Most of us have thought about buying organic fruit and veg. Maybe you’d like to but you don’t think you can afford them. You’d probably be surprised that these days organic is as cheap or...
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Clive Margolis10 food sustainability issues to consider
According to The Hunger Project 1 in 9 of the Earth’s population do not get enough to eat. Meanwhile an estimated 30% of food is wasted by the rest of us. I always like to talk about solutions so here’s a...
Are we heading for a green recovery?
Signposts to beyond Covid-19 As Covid-19 blows a huge hole in everyone’s budget – wait! I’ve been here before. We want to change but life seems to keep us in the same groove. So what’s happened...
How Artificial Intelligence is helping sustainable business
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming more and more significant in business sustainability. And its influence is only likely to increase. Here we examine some uses of AI, and where artificial intelligence can help...
Supermarkets make a stand against Amazon deforestation – but are we partly to blame?
UK supermarkets threaten to pull out of Brazil. But it’s our money keeping these markets alive. The window of change is wide open to a more sustainable supply chain. Like an alcoholic chasing his next drink...
Falling into lockdown-land: Time to de-clutter your office?
Is your office a spaghetti-junction accumulation of things? Here's a few eco-hints to keep it under control.
A beautiful sustainable bathroom – no wall tiles
Is it possible to design a bathroom you don’t have to destroy just to replace the units? A sustainably-designed bathroom, in other words? I’ve got my own bathroom issues. We moved into a five-year-old house...
What if I refuse plastic bags for my fruit & veg?
No one’s noticed a million rolls of plastic bags in our supermarkets? And why I like Lidl Everyone knows about plastic straws, everyone knows about plastic bags, but no one seems to have noticed about a million...
Nine eco-friendly things you can do with your broken laptop
You might not realise it, but the whole world is transitioning to a zero-waste economy, when items like laptop computers will be made from responsibly managed parts and waste will be more or less eliminated. We’re...
Five ways to make your wardrobe zero waste
In search of zero waste There usually isn’t an aisle in the store marked “zero waste business shirts”. Every time I go clothes shopping I find myself facing lots of choices – all the wrong...