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The Conscious Creative: Practical Ethics for Purposeful Work (Excerpt)

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Excerpted from The Conscious Creative by Kelly Small ©2020 Kelly Small. Published by House of Anansi Press www.houseofanansi.com

Jumping into action I’ve always loved manifestos: compact packets of concentrated inspiration dripping in idealism and dreamy declarations of possibility. Inspirational and encouraging as manifestos are, they also tend to conclude before giving readers any practical next steps to realize the messages they espouse. While providing an outline of the “how” may not bea manifesto’s job, its absence can mean that even the most widely shared texts can lose momentum before their values are implemented.

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Viya, China’s top livestreaming influencer, vanished from cyberspace after receiving a $210m fine for tax evasion.

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On December 20, 2021, the State Tax Bureau of China announced that Viya would be fined $ 210 million(¥1.34 billion) for tax evasion. This is the highest fine levied on an individual in the country’s history. Later on the same day, all of her online accounts, as her business platforms, were closed down in accordance with the authorities’ stipulations.

The 36-year-old Viya, China’s top livestream seller, has broken many sales records since her first appearance, in 2016, on Taobao Live (an Alibaba-owned live-streaming channel). According to Alibaba Group, Viya’s gross merchandise volume (GMV) in the presales day for Double 11, the most extensive online shopping festival in China, reached $ 134 million (¥ 8.53 billion), hitting the number two spot for GMV last year. In 2020, she was selected as Fortune China Most Influential Businesswoman, and Forbes China Up-and-Coming Businesswoman in 2021.

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Revolut Gateway for WooCommerce Review (2023)

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Revolut has been making quite the impression as a way for people to exchange money and collect ecommerce payments without the hassle of inflated exchange rates and outdated money-sending services.

It’s a wonderful app which allows business payment solutions, including features for sending and accepting international transfers, as well as the ability to issue physical and virtual cards for your business.

Not only that, but the popular company provides a tool called the Revolut Gateway for WooCommerce, a plugin that integrates with your online WooCommerce store and gives you a wide variety of benefits such as lower fees and a speedy checkout process.

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Ethical Ecommerce Interviews: Mayamiko on Transforming From a Charity Into a Business

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We spoke to Paola Masperi, founder of both charity Mayamiko Trust and ethical womenswear label Mayamiko. The charity behind the brand trains disadvantaged people in Malawi and other parts of Africa in creative and transferable skills like tailoring, and then supports them to use those skills through business and finance education workshops and micro-financing.

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Ethical Ecommerce Interviews: Karst Stone Paper on the Importance of Building the Right Team

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We spoke to Kevin Garcia, co-founder and co-CEO of Karst Stone Paper (who’ve just launched a beautiful new website: take a gander!). After encountering stone paper while travelling in Asia, he figured out a way to turn it into beautiful, sustainable stationery.

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