Archive for the ‘activism’ Category

Bad Packaging: Caffé Nero Waste Everything We Have Left

Dear Caffé Nero,
Can you please explain this?:
Why does a single biscuit need so much packaging?
When people talk about environmental responsibility, social responsibility, global warming, carbon neutrality, peak oil, the melting of the polar ice caps, rising sea levels, changing sea currents and overflowing landfills – where were you? What are you thinking? Does all of [...]

Existential Resistance: Direct Action in the War on Denial

We’re all going to die!
Sorry… in the first of my series of nice ideas and general acts of intelligence, I present a series of stickers by the Existential Resistance Army. Intended to interrupt daily life with messages designed to create cognitive dissonance in the minds of the mindless, these stickers should help us all remember [...]

Dealing with Scammers: a Template for Fighting Back

Fighting Scam with Spam
We keep hearing about vulnerable people who get suckered into sending tonnes of money to distant con-artists. And recently my partner and I have had these scammers nibbling at our fingers. In every case, we were fortunate enough to spot the fib and get away with our savings intact.
How Do We Deal [...]