Our carbon footprint is simply the amount of emissions that each of us produces. Reducing them by 80% (to around 2.5 tons per person) is the best way to reduce climate change. The four main ways to do this is to eat plants, fly less, drive less and have fewer children. Living the 1.5 Degree…
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alternatives to plastic grocery bags
Plastic bags. That’s all we hear about today. A few years ago, the government introduced charges, but it hasn’t made a lot of difference. Apparently around 50% less are used, but this still means millions and millions are used. Everywhere you go, there are plastic bags in the sea, snagged on trees, fallen into rivers…
what exactly is climate change?
Red & Howling Climate change is something that we hear so much about, and it can be worrying. And indeed, it should be. We only are a few years off from irreversible climate change, which is why Greta is so angry, as the powers that be won’t listen to her. They just pat her on…
tips for a zero waste burial
recycled sympathy cards, Whistlefish The hard truth is that one day, all of us will die. But that does not mean that we have to continue to pollute the planet with hardwood coffins, formaldehyde from being embalmed (which leaks into the soil for decades) or wasting trees from umpteen sympathy cards to loved ones. But…