Let’s play a game. We dare you to go to your kitchen and search every draw for products that you’ll only use once. Not food but, for example, clingfilm or straws. Really interrogate how many of these items you have in your home – chances are there’s a lot. The problem with throwaway culture is …
Spring is in the air and it’s that time of year where, after the long winter months, we all start to feel alive again. A bit of warm sunshine, longer days and birdsong might be just what the doctor ordered, but to really beat those winter blues it’s time to get outdoors and get back …
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Since 1990 total UK emissions have fallen by 44%, but domestic travel emissions have fallen only 5%; how can this be? The great love affair between humanity and their cars goes some way to explaining this discrepancy in environmental achievement, and while low hanging fruit like coal use has easily been reduced, vehicle emissions are …
When it comes to clothes waste, the world is in big trouble. In the UK, 350,000 tonnes (the equivalent of £140 million’s worth) of clothes are thrown away each year, with 60% of households saying they have unwanted items in their homes. Once clothes end up in landfill they take 200 years to decompose, emitting huge …
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Veganuary, Vegetari-anuary, Slightly-Less-Meat… uary!? We practise what we preach here at GoEco and we don’t believe in being ‘the perfect environmentalist’; actually we aren’t sure there is such a thing! Becoming fully vegan may not work for everyone, but every little helps. So, this January, we want to challenge you to do whatever you can …
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Whether or not you think it’s the most wonderful time of the year, Christmas is a boom time for most retailers. From Coca-Cola to the ever inventive John Lewis advert, there are so many household brands we associate with the festive season. But what if you want to avoid those big names, and try something a …
A woman in a restaurant collapses to the floor clutching her heart as her partner desperately shouts out, “is anyone in here a doctor?” A man rises from his chair and replies “I’m a vegan”. Veganism may seem like a big commitment (and the stereotype of a preachy vegan can be off putting) but there’s …
October is Fairtrade Month, a time for all of us to look at our buying habits and see how we can improve them. There’s a lot of talk about global supply chains at the moment, but the truth is that outside of shortages in our supermarkets, supply chains can be unfair on farmers in developing …
Your bank account is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal to literally vote with your wallet. Many banks invest heavily into fossil fuels. Banktrack found that between the Canadian, Chinese, European, Japanese and U.S. banks, $1.9 trillion has been used to finance fossil fuels since the Paris Agreement was adopted (2016) to …
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Upcycling is a great way of reusing what you already having and giving it a second lease of life. All that upcycling means is taking something that is old and/or no longer wanted and altering it to make something new. It can cover a range of things. Maybe you no longer want a top so …
