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Plastic Pollution, Pollution, Recycling, Waste, Well-being October 11, 2023

Vaping vs. Smoking vs. Planet: Should we ban all nicotine use?

Disposable vapes look set to be banned in the UK, due to concerns backed by the Local Government Association about teenage addiction, fire risk, and plastic pollution. Whilst factors such as the health risks and addictiveness of vaping are bad enough, the environmental impacts must also be considered. The scale of the waste they produce is staggering, with eight disposable vapes being…

Biodiversity, Features, Injustice, Renewable Energy, Well-being July 26, 2023

The Golf Game isn’t up to Scratch

In August 2022, French climate activists filled in holes at golf courses near Toulouse with cement. In July 2023, Spanish activists followed suit, filling in holes at courses across Spain with soil and planting seedlings on the courses. The reason? Protesting golf’s very thirsty use of water in times of drought. At a time of unprecedented heatwaves and droughts fuelled by the…

Fast Fashion, Features, Top Tips, Transport, Waste, Well-being July 20, 2023

Festivals of the future – can they ever be sustainable? Top tips for eco-friendly festival-goers!

Festival season is in full swing in the UK and Europe, with over one million people attending live music events in London alone, in the first week of July. Glastonbury festival in Somerset, UK attracted a crowd of around 210,000 people. Tomorrowland, Belgium is set to double even that total in a few days time.

There are many ways of reducing your environmental footprint when attending these events, and you still get to still dance to great music in a big field with a drink in your hand. Here are our top four “do’s and don’ts” for more sustainable festival-ing.

Concerns about being fired or victimised at work are preventing people from calling out environmental issues at their workplace.

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