Thekla TeunisOffsetting your carbon emissions by planting trees: what you need to know, how to get involved, and…Written by Thekla Teunis (Grounded), with contributions by Leah Wolfe and Ethan Soloviev (How Good), and great advice from Daniel Fourie…10 min read·Aug 31, 2021----
Thekla TeunisThe ‘direct trade’ fairytale, and why agriculture needs a new kind of middlemanMiddlemen have a bad reputation. When you hear the term, your mind probably conjures a cabal of greedy traders sitting between poor farmers…5 min read·Jun 15, 2021--1--1
Thekla TeunisA lesson in humility: what it really takes to restore our degraded ecosystemsSitting in an office, you can try to calculate the costs of the climate crisis, the value of nature conservation, or the true price of a…10 min read·Nov 17, 2020--2--2
Thekla TeunisHere’s why we can’t agree on what’s worse: the cure or the diseaseHuman beings are not rational when it comes to decisions about life and death. We try to figure out whether lockdown regulations should be…4 min read·May 11, 2020----
Thekla TeunisWhen solidarity isn’t just a nice wordI have written two blogs on the COVID-19 situation in South Africa, and felt after the second blog that perhaps I was ‘done’. But as the…8 min read·Apr 23, 2020----
Thekla TeunisHere’s how to help out while you’re locked downSitting at home, being locked down, watching the virus infections going up every day all over the world, is quite depressing. This blog is…8 min read·Mar 31, 2020----
Thekla TeunisSelf-isolating? Here’s a story from South Africa to make you feel grateful and a bit uncomfortableBeing from the Netherlands whilst living in South Africa reminds me every day of how incredibly privileged I am. The stark inequality here…5 min read·Mar 20, 2020--1--1