Brits Waste 3.2 Billion Bananas Annually
Bananas are the most wasted food in the UK. Discover how Brits discard an average of 115 bananas per household each year.
Brits Waste 3.2 Billion Bananas Annually
Ideas and solutions to live a more environmentally conscious life.
Waitrose Launches Innovative Cork Recycling Initiative
Waitrose Launches Innovative Cork Recycling Initiative
Waitrose introduces a groundbreaking cork recycling initiative, a first among major UK supermarkets. Discover more about their trial schemes.
Unilever Uses Unwanted Flowers for Fragrance
Unilever Uses Unwanted Flowers for Fragrance
Unwanted flowers used by Unilever for fragrance. Collaboration with researchers and suppliers creates sustainable, cost-effective ingredients.
The Health Benefits of ‘Planetary Health Diet’
The Health Benefits of ‘Planetary Health Diet’
Harvard study links the eco-friendly planetary health diet to lower risks of premature death, diseases, and reduced environmental impact.
‘No Tent Left Behind’ Campaign Promotes Festival Sustainability
‘No Tent Left Behind’ Campaign Promotes Festival Sustainability
Decathlon’s 'No Tent Left Behind' campaign urges festival goers not to leave their tents. Returned tents will receive a full refund.
Boop aims to cut beauty waste
Boop aims to cut beauty waste
Boop sells imperfect or excess beauty products at a discount, to reduce the 90 million beauty products thrown away each year in the UK.
Bahamas Unveils World’s First Carbon Negative Home
Bahamas Unveils World’s First Carbon Negative Home
First carbon negative home unveiled in Nassau, Bahamas. Home for the World removes & avoids same amount of CO2 as 5,200 mature trees!
Is Battery Swapping The Future For EVs In Cities?
Is Battery Swapping The Future For EVs In Cities?
Are very small electric cars with swappable batteries going to be a popular choice for city vehicles in future?
Air Con Can Make Your Roof Garden Grow
Air Con Can Make Your Roof Garden Grow
Air expelled from ventilation systems can make corn and spinach grow taller and larger. This is good news for roof gardens and farms.
Transparency Becoming Fashionable, Slowly
Transparency Becoming Fashionable, Slowly
The largest companies in the fashion business are getting (a bit) better at disclosing information about their human rights and environmental policies, practices and impacts a new study has found. But they’re still in F-grade territory with an average performance...
SPOTLIGHT: EV Charge Point Boom
SPOTLIGHT: EV Charge Point Boom
With just 400 weeks until 2030 - the date most governments and businesses are targeting for substantive climate measures to be in place - the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is picking up pace. That’s creating huge potential growth in the EV charging market....
Greener Lifestyles Linked To Greater Happiness
Greener Lifestyles Linked To Greater Happiness
The idea that being green means sacrifice and going without was epitomised by Boris Johnson’s denigration of the “hair shirt-wearing, tree-hugging, mung bean-eating eco freak”. When the UK prime minister said that in 2020, the message was clear: a sustainable...
Support For Energy Transition Still Strong
Support For Energy Transition Still Strong
Despite energy price rises kicking in across the world, most consumers are still in favour of transitioning away from fossil fuels to more climate friendly and sustainable energy sources.A new global report from the World Economic Forum, based on data gleaned from...
How To Dispose Of Our Takeaway Cup Problem?
How To Dispose Of Our Takeaway Cup Problem?
Pick up takeaway cappuccino. Drink it on the way to the office. Throw away the cup in the recycling bin. Easy, right? Actually most coffee cups can’t be recycled through public recycling bins and you could actually be responsible for all the rubbish in that bin -...
Win-Win Eating: Sustainable Food Is Cheaper
Win-Win Eating: Sustainable Food Is Cheaper
The cost of living is rising fast, mainly as a result of sharp increases in the price of energy, food and other essential goods. So many people are looking for ways to economise without reducing their quality of life. Researchers have some good news - adopting a...
The Music Industry’s Battle For Sustainability
The Music Industry’s Battle For Sustainability
Whether your love for music stems from dancing the night away to live music, streaming music from your device or in front of your decks mixing songs, the industry itself offers mixed reviews in terms of its sustainability. Therefore, it's vital to know what’s being...
Algae: A Hero For Nature And Health
Algae: A Hero For Nature And Health
Many eyes are now turning to the sea as we hunt for solutions to global problems like climate change, biodiversity loss and unhealthy diet. Water covers more than 70 per cent of the planet, much of it teaming with thousands of species of algae, which is proving to...
Sustainable Spirits Advance ‘Good Drink’ Movement
Sustainable Spirits Advance ‘Good Drink’ Movement
Whether you’re raising a glass to progress on tackling climate change at COP26 or you want to drown your sorrows that the pledges don’t go far enough, there’s a new book that will help you choose a more sustainable spirit for the occasion.A Good Drink: In Pursuit...
Climate Positive Food: Eat Out To Help Out The Planet
Climate Positive Food: Eat Out To Help Out The Planet
The era of ‘climate positive’ eating out is here. As we scramble to reduce our impact on the planet, a new generation of cafés and restaurants is making the task easier - and more enjoyable - for us.Tim Grant is an unlikely eco-warrior at first glance. Looking at...
SPOTLIGHT: Meat Eating In Decline
SPOTLIGHT: Meat Eating In Decline
The average person is now eating less meat. The health and environmental benefits of reducing meat consumption have been known for a while, but there’s evidence that people are now actually changing their eating habits to a more plant-based diet.An extensive study...
