For most of my adult life, I’ve been waiting for mainstream politics to include climate change in lawmaking. Anxiously waiting for world leaders to take the health of our home planet seriously. At the very least, equally as important as the economy. Indeed it’s fair to say that until recently, climate change wasn’t a popular […]
If it feels like the world is drowning in single-use plastic that’s because it is. Every year 8-12 million metric tons of plastic enter the ocean. Without sustained and scaled-up action, plastic pollution in oceans will triple in 20 years. In 2019 the production and incineration of plastic produced more than 850 million metric tons […]
Everyone knows skiing is a ridiculously expensive sport. I absolutely love to ski although I’m not at all sporty or competitive so it’s more of a hobby. Albeit a hobby that can set you back thousands of dollars even doing it on the cheap. If you have kids it’s even worse. I grew up in […]
Winter is always harsh on our skin but this winter my skin is especially grouchy. Perpetually rolling waves of stress, anger and sadness coupled with self-imposed isolation are visible across my ravaged face. Add to that the constant hum of – keep them safe keep them safe keep them safe – plays softly in my […]
The circular economy isn’t some quaint yet impractical idea about recycling plastic bottles into leggings. Actually, it has very little to do with recycling. Recycling is good but should be the last resort to keep a product in the loop. So how does circularity really work? A circular economy is now widely accepted as the […]
Is your cleaning cupboard a wasteland of chemicals and plastic bottles? And did you know most dishwasher pods are made from petrochemicals that pollute our waterways? Would you like a sustainable alternative to single-use dryer sheets? Misleading marketing tactics and shameless greenwashing ads are designed to confuse shoppers. Brands intentionally create packaging to make their […]
Have you ever bought someone a secondhand gift? If not, ask yourself why? This Christmas I challenge you to rethink where you usually shop and normalize buying your gifts secondhand. At Christmas time the UK imports 4,000 tonnes of mass produced goods from China. The U.K alone creates approximately 125,000 tonnes of plastic packaging waste […]
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