One of the most eco-friendly things you can do is to stop buying new clothes, especially if you've got into the habit of buying something to wear only once. It's just not sustainable, and in many cases the cheap clothes you buy are unethical as well. Buying secondhand clothes helps to…
I might be the last to have heard this but apparently cashew nuts are not ethically sound, I'll go into why later, but this got me thinking about nuts in general. I avoid almonds already because I'm aware of how much water is used to produce just 1 almond, but there…
Last year I made some "Green New Years resolutions" which I wasn't that successful at keeping. In my defence the pandemic was one of the reasons I failed at some of them. This year I've decided to give other people ideas for their own eco-friendly New Years resolutions. I've already made…
Although I would love to buy all my food from small locally owned businesses, it's not always that easy. Wherever possible I buy fresh fruit and vegetables from the small shop in my village, but for tins and plant milk I tend to buy from supermarkets. This is partly down to…
This Christmas, every small change you make can have a big impact on the environment. Here, Jack Jahan from new and pre-owned jewellery retailer Ramsdens Jewellery has given us his top tips for choosing more environmentally friendly presents this festive season. It's estimated that every Christmas in the UK approximately three-and-a-half…
I think everyone knows that massive deforestation on the planet is not good. Destruction of the Amazon rainforest is increasing, and we'll all suffer the consequences. But we're not much better in the UK; Only 10% of England is woodland, and for the whole of the UK woodland represents only 13%…