Tips, news, and stories about sustainable living from the EarthEcho community.
...what happens the moment you split "local" and "in season" apart. Because most of the year, in this country, you can't actually have both. And that's where people's instincts start leading them astray.
The average UK household throws away around £470 worth of food a year. Not spoiled, or gone off through any fault of its own, just food that got bought with good intentions and never quite made it to a plate.
People who start walking more of these small trips tend to notice something they weren't looking for. They feel a bit better. Their head's clearer by the time they get where they're going. The whole thing is less stressful than sitting in traffic wondering if you are going to arrive in time.
For our very first Shop Spotlight I am spotlighting a small UK company called Anything But Plastic.
There’s a moment that happens to a lot of people at some point. You’re standing in a garden centre and you think, “I could grow some veg.” Fast forward a week and you’ve got three tubs on the patio, a packet of seeds, and a level of optimism that suggests you’re about to become fully self sufficient by Tuesday and be the lead in a remake of The Good Life (showing my age there).
If you’ve ever stood in a shop holding two versions of the same thing, one slightly cheaper and one that claims to be “better for the planet”, you’ll know the quiet panic that follows. Which one is better?
