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Loving making clothes last

In the cracks of shopping habits broken by the pandemic, a new group of initiatives blossomed. Attitudes shifted towards clothing, fashion and shopping in...

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Make public art, not waste

From decorated stones left in public parks, to chalked pavements and doorstep theatre, making public art flourished during the pandemic. It demonstrated the...

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No flight necessary

As flying becomes a no-go area for growing numbers of carbon conscious travellers, the default holiday is changing as a result of our experience during the...

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Pandemic epiphanies

Eat, sleep, work, shop. Sometimes in consumer societies it seems there’s not much more to life. In pre-pandemic days, the old economic system wanted...

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Plant-based food enjoys a pandemic boost

When the global pandemic hit, many of our habits around food changed as some people working at home had more time to grow and cook food and eat meals...

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Repair and maintenance – how we learned to use our hands again

The human urge to mend, repair and improve is nothing new – it has just been forgotten and gone untrained, buried under an avalanche of mass produced...

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Slowing down fast fashion

During the pandemic, so many people had extra time because they stopped commuting to work or attending social functions that it caused a huge shift in...

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Sweat not oil: Why sports should drop advertising and sponsorship from high-carbon polluters

The global sports industry was worth an estimated $471 billion in 2018. Corporate sponsorship in sport is a multi-million dollar business but do we really...

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The death of business travel

The global pandemic may have sounded the death knell for business travel. While it’s too soon to tell for certain, the initial numbers suggest that we may...