Reading Sustainably: How To Turn The Page On Climate Change Around the world, reading is a favourite pastime for people of all ages. And in the past few years, the number of people picking up a book for fun has only increased due to lockdown. But what is the cost to the environment of all these books, and how can we ensure we are reading […]
Sustainability Tip 66: Keep Your House 'Green' and Tidy Whether you love it or hate it, cleaning is a part of life we all have to deal with. However, what we use to clean has been changing. People are more than ever recognising the difference they can make to the planet’s future and choosing what they buy more carefully. That includes their cleaning […]
How To Lower Your Family’s Footprint at Home The climate crisis is worrying for everyone, and there’s been an increase in awareness around eco-anxiety. While mostly thought of in young people, it can seriously impact parents too. In fact, two out of three British parents believe that climate change threatens their children’s future, and 38% admitted to worrying about climate change more since […]
Sustainability Tip 65: Get A Sustainable Razor Humans have been shaving for thousands of years, but as times have changed, our shaving habits have started to have a terrible impact on the environment. Switching to a sustainable razor could make all the difference. The Waste Problem As you might imagine, the biggest problem with razors is the amount of waste they cause. […]
Sustainability Tip 64: Sleep Sustainably at Night Getting a good night’s sleep is vital for our health, but how do our sleeping habits impact the planet and sleep sustainably? Bedding, and mattresses, in particular, are actually becoming quite a big environmental issue. In 2017, the U.K. alone threw away more than 7 million mattresses and, according to Zero Waste Scotland, […]
Sustainability Tip 63: Spray it Green We all want to keep our houses clean, tidy, and well-maintained, and cleaning products help with that. They can remove dust, allergens, and germs from our environment. But have you ever considered the environmental cost of our cleaning chemicals? VCOs The biggest impact of cleaning products comes from the ingredients inside. These are called “Volatile […]
The Three-Step Solution: Regive Everything we do at Play it Green is guided by our unique 3-step solution to climate change: Reduce, Repair, Regive. This week, we take a look at our final step – regive 10% to a good cause – what it means, and why it’s so important. It’s important to understand that the climate crisis […]
Sustainability Tip 62: Don't Buy, Rent All of us are guilty of buying things we don’t really need. Overconsumption is becoming a huge environmental issue, with some reports indicating we consume twice as many material goods today as we did 50 years ago. The ability to buy things online and have them delivered the next day is also making […]
The Three-Step Solution: Repair Everything we do at Play it Green is guided by our unique 3-step solution to climate change: Reduce, Repair, Regive. This week, we take an in-depth look at step two and what repairing the planet really means. When people think about climate change, they often think about all the possible catastrophic things that could […]
Sustainability Tip 61: Cheers to Sustainable Beer Beer is one of the world’s most beloved drinks, bringing people together for more than 10,000 years. Unfortunately, it’s also reaping havoc on our environment. From start to finish, making beer takes a huge toll on our planet. The most common ingredients – wheat, barley, hops, sugar – are some of the most water […]
The Three-Step Solution: Reduce Everything we do at Play it Green is guided by our unique 3-step solution to climate change: Reduce, Repair, Regive. You may have noticed we recently changed the order to put Reduce first. This is because we believe it is the most important of the three, and today we would like to take some […]