Research
The Zero Waste Home: 13 Easy Swaps for the Kitchen
The kitchen is easily the most used in the home and has the biggest potential for waste production. Here are some easy things you can do to make your kitchen happy and waste-free.
Spotlight on: Beaumont Organic
There’s something undeniably exciting and reinvigorating in the changing of seasons; warmth still hangs in the air but a new crispness creeps in signaling fresh direction. Time for a wardrobe shift. Meet this spotlight brand, Beaumont Organic.
Blogger Spotlight: Toby & Roo
If any of you have ever thought being a parent was hard, you need to meet our latest spotlight blogger, Harriet Shearsmith. With a touch of sharp wit, Harriet delves into the tougher subjects on her blog, Toby & Roo, tackling controversial topics like feminism, equality and what it takes to raise children today's world.
Zero waste market Nada reveal anticipated new space
In October last year, we wrote an article all about the destruction that plastics and food packaging waste have on our environment and our lives. Aside from the amazing news back in May from the Ocean Cleanup crew that they’ll be starting their cleanup trials later this year, not much has changed globally.
5 Ways the Sharing Economy Supports Sustainable Fashion
The fashion industry bombards us with the latest styles: what’s “on trend” this season, what we should be buying, what celebrities are wearing… But this culture of conspicuous consumption is starting to grate. People want to know who made their clothes, from what, where and under what conditions.
Blogger Spotlight: What Katie Sews
Do you want to make your own clothes but don’t believe you have the skill? Maybe you want to step away from unethical production chains and the environmental damage caused by the clothing industry. In a warm, friendly voice, Katie Marcus chronicles her journey crafting beautiful clothes with easy-to-follow tips and tutorials.
Sick of food waste? Serve it at your wedding!
Did you know one-third of all food produced is wasted – most of which is fit for human consumption? Charlotte and Nick Baker wanted to tackle the problem at their wedding. The British couple asked Fur Clemt Real Junk Food Café in Wigan (a food waste charity) to feed their 135 guests.
How to Conquer Back to School with BuyMeOnce
August is inevitably a time when we rest, recover and then begin to look ahead. Whether September means you’ll be heading back to school or not, something in the promise of a new academic year resonates with us humans well beyond graduation.
Spotlight on: Dalcini Stainless
In just a few short weeks, summer holidays will end and the prep for school will begin again. Alongside buying new shoes, hemming trousers and stocking up on pens that will inevitably disappear, the never-ending cycle of what to pack for lunch will also be at your doorstep.
Blogger Spotlight: Eco Warrior Princess
The Right To Repair Movement: What It Is And How To Help
Fair Repair bills, legislation that champions a citizen’s right to repair their own gadgetry, have recently stalled in several states in the USA. This is not good news. Encouragingly, the fight against planned obsolescence continues through the noble work of the right to repair movement who believe that change is necessary.
5 Tips to Make Your Home-Share More Eco-friendly
Since we were kids, we’ve constantly been told to share. Home-sharing – and to a degree, Airbnb – is the ultimate form of sharing and home-swapping is the purest type of sharing out there. They’re both wonderful ways to involve yourself in the sharing economy.