February 2012
4 posts
Quantified Ethical Consumption: 2 -...
jdentith:
The Qualitative in the Quantitative
A lot of horrified breathtaking accompanied the checking of my finances - I’m hoping this process will help to limit that in future. This is, apart from being my first serious attempt to monitor the ethics of my consumption, my first serious attempt to monitor my finances generally. As the people at MyBnk will tell you, this in itself can be seen as...
Quantified Ethical Consumption: 1 - Diary of an...
jdentith:
A CHALLENGE
This is the first of 14 posts (one a month, this intro and a conclusion/summary) on the ethics of my consumption, as I try and quantify it and measure my progress for a year. I live and work in London and have a professional and personal interest on measuring the ethics of consumption habits, and how it’s possible to improve our the impact of our consumption, or to...
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Me and My Big Mouth
I’ve had some rather embarrassing experiences recently, largely arising out my insistence on talking about ethical consumption/being a preachy little pain. Firstly, I’ve been in Munich for pleasure. I flew - I left my travel arranging late, and convinced myself that I’m such a Busy and Important Person that I couldn’t deal with the coach, (the coach is more expensive, and...
“If in the next few years a video game teaches you anything — how to conserve...”
– White House office studies educational benefits of video games