Activism(ish)

The word 'activism' conjures up images of taking to the streets, marching with placards and getting shouty. And it absolutely can be that, but I know that for many of us that version of activism is possibly a step out of our comfort zones.
The good news is that there's room for all kinds of activism, and even simple things like the choices we make each and every day when we're choosing what to eat, what to buy, what to wear, can be little acts of activism. One of my favourite quotes is this one from Anna Lappe: "Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want." Powerful stuff eh?
As well as thinking about the kind of world we want when we spend our hard-earned cash, simply having conversations is hugely powerful - in a gentle way, these conversations, and our own actions, create ripples that spread, that influence others, and change the world.

Below are blog posts and podcasts about all kinds of activism, may of which might not sit under the traditional definition, but are about doing things differently in a consumer, disposable society, which I see very much as activism(ish).