Although some faux meats are good, it’s usually best (and cheaper) to make meals from real ingredients like beans, because they’re cheap, tasty and easy to find. Good food is about accessibility, and everyone can buy a tin of white beans and find some locally-grown spinach and tomatoes. How yummy does this look? This creamy…
choose a more sustainable watch
Watches with leather straps are often made in countries with poor or no animal welfare laws, with welfare rights pretty bad for humans too (and the leather tanning process pollutes the planet and is dangerous for workers). Small watch batteries are a choking hazard for children and pets. So never leave them lying around. Recycle…
a sustainable USB charging cable
Most USB charging cables are made from plastic, packed in plastic and a bit dodgy on how they are made. Germany’s Recable (use code NATURALLY for 10% off) makes USB cables from recyclable materials, with a carbon footprint almost half of major brands, sent in grass paper belly bands. Most USB cables contain animal components…
consider a manual lawnmower
Gardena 330 Classic Hand Mower Manual mowers are free to use, quiet and non-polluting and very effective, as they slice grass (like a pair of scissors) rather than tear the grass ‘helicopter-style’ like rotary mowers. If you are fit and only have a smallish lawn, good manual mowers can even give beautiful stripes, good enough…