Ethos magazine

09/04/2025

Seven years ago, Ethos magazine was first released into the wild 🥹

“Good stories. Good people. Good business” the front cover said.

And that has remained as the ethos of Ethos for every issue since 💪

It’s infused into the text, bound within the stories, inked into each design. Every person we meet, place we visit, project we discover... That’s what emanates from them; goodness. From issue 1 right up to our latest – possibly even our greatest – issue, Ethos 22.

✨ Made with good stories, good people, good business ✨

It’s good. Really really good. And it’s so nearly here...

Pre-order your papery piece of good stuff today: https://ethos-magazine.com/product/ethos-22/

07/04/2025

“Houston, we DON’T have a problem. But we DO have a new issue of Ethos ready for lift-off…” 🧑‍🚀

It’s one small magazine for reader, one giant heap of good people, good business and good endeavours for readerkind.

An issue that’s out of this world, powered by people, with the welfare of our planet and its inhabitants as THEIR ethos. And it’s rocketing straight towards you 🚀

This is OUR Ethos, but it could be yours.

Launching in 3… 2… 1…

Meet Ethos 22 👋🥹

It's nearly here... Pre-order your copy now: https://ethos-magazine.com/product/ethos-22/

📖🌍🪐🌠

04/04/2025

Happy first week of April, Ethosians – and happy Community Garden Week! 🌱

This is the week when UK community and school gardeners come together to celebrate their gardens, their grounds and their green-fingered goodness!

Which is something Ethos has been celebrating for issues upon issues now:

🐙 In Ethos 21 you’ll find an ode to the octopus’s garden, where we meet the Coral Gardeners replanting coral, one reef at a time: https://ethos-magazine.com/octopuss-garden/

🪱 On page 123 of Ethos 20, you’ll find a column by environmentalist and Eden Project programme creator, Dan Ryan, discussing the brilliance of soil – the fertilised foundations of every good garden.

🏙️ In Ethos 20, we talk to Platt Fields Market Garden an outdoor space within the concrete walls of the bustling city of Manchester – it’s a burst of green amongst the grey.

🔋 Back in our 18th issue of Ethos, our very own Andrew Beattie caught up with Patagonia, who’d announced the signing of a power purchase agreement with Energy Garden back in 2021, and as a result Patagonia’s stores are powered by community-owned renewable energy – this might be a different type of garden, but it’s community focused all the same: https://ethos-magazine.com/sowing-the-seeds/

🧼 During last year’s Ethos eco-campaign, Green Swaps, we talked about how to spring-clean in an eco-way, including No Mow May (happening again next month!), in which you let your garden’s beard hairs grow! https://ethos-magazine.com/challenge-4-a-green-clean/

And if you simply fancy celebrating your garden by sitting on the grass with a good read in hand, then pre-order your copy of our upcoming magazine, Ethos 22 (where you’ll find our feature: Garden of Earthly Delights)! 😎

How are you going to celebrate your garden this week? 💚

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03/04/2025

You might remember Nc'nean Distillery from our Ethos 21 cover story; the women-led whisky distillery in the Morvern peninsula, named after a courageous Gaelic fairy queen, Neachneohain. B Corp certified and A* pours 🥃

Well, now you’ll have to update their contact information in your address book to:

🏆 AWARD WINNING NC’NEAN🏆

Or more specifically: Icons of Whisky “Global Sustainable Distillery of the Year,” crowned as Scotland’s champion at the World Whiskies Awards back in March 👸

Congratulations Nc’Nean! You are doing your eponym exceptionally proud with the courageous innovation you’ve brought to the industry. Your ethos is as golden as your whisky.

You can find Nc’Nean’s sustainability report here: https://ncnean.com/pages/sustainability

And you can read more about them on our website here: https://ethos-magazine.com/the-queen-of-spirits/

And remember: treat them to Nc’Nean, keep them Nc’keen 😏

01/04/2025

Spring has sprung and – oh! What’s that? Rubbing blossom from its eyes and yawning inside a sunbeam?

Ethos 22 is waking... 👀

If you’ve already subscribed to our mailing list, then you’ll have probably seen our Ethos 22 newsletter; the trailer to our next mag, an introduction to our latest issue, ready for a springtime release.

⚠️ And if you’re NOT subscribed to our mailing list – you’ll want to be. With a sneak peek of Ethos 22 to be revealed later this week, you’ll get a first-hand feel of how blooming brilliant our most recent magazine is.

👉 So don’t be an April fool: sign up to our email list and preorder our magazine TODAY: https://ethos-magazine.com/product/ethos-22/

31/03/2025

Meet Faaiza Akbor, contributor and proofreader for Ethos 🙋‍♀️

“Faaiza has recently graduated in English Literature and has spent the past few months writing the first draft of her novel. Initially confused on how to approach journalism, she’s taken the first steps by writing for this issue of Ethos. Her interest lies in cultural stories and the arts, particularly by women. Other than reading and writing Faaiza also loves cooking, music and a good lamb biryani.”

Well, we at Ethos can confirm that her words are food for the soul, music to the eyes and if they were a lamb biryani, they’d be a GREAT one 😏

You’ll find Faaiza within the pages of our upcoming issue, Ethos 22, where she talks about all things swimmable cities, Bangladesh pumpkin farmers, Co-op food rescue and adaptive fashion. And then some!

Pre-order Ethos 22: https://ethos-magazine.com/product/ethos-22/

30/03/2025

💛 HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL THOSE WHO CELEBRATE 💛

Mom’s the word over here at Ethos as we put the finishing touches on our upcoming Ethos 22 issue – our story-filled secret, soon to be revealed – and it got us thinking…

Something you and our upcoming Ethos 22 have in common (other than gorgeous aesthetics, inspiring endeavours and souls made of goodness), is that you, like the magazine, are powered by people. You’re a product of those who raised you, shaped you, kneaded you into who you are today, those you look up to, those who taught you, those who guided you, those you could not live – or exist – without.

You know. Somebody you might refer to as mom (or mum, or mam, or mama, or her full name if she hasn’t answered you by the fourth shout) 🤷‍♀️

So today is the day to celebrate your mother – or anybody who bears the resemblance to the being who either brought you into this life, or brought life to you.

Treat them to their favourite flowers or punk metal album. Dance with them on the porch. Design a potential matching tattoo. Tilt your hat up at the universe in deep-rooted gratitude.

OR, pre-order a copy of Ethos 22 now, so that Momma’s Day can stretch all the way into mid-April when it’s launched, elongating the showcase of love for your Mother or parental other:

A magazine about businesses changing the world. We connect sustainable ideas, people and places, with stories about work, ideas and life.

26/03/2025

Ethos 22 is available to pre-order now!

What's that? “I just really fancy an alphabetised list of the stories within Ethos 22,” you say? Here’s one we made earlier:

⚽ AFC Dunstable
❄️ adventuring
🎃 pumpkin farmers
🫑 Co-op food reduction
👬 Doppelgangers
🌿 Edible algae
🩲 Ethical underwear
🔍 Factiverse
🔨 Fixable
🪑 FRITZ HANSEN
🖋️ Good Tuesday
🫒 Lunya
🧼 LUSH UK
💼 Progressive workplaces
🎆 Sustainable festivals
🏊‍♀️ Swimmable cities
📕 The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
📖 The Open Book airbnb
📘 Trust Your Gut book
💧 UTI awareness

Take your pick from our magazine menu, stuffed full of goodness, by pre-ordering your copy of Ethos 22 here: https://ethos-magazine.com/product/ethos-22/

24/03/2025

Meet Jack Atkins, regular contributor for Ethos 🙋‍♂️

“Part of the Ethos team since issue two, Jack Atkins’ day job sees him write extensively on the very real ‘sport’ of professional wrestling. Jack can also be heard across several sports podcasts, and spends his free time eating eggs and frowning until his head aches.”

Having written several features for us over the years, as well as writing our fan favourite feature “Let’s Talk” in every issue of Ethos, we’re certainly upside down frowning at all the insightful and inspiring stories Jack has shared with us.

So grab yourself an egg to eat and an Ethos to read to find more of Jack’s musings here: https://ethos-magazine.com/shop/

21/03/2025

Reading a magazine that’s not out yet? Impossible 🤷

Pre-ordering a magazine that’s out soon? Possible. And highly encouraged 🤸‍♂️

This is not a catch-22, this is us lobbing our latest mag at you.

🤾‍♀️CATCH! It’s Ethos 22.

Pre-order your copy today: https://ethos-magazine.com/shop/

19/03/2025

Meet David Lloyd, regular contributor for Ethos 🙋‍♂️

"I'm a freelance writer and editor, working across lots of amazing projects, all of which really matter to me," says David.

"I write about the things I’m curious about and connected to. Home, family and the places that bring me joy. But they can be whisky distilleries in the Scottish Highlands as much as they can be the streets and restaurants of my home city. It’s the best job ever."

It sounds like it! We at Ethos are incredibly grateful to have a talent like David’s inked into the pages of the magazine.

Having written several features for us over the years, including part of the women-led distillery-themed Cover Story and biodiversity-based Long Read for Ethos 21, as well as the Long Read for our upcoming issue, you’ll find David’s stellar storytelling spread throughout our constellation of mags here: https://ethos-magazine.com/shop/

17/03/2025

Ethosfolk one and all, gather around as we celebrate our gold medalist in the top 10 Ethos site reads of 2024!

Put your hands together as our number 1 story takes the podium and meet your Ethos story winner… 🏆

🤝 How to: make friends as an adult 🤝

Contributor, Phil Bridges, founder of mental health organisation, The Mind Map, lecturer in mental health innovation and a qualified mental health trainer and journalist, shares his top tips on how adults – who are, essentially, children with debit cards and debts – can lean into connection, make friends and move beyond the taboo of loneliness👬

It’s our top read of 2024 from the Ethos site, and you can read it here:

In today’s ‘loneliness economy’, it's hard to make friends as an adult. We share the seven things needed to build and keep adult friendships

14/03/2025

Meet your runner up in our Ethos countdown of best site reads from 2024: taking the silver medal all the way back to Vigo for more than just two days is our second place story…

🌞 48 hours in Vigo 🌞

“A survey of the 15 largest cities in Spain puts the Galician city of top of the list for quality of life. From mobility and public safety to health, education, pollution, the cost of living, cleanliness and housing, Vigo trumps them all. Resident Denis Carballás Riveiro tells us why…”

You might also recognise Denis from an earlier Ethos post, as he’s more than just our Spanish correspondent, he’s Ethos’ own designer and illustrator! The image at the top of the story is one of his, too👨‍🎨

And if you fancy finding out the best ways to explore Vigo in two days, or want another excuse to admire Denis and his doings, you can read all about it here:

Spanish illustrator Denis Carballás Riveiro takes us on a tour of his home town Vigo. Denis introduces us to Vigo's nature, food and music.

12/03/2025

Meet Lucy Moss, contributor for Ethos 🙋‍♀️

After a varied early career, Lucy established her own business in complementary health before realising her true vocation – bookkeeping (both financially and literary-speaking, as Lucy is fond of losing herself in a kept book).

A keen runner, Lucy is a mentor for the Tortoise Running Group in the Wirral, and can often be found running or volunteering at parkrun events – or legging it towards a nearby cat!

So tie up your laces and grab your nearby cats, because you’ll be LEGGING it to our next issue of Ethos to find the feature that Lucy has written for us. One that’s close to her heart, where you might just spot your favourite local Catalonian restaurant…🤤

Pre-order yourself a copy of Ethos 22 to find Lucy and Lunya, or maybe purchase an older issue of Ethos. You might even find some of the other features Lucy has written for Ethos in the past 8 years!

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10/03/2025

Six months after Oslo Innovation Week and we’ve finally stopped reminiscing about our time there long enough to tell you about it!🤷‍♀️

“Every year we head to for Innovation Week, for five days of inspiration, new ideas and forward-thinking. It’s September, so still bright with that ‘back to school’ feeling; of new starts and fresh thinking. And, while we’re there, we meet ’s brightest and wisest pioneers – people solving the big issues of our time, whether societal, environmental or just plain smart.”

Ethos founder and fierce protector, Fiona Shaw, got the Oslo-down on eight innovative teams and their creations from the week…

Find out more about Oslo’s latest and greatest pioneers by checking out the story on our site:

We’ve combined nature and words and discovered a selection of beautiful words that are derived from aspects of the natural world.

07/03/2025

We’ve finally made it to the podium in our countdown of top 10 Ethos site reads from 2024, and what a line up we’ve already had!

But now it’s time to put your hands together for our 3rd place story, taking home the bronze medal…

A Q&A with Robbie Davison, Can Cook🍴🤝

“Our purpose has become threefold – feeding people well as a retailer; tackling food poverty by feeding people well; and campaigning about food aid and its needs, issues and solutions.”

Robbie Davison is the founder of social enterprise Can Cook / Well-Fed, and has been a social entrepreneur for more than 25 years.

That’s a quarter of a century worth of expertise, experience and empowerment – so how could we NOT pick at his well-cooked brain?

In this read we’re serving all things purpose, perspective and perseverance – there’s platefuls of the stuff.

Sink your teeth into the socially-enriching story here:

Good Stories. Good People. Good Business

04/03/2025

Flippin’ heck! It’s Pancake Day! Our second favourite day of the year (after Halloween, when we stuff all our magazines into pillowcases to become EthoOoOoOOooOs)! 🥞🥞

And in the spirit of sweetness, why not treat yourself to a stack of our Ethos magazines; we’ve got good stories piling high, oozing with creativity, dripping with inspiration and doused in mouth watering curiosity 🤤

It’s the day for (pancake) tossing and (page) turning, so let us serve up a side of Ethos magazine - simply sign up for our biannual subscription using the link below!

Because these mags? They’re batter than ever 😏

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03/03/2025

Ethos Issue 22 is now ready to pre-order with a subscription! 🎉🎊🥳

Ethos 22, like the theme of this issue, is powered by people. People from far and wide (adventure coordinators from Finland and pumpkin farmers from Bangladesh) and close to home (the staff-owned restaurant, Lunya, down the road!).

People like Francois Brunelle and his globally distant doppelgangers, or Danish design doyen Fritz Hansen. People like Maria Amelie, CEO and co-founder of AI fact-checker, Factiverse and people like Michele Ferron, founder of women-led stationery brand Good Tuesday; and many, many other stories about good businesses - and the people that power them.

Ethos 22 is what happens when people pool their powers together; cities become swimmable, festivals become sustainable and workplaces become progressive.

This issue is a powerful one, people. Pre-order your copy today with a subscription here: https://ethos-magazine.com/product/1-year-2-issue-print-subscription-nt/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Post&utm_campaign=Preorder+Ethos+22+March+2025