Heading off to college or university this September? Trying to fit your whole life into a car boot? But trying to save the planet? We got you. This is a nervous time for many students, but just because a lot is changing doesn’t mean all your values have to change as well. You can stillContinue reading “The Sustainable Student – What to pack 🎒”
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September’s Top Tip 🍂
This September……… Go brambling! Late summer brings an abundance of plants ready for picking, be it grown in your garden or allotment or provided for by nature. Have a go at picking blackberries from local brambles and use them in crumbles, cupcakes, natural ‘paint’ and more! Make sure you only take what you need andContinue reading “September’s Top Tip 🍂”
How to talk to people about climate change & Sustainability 🌎
They say you only need 25% of a population involved in change to make a movement matter. But sometimes activating that 25% is a really difficult task. If we all know the devastating impacts of climate change, why don’t more people listen? Why, so many years on, are we still preaching about the same facts?Continue reading “How to talk to people about climate change & Sustainability 🌎”
An Ordinary Human’s Guide To… Recycling ♻
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 familiar with these ideas, refresh your mind and use your knowledge, but if this is new to you, read on and learn! Ah! The bread andContinue reading “An Ordinary Human’s Guide To… Recycling ♻”
The Green Guide: Tip NO.9 – You Are What You Eat
Tips and tricks for making environmentally friendly swaps today! I don’t know about you, but I am partial to food. You too? Glad you’re here. Earlier in this blog I introduced sustainability in the kitchen, but what about what we are actually eating? What snacks are sustainable and what is a dietary and environmental no-no.Continue reading “The Green Guide: Tip NO.9 – You Are What You Eat”
An Ordinary Human’s Guide To…Composting
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 familiar with these ideas, refresh your mind and use your knowledge, but if this is new to you, read on and learn! The term ‘composting’ isContinue reading “An Ordinary Human’s Guide To…Composting”
Action this August
A whole year of the Ginger Leaf Living 2020-2021 Calendar of Change reaches its crescendo this August! Hopefully this series has given your sustainability journey a focus for each month and helped you get the most out of each season. But we’re not done yet – let’s see what action you can take this August…..Continue reading “Action this August”
Activity – The Big Butterfly Count
Do your bit for nature and take part in the Big Butterfly Count this summer to help us assess the health of our butterfly populations. Check out all the details here: Big Butterfly Count (butterfly-conservation.org) From the 16th July – 8th August, record the number of butterflies you see in 15 minutes in your localContinue reading “Activity – The Big Butterfly Count”
Eco-anxiety
Eco-anxiety is a fairly new term which describes someone’s anxious response to the prospect of environmental damage and collapse. This may be something you have experienced, or maybe just something you relate to after reading this post, but hopefully today we can take some positive steps to turn anxiety into action. I can vividly rememberContinue reading “Eco-anxiety”
Sustainability & Periods
Ah, that old chestnut….. Sure they’re not fun, but for people who have periods getting to grips with making your period more sustainable is an important way of managing your environmental impact. Heads up! If you do not have a period, don’t just skip this read and do something else – being period aware andContinue reading “Sustainability & Periods”
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