London Lions Announce Partnership with Play it Green London’s premier professional basketball team, London Lions, has partnered with Play It Green to help lower the club’s carbon footprint and enhance its environmental actions. London Lions, who play out of the Copper Box Arena in the British Basketball League, aim to deliver an environmentally themed matchday, along with an education programme for its […]
Business Tip: Clean Green Cleaning is a necessary task, yet it doesn’t need to have such a devastating impact on our environment. From the chemicals inside to the greenhouse gases released during their products, cleaning products are harming nature, and it’s up to all of us to make better choices about what we use. The major concern […]
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 […]
Held by Trees: Making Music that Heals Our Planet From the launch of Climate Positive Music with Held by Trees to partnering with huge new music festival Summerfest, Play it Green is helping drive sustainability within the music industry and helping to make music that heals our planet. The launch of Climate Positive Music began in partnership with new instrumental project ‘Held by […]
The 1000 Tree Challenge April 2022 is Earth Month and Play it Green’s first anniversary! To celebrate, we’re launching the 1000 Tree Challenge, to help everyone make the biggest social and environmental impact possible. This year’s theme is ‘Invest in Our Planet’ and that’s exactly what this challenge is all about, utilising the power of community and […]
The Fight To Tackle E-Waste Do you keep your old laptops, computers, and phones? If you do, you’re not alone, and that’s just part of the reason electronic waste, or e-waste, is the world’s fastest-growing domestic waste stream. The reason this is such a huge issue is not only because of the amount of waste we are producing […]
Play it Green Co-Founder to Mentor SportsPro Sustainability Hackathon SportsPro Media, the world’s leading international media company for the sports industry in print, digital and events, is holding a Sustainability Hackathon this April, following the success of the Hackathon last year. Play it Green Co-Founder, Richard Dickson, is amongst the 27 founders and industry leaders invited to be a mentor for the students taking […]
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 […]
Focus 5 Commits to Sustainability with Play it Green Focus 5 Recruitment has partnered with Play it Green to plant trees, balance their carbon footprint, and drive sustainability within their business. The North-West digital and tech recruitment business will now make an immediate environmental and social impact through the trees they plant, all whilst being provided with the weekly tips and tools to […]
How Big Brands are Pushing Sustainability There’s no denying that the world needs to change to fight climate change, and, slowly, it is. Today, we’re going to take a look at how some big brands are pushing for sustainability from their customers and within their operations. Ford Embraces Electric Vehicles Ford has confirmed the launch of seven new fully-electric vehicles in […]
The Microscopic Ocean Predator Fighting Climate Change Scientists have discovered a new creature off the coasts of Sydney that could be a “secret weapon” in the fight against climate change. According to researchers at the University of Technology Sydney, the single-celled microbe has a taste for carbon and could be used to help balance emissions in our atmosphere. The tiny […]