My good friend Zoe has just set up quite a brilliant thing: This Because. This Because is a website containing a carefully curated collection of products that are made resourcefully and help people live generously. It gives you a selection of products that aren’t just self-serving, products that benefit others in the process – be… Continue reading This Because
Category: Environment
23 Posters
In the count down to Earth Hour, Do The Green Thing (quite possibly the most brilliant environment charity of all-time) is releasing a new poster everyday. Falling in line with Do The Green Thing’s mission of creativity vs. climate change, they’ve rallied together world class creatives and asked them to contribute a poster to the campaign. So… Continue reading 23 Posters
Bicycles Made from Old Cars
Rather that rot in a junkyard, these guys are turning old cars into bicycles. What an amazingly appropriate upcycle. A highly polluting vehicle to a zero-emissions one. Lovely stuff.
Crimes Against the Environment
When I was a kid, my sister and I used to love Red Truck Tuesday. It was the day when a special red rubbish truck would go around the neighbourhood and collect peoples big unwanted items to divert them from landfill. Missy and I used to find all sorts of treasures just siting on the… Continue reading Crimes Against the Environment
Feed and Read
Since taking a sabbatical from 11-aside football on Sundays I’ve been looking for something to fill the void, something to occupy those extra 6 hours on my weekend. And I think I’ve found it. Feed and Read. Cake and books. Best sunday ever, basically.
Blog Action Day 2012: The Power of We
10 years ago, Facebook was still an idea and Google wasn’t used as a verb. Encyclopaedias lived in libraries, and tweet was the sound a bird made. And now, the internet more so than any other platform in the past decade has changed the way we connect to the world, how we do business, receive… Continue reading Blog Action Day 2012: The Power of We
Bottles Made From Ocean Debris
Our oceans are filled with plastic. Plastic that comes from the products we buy, carrier bags we dispose of and materials we discard. Companies, both big and small have the choice to act and be proactive about the role they play in polluting the seas. Sadly few do. Insert method: a lovely little soap American… Continue reading Bottles Made From Ocean Debris
Conscious Consumption in the Capital
This week sees the launch of London’s first ever Good and Green Guide – a carefully curated guide book that helps visitors and residents of London navigate their way around in a sustainable fashion. It’s timely for London as millions of visitors will be coming into town for the upcoming Olympic games and they’ll be able… Continue reading Conscious Consumption in the Capital
Slum Safaris. Not a Good Thing.
Upon a recent trip to Kenya, I was asked by my host family if I’d like to go on a slum safari. At first I thought it was a joke and then shortly clocked that it wasn’t. Slum safaris – these are real! Foreigners can pay money to go on a tour of Kibera in… Continue reading Slum Safaris. Not a Good Thing.
The Search for Second-hand Clothes
Inspired by the lovely Liv (@theendofthenew) I decided 2012 would be the start of me buying as few new clothes as possible. Women in the UK waste £1.6 billion on clothes they’ll never wear and 1.2 million tonnes of this goes to landfill. Not so good for wallets or the environment. In my bid to… Continue reading The Search for Second-hand Clothes