The world is groaning under the collective weight of discarded single-use plastic. Indeed, the average Brit will get through 242 plastic bottles and 109 single-use coffee cups in a single year. While the UK will collectively throw away 468 million spray bottles from cleaning products and 520 million… Read More »Plastic Free July 2025
We all know that pollinators are crucial to the ongoing health of our planet, and to the security of our delicious organic food! At this time of year it is quite common to see a bumblebee on the ground, looking like it might be in trouble. However, it… Read More »how to help a sleepy bumblebee
What is COP? COP stands for ‘Conference of the Parties’ and is a mechanism for decision making around the interconnected challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss and desertification. Each of these issues have dedicated meetings or ‘COPs’ to bring key parties together to measure progress and negotiate the… Read More »What’s going on at COP29?
This week marks Global Goals week – a campaign to accelerate action that will progress the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a set of targets unanimously agreed by all United Nations Member States in 2015, with the aim of delivering peace and prosperity for people… Read More »Supporting the sustainable development goals
September 5th marked 2024 Plastics Overshoot Day. This is the point in the year when the amount of plastic waste that has been generated exceeds the capability of waste management systems to handle it. As a result surplus plastic waste begins to build up and pollute environments. This is… Read More »plastics overshoot day
Gardening organically is a good way to ensure that the food and plants you grow are free of pesticides or chemicals. Using pesticides and chemicals to kill pests can be harmful to the animals who feed on them and have a wider detrimental impact on the environment. Michael Bright is… Read More »organic gardening – top tips!
With the weather finally warming up, it’s easy to forget that food can perish more quickly at home. Shockingly about 30% of all food produced globally goes to waste, and in the UK over 60% of this waste occurs at home. Here are a few ideas to keep… Read More »Preventing food waste in the warm weather
The first ever World Earth Day was in 1970, with a mission to “diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide”. It continues to do this by engaging with thousands of partners globally to drive positive action for the planet. The Earth Day movement is a practical one,… Read More »Earth day 2024: 5 key questions answered
Human beings have used plants since the dawn of time for medicinal purposes, to prevent or treat ailments and promote healing and wellbeing. Indigenous communities globally relied on botanical knowledge being passed down from generation to generation. In modern times, scientific research continues to explore and validate the therapeutic potential of plant compounds, but that botanical generational heritage is unfortunately being lost in our society. There is always time to rediscover it though!
Throughout January our Instagram account featured a number of small steps you can take to help make positive choices for a healthier lifestyle and healthier planet. If you missed them, here’s a quick summary to get up to speed!
