Date: 26 December Action: 360 Cost of taking action: NIL By our guest author Barbara Wysocka in Scotland Boxing Day – and time to recycle all the Christmas wrapping properly We hope you had a wonderful Christmas day yesterday. What is one of the most exciting things about Christmas? (read more …)
Date: 25 November Action: 329 Cost of taking action: LOW By our guest author Barbara Wysocka in Scotland A traditional advent calendar can reduce your plastic and carbon footprints and let you give more thoughtful, personal and ethical gifts Since it’s just round the corner, we are now allowed (read more …)
Date: 19 October Action: 292 Cost of taking action: £/$/€ NIL From our guest author Barbara Wysocka in Scotland Handy with a needle and thread or sewing machine? Here’s a great example of how clothing can be re-used Today’s action is … make boxer shorts from old clothing! In (read more …)
Date: 08 September Action: 251 Cost of taking action: £/$/€ MEDIUM From our guest writer Barbara in Scotland A grey water system can work in most houses and makes very effective use of “waste” water Todays action is more of a project – to invest in a grey water (read more …)
Date: 07 September Action: 250 Cost of taking action: £/$/€ SAVES MONEY From our guest writer Barbara in Scotland Your shopping bill, food waste, your plastic footprint, and your carbon footprint can all be reduced by some common-sense planning Today’s action is to plan your food shopping properly. Shopping (read more …)
Date: 11 August Action: 223 Cost of taking action: £/$/€ HIGH From our guest writer Barbara in Scotland The time to make some big individual environmental decisions is when making some big purchases (You might recall our earlier articles about triple glazing, wind turbines, and electric cars. This action (read more …)
Date: 31 July Action: 212 Cost of taking action: £/$/€ FREE From our guest writer Barbara in Scotland Who knew you could freeze bananas this way? Say no to food waste and freeze … your bananas (and not only!) Have you ever come across advice how to be assertive (read more …)
Date: 10 July Action: 191 Cost of taking action: £/$/€ NIL From our guest writer Barbara in Scotland Using “Pick Your Own” (PYO) farms brings many advantages for you and the environment What could be better than nice juicy sweet fruit on sunny summer days accompanied by whipped cream, (read more …)
Date: 25 May Action: 145 Cost of taking action: £/$/€ SAVES MONEY From our guest writer Barbara in Scotland Food preservation is another way of reducing food waste and overconsumption We all know the best prevention against food waste is simply not to overbuy! But when we’re surrounded by (read more …)
Date: 01 May Action: 121 Cost of taking action: £/$/€ NIL From our guest writer Barbara in Scotland Corporate greenwashing often means things are not as good for the environment as they might seem In this article I would like to bring your attention to so-called “greenwashing”. You may (read more …)
