Sustainability tips

Before you go: Write down a list of what items you want to pick up Thrifting will mean the exact thing may not be there, but something similar might – so have an idea of the kind of thing you are looking for. Have a look through your own wardrobe  To check you haven’t forgotten …

What are micro-plastics? As we know, plastic takes hundreds of years to break down. It is rather crazy to think that every plastic toothbrush that we have had since we were children, still exists somewhere in the world. How to spot micro-plastics? Well, officially they are defined as plastics less than five millimetres (0.2 inches) …

Firstly, lets define fast fashion: “Inexpensive clothing produced rapidly by mass-market retailers in response to the latest trends.” (Dictionary online definition) Every year, we collectively purchase around 80 billion pieces of new clothing globally. A McKinsey and Company study found that fashion consumption increased by 60% between 2000 and 2014 alone. These statistics are staggering. This does not include production, …

OKAY YOU GOT ME, click bait headline but hear me out… Plastic Free July is a great initiative that encourages people all over to reduce their plastic usage. HOORAH for less plastic! However, due to the fact plastic is hidden in so many objects its hard to completely eradicate plastic from your life. It is …

A few people have asked how I started this sustainable lifestyle journey, and in all honesty – I have a long way to go. It is kind of never ending, as we are all learning on the way. Some people change their diet; some buying habits and some reduce their transport usage by walking or …

As someone who is fond of travelling and experiencing interesting places around world, I have always wondered about carbon offsetting and how much a contribution can help when I jump on a flight. I have family that live overseas and so I am fairly regularly on planes to visit them. Carbon offsetting goes further than …

Something we have seen in the press a lot over the past few years and is one of the world’s most demonised oils. Why? Palm oil is in nearly 50% of packaged stuff you can find in a general supermarket, from pizzas to shampoo. For many of us, it is hard to go a day …

In the U.S. alone, one estimate suggests 500 million straws are used every single day [1] In the U.K, we are estimated to use 42 billion straws a year – this figure has been checked with the UKs impartial fact checker website[2], there is much debate about how accurate this figure is. However, even if …