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As growth-driven consumer culture spurs on planetary destruction, why don’t we spring into action? Psychologist John F Schumaker situates a frightening erosion of human personality at the heart of the problem.

Exploitation by tech firms and social media firms is not inevitable, suggests Vanessa Baird.

Exploitation by tech firms is not inevitable, suggests Vanessa Baird.

French law forbids food waste by supermarkets ... France has become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing ... In December a bill on the issue passed through the national assembly, having been

By supermarkets, that is. Timothy Baster and Isabelle Merminod on the progress of a much-lauded French law.

A reader asks New Internationalist's very own Agony Uncle about whether or not to take their young son to a protest outside an immigration detention centre.

As 2018 comes to a close, we look back on this year’s most popular online reads.

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  • Written in stone
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  • Hall of Infamy – Elon Musk
  • Debate: the West and aid to Africa
  • The devil and the deep blue sea

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