Sustainable Tech

New companies are building technology like mobile phones and laptops with sustainability, recycling, reuse, repair and low emissions built-in. Fairphone produce Android-based mobile phones. I have one and have replaced the camera myself, amazingly. Framework a US company create a massively repairable 13″ laptop and are just about to roll out a 16″ version. The…

Renewable Energy at Home

Which? Magazine recommends either Good Energy, Ecotricity or GEUK as the best providers of renewable energy to domestic households. With the massive price rises and the uncertainty in the market from the Ukraine war behind us, companies are now taking on new customers. Many people don’t understand the need for customers to move away from…

Bangladesh Workers Stitched Up by Primark, Next & Co

Recent investigations show that shops like Primark, H&M, Tesco, Lidl, Aldi and Zara have been paying suppliers in Bangladesh less than the cost of production for their wares, which means the factories are forced to pay their workers less than the minimum wage. Some of the poorest people in the world work in the global…

Sustainable Fish

Not a lot of people know this but species-rich, undamaged marine ecosystems actually draw down CO2 and sequester it through natural processes, which is very good in the fight against climate change. Over-fished marine ecosystems can cause greenhouse gas emissions in several different ways, including through destructive fishing methods such as bottom trawling – alarmingly…

The Big One

In case somehow you have not heard about the Big One, this is it: a huge demonstration at the Houses of Parliament involving originally Extinction Rebellion and now everyone from WWF and the RSPB to the Nurses Union and faith groups from across the land. Protest is the sixth pillar of climate action that every…

Hugh Archibald White

Sadly Hugh died on Monday (27th March 2023), unexpectedly to most, although he had been recently diagnosed with a heart condition. As the chair of the trustees, he was always a steady hand and a great help when it came to running the charity and he’ll be sorely missed. He always seemed fond of his…

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the garden centre…

The government in 2022 banned the sale of bagged peat-based compost from 2024, which is a big step in the right direction and should save thousands of acres of peat bog in the country. Peat bog destruction causes huge amounts of CO2 emissions. When that law was passed, the government explained that the use of…