Essay: What we profess on Sunday ought to apply to Black Friday
In an article published on Religion News Service, ROSA LEE HARDEN, executive producer of Faith+Finance, calls for us to reflect “on not just why we give gifts but how we purchase them”…
A Sustainable Life: Five ways to reduce your household waste – and stop it being shipped to poorer countries
In an article first published on The Conversation, SANKAR SIVARAJAH, head of the School of Management and professor of Technology Management and Circular Economy at the University of Bradford in the UK, looks at some simple ways people in the UK context and elsewhere can help reduce plastic waste…
‘Buying local’ groceries isn’t always better for the environment
RomeThomson Reuters Foundation British shoppers looking to go green may be better off buying imported South American apples or Kenyan vegetables rather than locally produced foods that rely too heavily on fossil fuels, according to a new study. Shoppers in developed countries increasingly concerned over greenhouse gas emissions associated with transporting food have embraced the […]