooks. …

With growing awareness of the environmental consequences of consumer-driven, wasteful, modern lifestyles has come new approaches to encouraging people to repair and reuse before buying anew. Libraries of Things enable us to borrow seldom-used items for a fraction of the price. The right to repair law is set to be…

Covid-19 may be consuming minds and media right now, but we must not forget that we are also in the midst of another crisis. — Last week a new world record number of daily deaths from Covid-19 was hit, in India. The situation in India is bleak, with rising cases, overflowing hospitals, shortages of oxygen, and mass cremations taking place in car parks to deal with overwhelming piles of bodies. Yet, rewind just a few…

Let’s start with a confession. I’m firmly against capitalism, but I work in marketing. There’s a huge oxymoron at play in my working life. Isn’t there? Marketing is the core enabling force for capitalism. The very aim of marketing is to persuade an audience to do something. Working in marketing…