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 […]
Sustainability Tip 60: Reuse Your Bags Everyone knows that plastic bags are bad for the environment, polluting the planet and posing a severe threat to marine life. Yet, most of us are still guilty of using them, at least on occasion. So why, and how, can we stop for good? First, let’s talk a little about their impact. The Impact of Using […]
Sustainability Tip 58: Don't Let Your Food Go To Waste Between 33-50% of all food produced globally is never eaten. Meanwhile, 1 in 9 people around the world go to bed hungry every night. These statistics are as shocking as they are terrible. Clearly, the way we manage our food needs to change, not just for people but for the planet, too. To […]
Sustainability Tip 57: Make Every Day Earth Day Happy Earth Day! Today is all about celebrating the wonderful world that we live in and, with this year’s theme, thinking about how we can invest in the planet for our future. The simplest answer, living more sustainably. As we talked about in our Invest in Nature article, Earth is our only […]
Sustainability Tip 56: Chew Plants, Not Plastic Chewing gum is a regular habit for many. Yet, the fresh breath experience we all enjoy is one of the worst causes of litter in the world today. This is because most chewing gum is actually a single-use plastic. Just one piece contains as much as a straw. You may not even have […]
Sustainability Tip 55: Help The Bees One of the first images that comes to your mind when thinking about climate change is probably a polar bear, floating on a melting iceberg. Yet, it’s important to remember that every species of plant and animal is under threat from climate change, including the ones in your own backyard. Take bees, for […]
Wash Away Your Environmental Impact From the earliest points in human history, we have always found ways to clean and groom ourselves, from Indian ‘soapberries’ used as shampoo to the ancient Egyptians grinding down beetles to make lipstick. However, as society and innovation progressed, people moved away from all-natural ingredients taken from the Earth to processed, packaged products. This, of […]
Sustainability Tip 53: Choose to Refill When you throw a plastic bottle into the recycling, there’s no guarantee that it will actually be recycled. In fact, it probably won’t. According to the World Economic Forum, just 14% of all plastic packaging is collected for recycling around the world. Since the recycling process is so complex, huge amounts of ‘recycling’ that […]
Sustainability Tip 52: Wear Your Values Environmental sustainability and ethics often go hand in hand. This is no wonder, as many feel that being sustainable is a moral duty to the planet and those who live on it. According to the Center for Humans and Nature, ethics is also inseparable from the ideas of justice, consequence, and proper use of […]
Sustainability Tip 51: Embrace Zero-Waste Everyone has heard the phrase ‘reduce, repair, recycle’ before, and for good reason, too. Using less, and reusing what we have, is what sustainability is all about. After all, our planet has a limited amount of resources and a growing population. Demand for pretty much everything is at an all-time high; food, clothing, […]
Compost Your Way to Sustainability: Weekly Tip 50 Eco-friendly products are everywhere these days, and if you want to buy green, you don’t have to look too far. Yet, at its heart, sustainability is about buying less, producing less, and finding ways to reuse everything as much as you can. For this reason, home composting may just be one of the most […]