Though individual activism and the zero waste movement can be useful tools, they tend to ignore the fact that individual choices can’t solve the problem of climate change if policies and corporations don’t get on board with our actions.
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Lenten Reflection: Wails of Justice & the Human Community
What would happen if we thought of each other as part of the same collective body? How would we treat each other?
For Kids Like Me, Fair Trade Was the Entryway to Greater Wokeness
Fair trade isn’t perfect, but it was what led me to greater questioning.
Why Charity Navigator Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All, Especially for Social Enterprises
Part of the Complexity Series Why Charity Navigator Doesn't Work for Small Nonprofits Charity Navigator advertises itself as the authoritative source on responsible nonprofits. By combing financial data and assigning a score for things like fundraising, administrative, and marketing costs, along with transparency standards, it ranks nonprofits in order of best to worst. This sounds…
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How the Cruelty Free Label Oversells Veganism
This post is part of the Complexity series: posts intended to explore social justice and ethics issues with nuance, understanding, and ultimately hope. I will bring in several guest writers throughout the series, so stay tuned.Written by Stephanie Villano and originally published on Here & There Collective. Reposted with permission. Even if you aren’t vegan,…
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Swords Into Plowshares: Rising Above The War Metaphor in Social Justice Work
Welcome to the Complexity series: posts intended to explore social justice and ethics issues with nuance, understanding, and ultimately hope. I will bring in several guest writers throughout the series, so stay tuned. --- The US political climate in the Trump age is burdensome to say the least. Fear yields anxiety yields rage yields exhaustion.…
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