The festive season can leave us feeling overwhelmed and in all the hustle and bustle it can be all too easy to let our good sustainability habits fall by the wayside. In this month’s Natural Mumma Magazine I wrote about the tradition of giving, and...
‘Tis the season of mass consumption and this year the supermarkets, not content with outdoing each other on expensive Christmas ads, have taken the PR stunts to a whole new level with a cuddly toy war. Last week Aldi’s cuddly carrot was causing punch-ups according to...
It’s that time of year again - retailers are spending millions on heartwarming ads to grab our attention and whip us up into a spending frenzy. Black Friday is filling our newsfeeds with bargain deals and this year many retailers have stretched out their sales...
Today is the start of the 11th annual Good Money Week, a campaign to raise awareness of sustainable, responsible and ethical finance - banking, pensions savings and investments - to help people make good money choices. This year's focus is on empowering women to feel more confident...
There is no such place as “away” - everything we throw away has to go somewhere, and we’ve got a growing waste problem on our hands. At the start of this year China announced they would no longer be taking imported plastic recycling from overseas....
Fast fashion and its impact on the environment will be investigated in a new inquiry by the UK Government, it has been announced today. The fashion industry has one of the largest carbon footprints. Over the past 10 years clothing has been the fastest growing waste...
Plastic pollution has been one of the hottest sustainability topics of the year so far. The issue first came to mainstream public attention in a big way at the end of 2017 when it was highlighted by Blue Planet II. Plus with China no longer...
Living more ethically and sustainably for many of us goes hand in hand with trying to live more healthily too. Just like making ethical choices, making healthy ones can be difficult too. Greenwashing occurs when brands claim to be more sustainable than they really are...
Fairtrade Fortnight 2018 runs from 26 February to 11 March and once again #EthicalHour are pleased to support efforts to raise awareness of Fairtrade and close the door to exploitation in global supply chains. Around the world, millions of farmers and workers are being exploited despite...
Plastic straws could be on their way out - but you might be surprised that I'm not jumping for joy just yet. I've been promoting the #PlasticFree movement on social media ever since Blue Planet II brought to our attention just how bad the plastic pollution...
