ARTS MARKETS ARE NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged artivism, arts markets, Brighton, Catford, Catford Mews, christmas, christmas markets, craftivism, Create Without Borders, ethical shopping, Etsy, featured, Forest Hill, Havelock Walk, Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network, local arts, poetry, Refugee Women, retail, South London, support artists.

By Carmina Masoliver

People tend to flock to arts markets during the festive season, looking for gifts for loved ones, or treating themselves. I write in celebration of these markets and to urge others who want to shop ethically to seek out their local arts markets all year round.

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PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT – TIME FOR THE FIGHTBACK

Posted on December 10, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Community and tagged activism, activists, anti austerity, Arcadia Group, austerity, Australia, bedroom tax, benefits, Boris Johnson, campaigning, climate crisis, climate jobs, construction, corruption, Covid-19, cronyism, CWU, Debenhams, east anglia, engineering, eviction ban, featured, fossil fuels, furlough scheme, gig economy, government, green economy, green industrial revolution, Hospitality, hospitals, Jane Loftus, Jo Rust, jobs, King's Lynn, Labour, MPs, nationalisation, NHS, norwich, pandemic, People Before Profit, Philip Green, PPE, public ownership, recession, redundancies, retail, Serco, social security, tax reform, Topshop, Tories, tourism, trade unions, TUC, uk, Universal Credit, welfare state, wildfires.

By John Sillett

The recent collapse into administration of shop group Arcadia and Debenhams’ department stores was shocking, but not unexpected. Both companies have had their assets looted by their owners; Arcadia’s owner Philip Green has become widely seen as the unacceptable face of capitalism. Whilst the vultures pick over the bones of Topshop and its relations, there has been an avalanche of redundancies in many sectors, from construction to engineering. The pandemic has hastened the collapse or rationalisation of companies depending on footfall, like retail, hospitality and tourism.

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NORWICH’S WAR ON FOOD WASTE

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Community, Inter|national and tagged activism, bbc, EAT, Fareshare, farmshare, food, food chain, foodcycle, FoodHub, grassroots, Green, Green Party, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, local, M&S, Morrisons, norwich, poverty, retail, salvation army, Tesco, voluntary work, volunteers, Waitrose, War on waste, waste.

by Rowan Van Tromp

Those of you who know me, have read my articles or listened to me speak, will know that I am passionate about environmental sustainability within the food supply chain. I have highlighted issues of soil degradation associated with inorganic farming, as well as the vast resource usage and carbon emissions related to meat and dairy consumption, but there is one environmental issue that I have campaigned on more than any other, and that is food waste.
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