This June, I’m challenging myself to give up single-use plastics for 30 days to raise money for the Marine Conservation Society! Disposable plastic has become almost unavoidable in 21st Century Britain. We wrap our fresh fruit and veg in it, we transport water hundreds of miles in it, and it even finds itself into our […]
Review: Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit
In school we are taught about history very much with the perspective of hindsight. Our collective memory is conveniently broken down into broad but neat bundles of time. Dynasties, monarchies, philosophies, discoveries… all labelled with their own “-ism” to aid sleepy school-age memories and tidy academic references. Handy for revision this may be, but perhaps […]
On plastic pebbles, micro pollution and going zero waste
Plastic is hard to recycle, does not decompose and is energy-intensive to produce. Why, then, is it the main material used for disposable packaging and other single-use purposes? This week’s Snippets post was inspired by a rather eye-opening experience I recently had whilst volunteering for London-based water charity Thames21. As part of a community initiative […]
Why We All Need To Be Polymaths
Polymath (n.) ˈpɒlɪmaθ | A person of great and varied learning Throughout school and university, I worked a variety of summer jobs, from NHS admin work, to teaching, to legal work experience, and even the territorial army. I didn’t know what I wanted to do but I was willing to try lots of different things. Now I […]
On Philosophy, Wise Elders and Why You Can Change the World
In a New Years resolution to halt the ossification of my brain via cat videos, cult memes and fake news, I decided to ditch the habit of mindless scrolling and invest my time on the internet only in stuff that truly interests me, or makes me think. And it has definitely been not so […]