Switching Energy Suppliers At a Glance Aspect Details Carbon Saving Varies by tariff — green tariffs claim up to 100% renewable Annual Cost Impact Usually neutral — green tariffs often…
How long does compost take? There are lots of questions about composting that we’ll get to eventually, but the one I hear about more than any other is how long…
The Average Carbon Footprint in the UK and What Your Number Probably Looks Like At a Glance Aspect Details UK Average Footprint 11.1 tonnes CO2e per person per year UK…
Sometime last year I finally sat down and started looking properly at how and where our house was losing heat. My first couple of attempts were half-hearted at best and…
It’s true that a hosepipe and summer rain have the potential to start an argument between neighbours. Both will leave you soaked if you’re within range of either and both…
Another dry weekend in the garden, sprinkler droning away to keep your lawn alive, with half your brain wondering if that really is necessary and the other half calculating how…
How To Use Rainwater for the Garden, Toilet and Washing Machine Standing at your downpipe during a decent summer downpour and seeing hundreds of litres of perfectly good water pouring…
Community Composting Schemes At a Glance Aspect Details Carbon Saving Variable per household but prevents methane emissions from landfill Cost Impact Usually free to join, may reduce garden centre spending…
Rainwater harvesting sounds simple. Harvest rainwater from your roof and redirect it into your toilet and washing machine until there’s none left. But once you start researching how to do…
Unless you’re incredibly lucky, water is your biggest consumable cost on an allotment after the rent. And if you are lucky enough to have mains water on site at all,…
Food waste isn’t a nebulous problem that happens across the world. Food waste is sitting in your fridge right now, and costing you money every single week. Households in the…
The average UK adult owns 118 items of clothing. 26% of these had not been worn for at least a year (WRAP). I stare out blankly over my shoulder at…
Plant Based Gift Hampers and the Companies Doing Them Properly At a Glance Aspect Details Market Size UK plant-based food market worth £389m in 2024 Target Audience 2.5m vegans plus…
Diet and Food Choices and Why What You Eat Matters More Than Where It Comes From At a Glance Aspect Details Carbon Saving Up to 2.3 tonnes CO2 per year…
I was standing in my kitchen last winter staring blankly at my outrageously loud fridge during one of our “£300 energy bill months”. There was a bag of carrots on…