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Warning: Bridgerton’s Classic Covers Cause Earworms
Warning: Bridgerton’s Classic Covers Cause Earworms
Modern songs performed with strings and piano will stay in your head and keep you guessing.
Karen Madej
Apr 22, 2022
The definition of insanity is doing the same minimum wage job repeatedly and expecting different…
The definition of insanity is doing the same minimum wage job repeatedly and expecting different…
The wealthiest Americans and business employers have had the upper hand for decades. They’ve reaped more and more gains from the economy in…
Karen Madej
Apr 17, 2022
Work Less to Create More
Work Less to Create More
Find a job that pays you enough to live on and work fewer hours so you can do what pleases you.
Karen Madej
Apr 16, 2022
One of 639 comments from my NewsBreak story A woman lives in the woods and has no gas or…
One of 639 comments from my NewsBreak story A woman lives in the woods and has no gas or…
My latest article is, Do the advantages of living off-grid outweigh the conveniences of urban living? It brings many more comments to your…
Karen Madej
Apr 14, 2022
You Can Live a Low-Impact Life.
You Can Live a Low-Impact Life.
It’s a case of deciding to do so.
Karen Madej
Feb 10, 2022
The Redistribution of Wealth
The Redistribution of Wealth
US Whitehouse representative optimistic the democrats can get Build Back Better done without the republicans, and with the wealthy paying…
Karen Madej
Jan 13, 2022
Wildlife Bridges and Tunnels Help Their Survival and Diversity
Wildlife Bridges and Tunnels Help Their Survival and Diversity
Without wildlife crossings, death and injury from vehicle collisions happen regularly.
Karen Madej
Jan 7, 2022
The Black Fog Descends
The Black Fog Descends
It’s that time of year again when the tears flow, and everything becomes too much, but shutting down the overwhelm helped me cope.
Karen Madej
Dec 12, 2021
Will the House of Lords Save the NHS?
Will the House of Lords Save the NHS?
The British public own the National Health Service, we’ve paid National Insurance all our working lives to fund it, and we want to keep it.
Karen Madej
Nov 26, 2021
How About Buy Nothing November?
How About Buy Nothing November?
A refreshing change from consuming stuff from China.
Karen Madej
Nov 23, 2021
Homesteading Without Running Water
Homesteading Without Running Water
Doug and Stacy and their farm animals lived without running water for three years; these are some of the challenges they faced.
Karen Madej
Nov 20, 2021
Électricité de France Owns British Energy Companies
Électricité de France Owns British Energy Companies
EDF started selling back energy produced by the UK to the UK in 2002.
Karen Madej
Nov 17, 2021
Solutions to Achieve the Goal of Better
Solutions to Achieve the Goal of Better
We can change from the old game of consuming more products to the new game of achieving the goal of better.
Karen Madej
Nov 13, 2021
What Makes You Feel Great Passion?
What Makes You Feel Great Passion?
Warren Brown’s recent article about climate change challenged us to write with passion.
Karen Madej
Nov 10, 2021
Sound a Death Knell for Coal and Fossil Fuels
Sound a Death Knell for Coal and Fossil Fuels
Will you help Greta, Vanessa, Dominika, and Mitzi end all fossil fuel uses immediately and keep the 1.5°C goals alive?
Karen Madej
Nov 1, 2021
Pandemic Supply-Chain Disruption
Pandemic Supply-Chain Disruption
Caused by increased online purchases, COVID-19, and a shortage of delivery drivers.
Karen Madej
Oct 29, 2021
Land Yacht, Earthbag, or Hobbit House
Land Yacht, Earthbag, or Hobbit House
Which of the three would you choose to live in and why?
Karen Madej
Oct 26, 2021
Austerity, Law and Justice, and Sovereignty
Austerity, Law and Justice, and Sovereignty
What’s behind these words wielded by powerful men?
Karen Madej
Oct 23, 2021
A Young Couple Self-Build a Cob House
A Young Couple Self-Build a Cob House
They learned from their mistakes and used free natural materials to own their home outright.
Karen Madej
Oct 18, 2021
We Can Recompose Our Burial Choices
We Can Recompose Our Burial Choices
With Halloween and Day of the Dead fast approaching, the living might like to know the options available for the most certain life event.
Karen Madej
Oct 16, 2021
227 Environmental Activists Died in 2020
227 Environmental Activists Died in 2020
To protect forests cut down for cattle to graze, coffee plantations to grow, and land grabbers to get richer.
Karen Madej
Oct 13, 2021
Cheap Plastic Chinese Goods Exist, But Do We Have to Buy Them?
Cheap Plastic Chinese Goods Exist, But Do We Have to Buy Them?
As long as we keep feeding the Chinese monster economy, it will keep churning out planet-destroying trash.
Karen Madej
Oct 10, 2021
Litter Picking Is a Fool's Errand
Litter Picking Is a Fool's Errand
A thankless task and a waste of time.
Karen Madej
Oct 9, 2021
Is Cotton Better for the Environment?
Is Cotton Better for the Environment?
It depends on how the cotton is treated and how long it lasts.
Karen Madej
Oct 8, 2021
How Do You Handle Compliments, Affection, and Support?
How Do You Handle Compliments, Affection, and Support?
Do you accept gracefully or clumsily rebuff them?
Karen Madej
Oct 4, 2021
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