Date: 05 December Action: 339 Cost of taking action: NIL The Japanese art of furoshiki involves beautifully wrapping gifts in cloth, not paper Many of the most revered Japanese arts have emerged from something that was first intended for practical uses. Furoshiki is no different. The term, which literally (read more …)
Date: 04 December Action: 338 Cost of taking action: NIL Today’s tip will help you keep control of buying, waste, budgets and your “Christmas footprint” Every year at Christmas, many families (especially in the rich western nations) will “overdo” Christmas. We buy too many presents for children, we buy (read more …)
Date: 02 December Action: 336 Cost of taking action: LOW Choose your Christmas gifts carefully – it can make a lot of difference In December we will be featuring several actions around Christmas gifts and Christmas celebrations. Today’s action is … buy a child a solar powered toy. It’s (read more …)
Date: 01 December Action: 335 Cost of taking action: NIL By our guest author Divya Hari in Singapore Planned obsolescence – what does it mean? It all started with the light bulb industry, was propagated by the auto industry and today it is proliferating in several industries from fashion (read more …)
Date: 29 November Action: 333 Cost of taking action: LOW From our guest author Anna Dawson in the UK We all love Christmas traditions, especially the tree! However, as our planet changes it may be time to consider a more eco-friendly alternative to the traditional Christmas tree. What’s the (read more …)
Date: 27 November Action: 331 Cost of taking action: LOW By our guest author Halima Curran in Libya Badly in need of a rejuvenating cup of coffee whilst shopping or travelling? That’s happened to many of us, but whilst savouring the (hopefully) exquisite brew and feeling the transformation from (read more …)
