Be Sustainable This February Well done to all of you who boldly attempted Veganuary or even Meat-free Mondays throughout January. Being vegan or vegetarian doesn’t suit everyone, but any small changes to our weekly menus by reducing the consumption of red meat and dairy products will improve our health and ultimately benefit our beautiful planet. …
Be Sustainable: Plastic Free Allies! The Plastic Free scheme is run locally by Royston Environmental Group and accredited by Surfers Against Sewage. Letchworth was the first Herts town to be accredited Plastic Free in 2019. Other local towns including Baldock, Buntingford and Hitchin are also working towards this status. In Royston we now have SIX …
Be Sustainable: Zero Waste Christmas Christmas can be a magical time of year, but it is also, unfortunately, a time of excess waste: packaging, gift wrap, food, and more. However, Christmas doesn’t need to be so wasteful, and it can be just as much fun without. Here are some tips to get you started with …
Be Sustainable: Why is Food Waste a Problem? You may not give too much thought when you throw food in the bin, but doing so can have a huge negative impact on the environment. If collected as general waste, food waste reaches landfill sites where it isn’t exposed to enough oxygen and so it begins …
Sustain-ability 2021 Introducing Royston’s first multi-centre ecological event, which aims to give you the know-how to pursue a greener lifestyle. We all understand that we need to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, but how exactly can we do this? How do we make those small differences in our everyday lives that will contribute to bigger, global …
Be Sustainable: Do You Suffer With Eco-anxiety? Eco-anxiety are feelings of helplessness, panic and guilt towards to ecological climate. Whilst eco-anxiety is perfectly rational and isn’t a recognised medical condition, it can still cause harm to your mental health and impact your daily life. Here are some ideas that may help you overcome these feeling …
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Boosting Immunity: Winter Warriors This is a great time of the year to get into some new habits not only to ‘boost’ our immunity but to sustain it so that we are in the best possible shape on the inside as well as the outside. It’s a little known fact but actually at least 70% …
Be Sustainable: Zero Plastic Survival Kit Living a plastic free lifestyle definitely takes effort and organising, so here is what to put in your zero waste survival kit to ensure you can skip out on using single use plastic. • Cotton bags Make sure you have a stash of reusable cotton bags by the front …
Be Sustainable: Plastic Free Bathroom Routine Often when we make steps to go plastic free it can feel extremely overwhelming so starting with one area of your life first can feel much more manageable so here are my favourite swaps for your bathroom routine… • Bamboo Toothbrush I favour a bamboo toothbrush for its cardboard packaging …
Knowledge is Key When first exploring the idea of living more sustainably, it felt extremely overwhelming. It can appear that we have no hope and that we would have to change our entire lifestyles to live in a more conscious way for the planet. I find that keeping up to date with different knowledge sources …
Be Sustainable: Zero Waste Instead of Recycling Let’s make a quick summary; living zero waste is not the same as recycling. Zero waste is a bigger concept with an overall aim to completely eliminate waste not just manage it. This means the goal is to not send anything to landfill at all. Recycling focuses on …
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Debunking 3 of the most common myths about going plastic-free Certain assumptions can be made about any lifestyle choice and often it can seem harder than it really is. I’m here to reveal some myths you may be thinking about when living without plastic. Myth 1 – You have to throw out all of your …
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