Action: Make green New Year resolutions
Our first action of 2023 is … resolve to continue taking action this year! In 2021 we produced 365 articles about the actions we can all take as individuals to …
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Action: Embrace the Japanese art of Furoshiki
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 …
Action: Always buy sustainable gifts
At Christmas, there are many advantages to committing to only buy sustainable gifts When we buy Christmas gifts – or indeed other gifts – we often struggle. What do we …
Action: Switch to using a menstrual cup
Switching to a menstrual cup is not only great for the environment, but great for your body, purse and convenience. What is a menstrual cup? Menstrual cups are small cups …
Action: Reduce the plastic you use at Halloween
Halloween should be fun, but it’s become a big plastic polluter in recent years! Halloween decoration, packaging, sweet wrappers, costumes …. there’s so much plastic involved. You only have to …
Action: Switch to a supermarket delivery service
Many supermarkets in many countries now offer home delivery – here’s why it makes environmental sense It might seem a bit decadent to have your shopping delivered to your front …
Action: Refuse to buy fruit and onions in netting
This action is a short, easy one. Please resolve to stop buying fruit and vegetables packaged in this horrible plastic netting. The netting is a completely unnecessary use of plastic. …
Action: Ditch the birthday balloons
Here’s a simple action we can all take at no cost; please stop using rubber or foil balloons as part of your celebrations of birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and so on. …
Action: Use a shopping bag
It’s easy Here is another very easy thing we can all do to reduce the amount of plastic polluting our planet or entering our waste disposal systems. Simply take, and …