Composting Composting is one of the great things people can do at their houses for sustainable living. Food waste and other organic material decays releasing methane which contributes to greenhouse gas emissions. In composting, food waste turns into fertiliser that works as a soil conditioner. It may be disposed of in piles or bins that […]
Community Home Travel Shopping Food Energy Community Empowering communities Enabling communities to lead local renewal projects with a neighbourhood-scale approach is the most cost-effective way to ensure our villages, towns and cities are fit for the future and create the conditions for people to thrive. Through empowering community groups to come together to tackle issues
Energy Home – it’s somewhere we need to feel safe and warm. That involves using energy to heat or cool your property, generate hot water and power all your appliances. Around 22% of the UK’s carbon emissions come from our homes, as a result. Home Travel Shopping Food Energy Community There is so much energy
Food Food is responsible, worldwide, for around 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, 60% of forest and biodiversity loss, and 70% of all freshwater removed from rivers and lakes. These numbers are predicted to grow if we don’t take action. Home Travel Shopping Food Energy Community Here are the 6 key steps that we can all
Shopping The weekly shop of recent times is, quite simply, riddled with plastic. We’ve all been there: the frustration of realizing you forgot the reusable grocery bags again, and being horrified by the sheer amount of plastic going straight in the bin when unpacking your food. Home Travel Shopping Food Energy Community The challenges Let’s
Travel We all know about the huge emissions produced by our relentless need, and want, for travel. But it’s a part of life now, so short of avoiding it completely – which has got much easier in some cases, thanks to remote working solutions – you can start by working your way through this list
Making your home part of the solution Your home may seem like just one tiny element of the climate puzzle – but when you realise that’s where we spend most of our time, and multiply that by the billions of households on the planet, it becomes clear that this is one place we can all
Food Sources Climate change Plastic pollution Forests Oceans Energy sources Food The challenges Meat and dairy products have been a source of food for millennia. But modern industrial farming practices and the sheer number of animals involved is causing huge environmental damage, squeezing out wild animals and accelerating climate change. Meat and dairy In the
Energy Sources Climate change Plastic pollution Forests Oceans Energy sources Food The challenges The biggest single cause of the climate problem is our burning of fossil fuels. We burn oil, coal, and gas to keep ourselves comfortably warm and cool, provide heat to cook with, create electricity to power factories, lights, computers and all manner
Oceans Climate change Plastic pollution Forests Oceans Energy sources Food Water covers over 70% of the planet’s surface. The role it plays in maintaining Earth as a liveable habitat cannot be overstated: it regulates global temperatures, and is the major driving force of weather everywhere. As our emissions raise air temperatures, the oceans get hotter
Forests Climate change Plastic pollution Forests Oceans Energy sources Food The challenges Forests are home to an enormous 80% of the world’s land biodiversity, including a mindblowing array of trees, plants, animals, birds, insects and fungi working together in complex ecosystems that support the finely balanced survival of all living things, including us. Covering a
Plastic Pollution Climate change Plastic pollution Forests Oceans Energy sources Food The challenges Plastic is poisoning our planet. We have alternative technologies ready to replace it, but still we insist on using this totally unnecessary substance that’s wreaking unimaginable levels of damage on our environment. Our plastic packaging addiction is just the tip of the
Climate Change Climate change Plastic pollution Forests Oceans Energy sources Food The challenges Our climate is breaking down. Rising seas and extreme weather events are costing lives and putting tens of millions of people around the world at risk. And younger generations are being robbed of their future on a healthy, liveable planet. But climate
