Category: Environment

Each person’s carbon footprint depends on the choices they make – both in their day-to-day life, and in a broader sense. Below are a few simple ways to reduce your own carbon footprint and help our planet.

Cutting down on carbon emissions and wasted clothing material is much easier than you think.

Doing your bit for the environment can oftentimes be dull and mundane, however growing your own edible plants can be rewarding…

Its summer 2022! And the LGBTQIA+ community and their allies are gearing up  ready to go out and celebrate their identities at their closest pride parade.

Last summer, the UK witnessed unprecedented temperatures exceeding 40°C for the first time in recorded history. Many Brits took..

Food waste is a prominent issue in the United Kingdom. Although the situation is slowly improving, the UK is still responsible for 9.52 million tonnes of food waste every year.

By definition, foraging is gathering wild food resources.

We’re on a countdown to the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Birmingham is hosting this year’s biggest event of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Celebrated on the 22nd of March each year, the United Nation’s World Water Day promotes awareness of water accessibility in areas with limited access to fresh, clean water.

Global Recycling Day, created in 2018, is a day which focuses on bringing awareness to sustainable solutions and the importance of recycling.

Our biggest climate change activist is none other than a 19-year-old fresh-out-of-school- girl AKA Greta Thunberg.

What is Carbon Footprint?

 Well, according to The Nature Conservancy, carbon footprint is the ‘total amount of greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide and methane) that are generated by our actions.’

“Sustainability is a political choice, not a technical one. It’s not a question of whether we can be sustainable, but whether we choose to be”

– Gary Lawrence

We delve deeper into the key goals set out by the UN in their efforts to create a sustainable future.

In recent months Europe is finally beginning to see the harsh realities of climate change. If we do not act immediately with a united effort we can expect more of the same in the coming years.

Tackling climate change is not just vital, it may be the best way to stop further pandemics.

The United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs has devised seventeen Sustainable Development goals to implement by 2030.