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Simple, Delicious, Vegan
Roasted, seared, salty, grilled, caramelised crowd-pleasers can certainly come out of a veggie box. Don’t worry, vegans are not jealous of the best stuff in their diet. There’s plenty for…
Dressing Sustainably Smart
Every year in the UK, around 1.45 million tonnes of used textiles or roughly 23 items of clothing per person are discarded. When you factor in that producing just one…
Gas Boilers and Landlords Recap
This week we kicked off our newly rebooted EcoCounts Mondays with a practical deep dive into gas boilers, heat pumps, and what renters can realistically do when their landlord controls…
Gas Boilers and Landlords
Come to our EcoCounts Mondays workshop on the topic on Jan 19th – sign up here on Eventbrite. Our EcoCounts data shows that domestic gas usage makes up on average…
Simple Ways To Eat With The Climate In Mind
Food accounts for around 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions, making diet one of the most direct ways individuals can reduce their footprint. The good news? Small, realistic changes to…
Travel Smart with Ride Sharing
Londoners are getting smart when it comes to reducing their transport footprint. There are travel and taxi apps now which let you book a ride with a ‘split fare’, or…
Gardening in a Changing Climate
The conventional British garden might well be a thing of the past. As hotter, drier summers are becoming more common and winters are growing warmer and wetter, the kind of…
Hotbin Composting
Hotbin composting offers a simple, fast and effective way to process food waste. A hotbin’s insulated design keeps temperatures at 40–60°C, allowing you to compost everything from vegetable peelings to…
Compost your Food Waste
London disposes of 2 million tonnes of food waste per year. Because it usually goes to landfill and causes methane emissions, composting this instead could save 275 thousand tonnes of…
Your Local Coffee Shop Needs You!
We data scientists at EcoCounts have discovered a correlation between people drinking tea and coffee in coffee shops and a force for good in this world. Such customers supporting local…