Tag Archive for: sustainable

Too Good to Waste: How the Circular Economy Is Reshaping Consumption

By: Michael McQueen

Within a society driven by capitalist aims – efficiency, accumulation, profits – the endless innovation of new products is a worthy practice. Keeping consumers keen for new products is key, and so the clever marketing, regular new releases and planned obsolescence begin. After all, why would a customer buy a new product if they are satisfied with what they have? Read more

Children’s Story ‘Little Pago’ Helps Kids Rethink their Plastic Use

By: Laura Bennett

With the UN Glasgow Climate Change Conference, and sustainability and environmental stewardship continuing to be a hot topic, it’s important these issues are accessible – and not scary – to the kids that are becoming increasingly aware of them. Read more

How Sustainable is a Focus on Sustainability?

By: Michael McQueen

The need for environmentally sustainable moves in business has been common knowledge for years. However, while many businesses have implemented changes and strategies to address this, many others have been held back by the need to maintain profits and ROI. Read more

The Struggle (to Live Sustainably) is Real, in ‘The Biggest Little Farm’

By: Laura Bennett

Reducing food waste, ‘sustainability’, and the elimination of single-use plastics are all noble practises that our world’s increasingly trying to adopt – but for these ideals to be embraced en masse, our lifestyles and systems of production have to change at a fundamental level.
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Buying To Borrowing: The Benefits Of The Latest Retail Trend

By: Michael McQueen

The age of minimalism and Marie Kondo is well and truly upon us and the latest disruption in the retail industry reveals its efforts to keep up. Read more

Responsible Coffee Drinking Combines With Social Enterprise

By: Anne Rinaudo

As we wake up to the reality of environmental impact of the rubbish we create there is a tiny spot of good news. There is a plastic made, not from fossil fuel, but corn and it is totally compostable. Read more