We all know the benefits of recycling in terms of making the most of the planet's resources and this is especially relevant for second hand clothes. There are loads of charity clothes shops on most major high streets which have benefit from both being a great means of recycling but also generating funds for various causes- both seem pretty sensible to me!
Oxfam have jsut announced this week the opening of a couple of "boutique" stores in London, which will offer a collection of donated fashion items, Fair Trade, organic, recycled and restyled clothes and accessories.
They appear to have teamed up with a load of students from the London School of Fashion to produce ranges of clothes from sustainable and recyclable means.
Read more about it from the Oxfam webpage.
Hopefully more stores like this will start emerging soon and really promote greener clothes, hopefully ending up being a really good scheme. Plus you've got to admit that everyone loves a bit of vintage clothing!
Friday 23 May 2008
Thursday 22 May 2008
More bad news for sharks
New report puts 11 shark species at high risk of extinction:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7413948.stm
It's scary to see reports like this and then read about how countries like Australia are trying to set up shark fin fisheries on the Great Barrier Reef:
http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_080516_1.html
When will people realise the damage they are causing by seemingly trying to exterminate these wonderful animals that play such an important impact on the underwater ecosystem.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7413948.stm
It's scary to see reports like this and then read about how countries like Australia are trying to set up shark fin fisheries on the Great Barrier Reef:
http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_080516_1.html
When will people realise the damage they are causing by seemingly trying to exterminate these wonderful animals that play such an important impact on the underwater ecosystem.
Friday 9 May 2008
Camden Green Fair 2008
Camden council are running the UK's largest free green event on 1st June in Regent's Park. Running from 12 noon to 7pm it will have speakers forums, science zones and a Mad Hatter's tea party to enjoy whilst delievering the message about how waste, transport, energy, procurement and water affect the environment.
It'll likely be a great way to learn about how we can tackle climate change, with small changes to our lifestyles.
Visit the website at Camden Green Fair for more details.
It'll likely be a great way to learn about how we can tackle climate change, with small changes to our lifestyles.
Visit the website at Camden Green Fair for more details.
Thursday 8 May 2008
Food waste in the UK
One of the big problems when faced with such large issues as increased global warming, is being able to break the solutions into bite-size chunks so that the average person can actually begin to make a difference.
A recent study by WRAP - a business focused on reducing waste and boosting recycling, has shown that in the UK a third of all the food we buy ends up in the bin. This generates a total wastage of £10 billion a year.
This food waste obviously has serious consequences in terms of the amount of resources being ploughed into the growing, processing, packaging, transporting, and refrigerating of food, a huge proportion of which are apparently being thrown away.
When converted into a carbon dioxide equivalents it appears that if this waste could be totally eradicated then it would have the effect of taking 1 in 5 cars of the road- a staggering statistic!
It is studies like this that can highlight areas where the average person can make a conscious effort to reduce their waste and with enough people doing so, then we can begin to make a real difference to the climate change that our carbon emissions are causing.
For the WRAP press-release click here and the Love Food Hate Waster campaign can be found here.
A recent study by WRAP - a business focused on reducing waste and boosting recycling, has shown that in the UK a third of all the food we buy ends up in the bin. This generates a total wastage of £10 billion a year.
This food waste obviously has serious consequences in terms of the amount of resources being ploughed into the growing, processing, packaging, transporting, and refrigerating of food, a huge proportion of which are apparently being thrown away.
When converted into a carbon dioxide equivalents it appears that if this waste could be totally eradicated then it would have the effect of taking 1 in 5 cars of the road- a staggering statistic!
It is studies like this that can highlight areas where the average person can make a conscious effort to reduce their waste and with enough people doing so, then we can begin to make a real difference to the climate change that our carbon emissions are causing.
For the WRAP press-release click here and the Love Food Hate Waster campaign can be found here.
Wednesday 7 May 2008
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