by Sven | Oct 11, 2013 | articles, online, writing
Glamorized consumer culture has serious side effects — and to help people in remote Indian villages understand this, author and filmmaker Helena Norberg-Hodge brought them to the West. I recently talked to Norberg-Hodge for Yes! Magazine about what they thought...
by Sven | Sep 16, 2013 | articles, online, reporting, writing
After YES! Magazine published my article Chevron Pollutes, Here’s What the People Did Back last week about two actions this summer to bring attention to a multitude of the oil giant’s toxic transgressions, it was re-posted yesterday in Common Dreams. Read...
by Sven | Aug 7, 2013 | articles, features, online, reporting, writing
The host of this year’s Ecocity World Summit, Nantes has shown the way of using art to build a culture of resilience. My article Lessons for building an ecocity culture in the Matador Travel Network introduces Nantes, Ecocity 2013, and my role in it, while...
by Sven | Jul 18, 2013 | articles, features, online, writing
A new process called Data Jams is spreading through government because of their effectiveness in creating public benefit and business opportunities from open government data. I got to explore these “long distance hackathons” in my latest feature article...
by Sven | May 21, 2013 | online, reviews, writing
Matador Travel Network just posted my review of Jeremy Irons’ new documentary film, Trashed. The film connects many important issues, from consumerism to the Pacific Garbage Patch to climate change to Zero Waste. Trashed: A messy journey into the bowels of...
by Sven | Apr 1, 2013 | articles, how to, online, writing
Repair Cafés are not only great events to get your vacuum, waffle iron, or lawn mower fixed, but the very nature of their collaborative and community-oriented learning spirit contains the antidote to our modern day throw-away mentality. Some useful things to know...
