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Veganuary – 1st January – 31st January 2026 Here’s a great environmental awareness day to kick off the year! Throughout the month of January, Veganuary invites and inspires people to explore a vegan lifestyle. In 2023, 706,965 people worldwide signed up for a Veganuary, which increased to 1.8 million in January 2024. It’s a great way
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We’ve entered December so the festive season is upon us. We will need to start thinking about Christmas presents for friends and family, if we haven’t already. But, for some, the idea of buying gifts for someone else can be difficult because you may not know what they actually want or need and may just
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As a parent, I want my child to have a care-free childhood but also teach her about the dangers that can be found in the world without scaring her. She’s 7 and she learnt about Stranger Danger quite early on in her school life; she knows what to look out for and we talked out
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One of the reasons I keep coming across that prevents people from living greener is the myth that it’s expensive to do. As the cost of living is really biting some of us, being green (and staying green) can be challenging.
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If you worry about climate change and the impact humans are having on the environment to the point where you may not be able to stop thinking about it, there’s probably a chance you suffer from a level of eco-anxiety.
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When I tell people that I’m studying for a degree, they are interested in what I’ve been learning. I’ve done two years so far (another four to go) and my favourite was the first year. I absolutely loved it. Here’s what I learned in my first year studying toward BSc (Hons) Environmental Science. This block
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We all have household bins in our homes and local councils encourage us to recycle to a point where we are shamed for not recycling, especially when it comes to plastic. As consumers, we are told and expect our plastics to be taken away and recycled into new packaging and this is a big reason
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Last week, I took part in The Big Plastic Count. The founders of this fabulous initiative is Greenpeace and Everyday Plastic asking households to take part investigating how much plastic is used for a period of one week – 16-22 May 2022. By collating all this data, they can provide the government evidence that more
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I recently had a major proud parent moment. As a child, I absolutely loved watching Blue Peter. I will never forget the best make of all by Anthea Turner, Thunderbirds’ Tracey Island. I must admit, I wasn’t a fan of Thunderbirds but even I found it awesome watching this creation unfold on TV. We talked about it
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When I tell people that I’m studying for a degree, they are interested in what I’ve been learning. I’ve done two years so far (another four to go) and my favourite was the first year. I absolutely loved it. Here’s what I learned in my first year studying toward BSc (Hons) Environmental Science. In one