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Our Crime: UK riots Featuring: video, 

By Dr Richard Hester (The Open University), Rod Earle (The Open University), Professor Mary Jane Kehily (The Open University)

05 April 2012

What caused the summer 2011 UK's riots? Start the debate by putting your views across.  Read more : Our Crime: UK riots

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Religion occupiedCreative Commons Image By christopher a tittle via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By Maria Nita Dennis-Jones (The Open University)

08 November 2011

Maria Nita Dennis-Jones reports from an 'Occupy Bath' tent on how religion and protest have interacted over the centuries.  Read more : Religion occupied

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Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of childrenMichalakis Ppalis | Dreamstime.com

By Sara Bragg (The Open University)

25 May 2011

Beyond the tabloid-fuelled rage at Playboy products apparently aimed at children is a much more nuanced relationship with the Bunny brand.  Read more : Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny: The Playboy brand and sexualisation of children

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The squeezed midlist Featuring: audio, onkel_wart under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Gareth Mitchell (Guest), Andrew Keen (Guest)

24 March 2011

Andrew Keen worries that while blockbusters and cottage publishers will be unharmed by the march to digital, interesting stuff in the middle might struggle to...  Read more : The squeezed midlist

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OU on the BBC: The Foods That Make BillionsBBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

23 November 2010

The Foods That Make Billions told the story of how big business feeds us  Read more : OU on the BBC: The Foods That Make Billions

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Just say NO! to bottled water? BBC

By Dick Morris (The Open University)

16 November 2010

The Open University's Dick Morris asks: does our need for water translate into a need for bottled water... or just a want?   Read more : Just say NO! to bottled water?

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Can you be an environmentalist and a consumerist? Featuring: audio, Creative Commons Image spunfunkster under CC-BY-NC-SA

By Alistair Morton (Guest), Amy Davies (Guest)

28 August 2010

In this extended interview, Ali Morton and Amy Davies share their thoughts on environmental issues, consumerism and planning their wedding at the Eden Project  Read more : Can you be an environmentalist and a consumerist?

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Reflections on your St Valentine’s Day roseCreative Commons Image By Tonny be Goood via Flickr under Creative Commons license

By Richard Skellington (The Open University)

13 February 2009

Richard Skellington suggests we should consider the environmental and ethical cost of our Valentine's Day roses.  Read more : Reflections on your St Valentine’s Day rose

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Declaration of InterdependenceBBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

30 June 2006

Joe Smith, Kathryn Yusoff and Nigel Clark issue their Declaration of Interdependence  Read more : Declaration of Interdependence

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Politics in an ethical registerphotos.com

By Clive Barnett (The Open University), Paul Cloke (Guest), Nick Clarke (Guest), Alice Malpass (Guest)

30 June 2006

Ethical consumption is about more than persuading people to change spending habits, say Clive Barnett, Nick Clarke, Paul Cloke & Alice Malpass  Read more : Politics in an ethical register

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