We benefit from nature and wildlife in the city in multiple ways: mental health, air quality, temperature amelioration, storm water run-off, community enhancement, education, recreation, tourism…. However sometimes we really…
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Alcohol in Bottles
Until a national bottle deposit return scheme is created to enable re-use of glass bottles, they will remain the most energy-intensive packaging and transport option for alcohol. Large amounts of…
Recycling
While we won’t recycle our way out of the climate crisis, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t. If something isn’t recycled, then in order of increasing rubbishness, it will get incinerated,…
Waste No More
In the UK we waste about £250 of food per person a year, or 10 million tonnes in total, according to the sustainability research group WRAP. That includes waste by…
Buying Sustainable Flowers
The key to buying sustainable flowers is to have time to plan and avoid being trapped into getting the most unsustainable flowers at the last minute from the supermarket. There…
Stain Removal without the Chemicals
Sodium percarbonate (nappy bleach) or lemon juice in your wash will help keep your whites white. Not quite as eco-friendly or effective as drying your washing outside in the sun,…
Three Little Birds on your Doorstep
Make sure to help the local bird population right now as winter makes their lives hard. Less daylight hours to forage, less forage to find, frozen water sources and higher…
Vampire Energy
Vampire energy accounts for over a 100 billion kilowatt hours per year in the USA, and in Britain amounts to around 12% of domestic bills. Also known as standby power…
Circularity
One of the hot topics in sustainability this year has been circularity. It’s descriptive of how resources can be best utilised over and over in society and the economy. With…
Handkerchiefs
The issue with tissue is that we make it from trees, and currently we really really really need those trees to remain standing, absorbing that CO2 and fostering the wildlife.…