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Get involved this June!

This month, we have two amazing national campaigns you can get involved in to celebrate nature and climate action right here in your own communities, as well as opportunities to contribute to national action. Let’s get going! The Great Big Green Week From the 7th-15th June, The Great Big Green Week is here! For aContinue reading “Get involved this June!”

Types of Sustainability Action

One of the main questions we all have to ask ourselves regarding sustainability is: If we all know what’s happening, why doesn’t anything ever change? Why have we known about the issues and science for decades, but yet it hasn’t resulted in real, societal action? There are a few reasons for this, but today weContinue reading “Types of Sustainability Action”

Underconsumption core

Last year in June/July time, I noticed my eye cream was starting to run out, so I went out to the shop and bought a new one. A couple of days ago, I finally used up the original tube of eye cream, nearly a whole year on from when it first started running low. WhileContinue reading “Underconsumption core”

No Mow May 2025 🌼

Hello everyone! It’s that time of year again, time to get involved in a super easy yet impactful campaign to help nature in your very own garden. If you’ve got a garden and your fingers are itching to get out the mower, sit down and read this first…… The sound of people mowing is oftenContinue reading “No Mow May 2025 🌼”

Earth Day 2025 🌍🌎🌏

Happy Earth Day my fellow Earthlings! Thought it was only right to create a quick post for today, a little spontaneous post to celebrate the amazing planet we live on. Modern life tells us that we are invincible, that anything can be fixed with enough money and technology and that the future is guaranteed. LifeContinue reading “Earth Day 2025 🌍🌎🌏”

My experience at the 2024 Green Gown Awards 💚

Happy Spring everyone! March has been hitting us with some beautiful sun in the UK and I for one am loving it ☀️ Is this post 5 months late? Maybe…….. I was in two minds about writing a post on this, but in the sustainability space we all desperately need some good news right nowContinue reading “My experience at the 2024 Green Gown Awards 💚”

An ordinary human’s guide to……………. Critical thinking 🧠

This series hopes to break down key sustainable terms and ideas to make them more accessible for everyone to understand and use to make change. If you are already are familiar with these ideas, refresh your mind and use your knowledge, but if this is new to you, read on and learn! Critical thinking, aContinue reading “An ordinary human’s guide to……………. Critical thinking 🧠”

GLL abroad: UK ➡️ Belgium

Welcome to a new series of posts, documenting my experiences with travel in a sustainability conscious way 🌍 Last month I did something completely new and travelled abroad by train! I did a full international trip using only public transport and had a brilliant time. If you are in a lucky enough position to beContinue reading “GLL abroad: UK ➡️ Belgium”