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 […]
Care for Your Teeth and The Planet - Weekly Tip 49 Our impact on the environment often comes from small, everyday activities that build up. Take brushing your teeth, for example. You do it twice every single day, and, as such, you likely go through quite a lot of toothpaste (about one tube a month for the average person!) All of those little plastic […]
Save Animals with Your Socks: Weekly Tip 48 When we talk about “saving the Earth from climate change”, what we really mean is that we wish to save the life living on it. After all, this is what will be impacted; the planet will just keep on turning. This is an important thing to realise, as while we focus on emissions, we […]
Step Into Something More Sustainable - Weekly Tip 47 Did you know that more than 25 billion pairs of shoes are produced every single year? Each pair will typically generate around 30 pounds of carbon emissions, an unusually high footprint for a product that requires no electricity or sophisticated components. In fact, that’s the equivalent of leaving a 100-watt lightbulb burning for an entire […]
Weekly Tip 46: Save Water, Save the World It can sometimes seem like water is an endless resource. After all, just turn on the tap and out it comes, right? Sadly, however, this very much isn’t the case. While the Earth may be covered in water, 97% of it comes with salt, leaving only a very measly 3% of freshwater. Even […]
Weekly Tip 45: Reduce, Rinse, Repeat Take one look around the average households bathroom, and you’ll soon see why bathroom and beauty products are often considered some of the most unsustainable. From the plastic packaging it comes in to the chemicals contained inside, it’s clear why there has been a growing demand for sustainable cosmetics. Still, some products can be […]
Weekly Tip 44: Backpack Your Way to Sustainability Living the perfect sustainable life isn’t going to happen overnight. Today, we’re going to talk about something that can (quite literally!) help you in your journey: your backpack. The majority of trusty two-straps are made from a mixture of materials, most of which are notoriously bad for the environment. This includes plastics such as […]