Author: kirsten

      Fledgling non-profit reaches milestone two years into operation, outpacing others in the space ●        Foundation works with community and government organisations to clear heavily polluted waterways in Thailand to stop waste from entering the ocean ●        Some 80 percent of the plastic waste in the ocean is transported via rivers or coastlines ●        The TerraCycle Foundation sends nothing…

Local authorities across Greater Brighton are taking great strides forward in their joint push towards net zero living and working. A report for the Greater Brighton Economic Board (GBEB) shows that extensive progress is being made by councils within the city region towards their climate pledges. Under Greater Brighton, which includes seven local authorities in…

O! has teamed up with ChopValue UK for its latest restaurant opening in Speke, Liverpool, with a view to a national rollout –          YO! Speke will recycle every chopstick in the restaurant, with the chopsticks becoming desks, furniture and more –          Everton footballer Tom Davies is behind the chopstick recycling initiative and joined the team at YO!…

01 NOVEMBER, LONDON –This Christmas, Lidl has rolled out the red carpet to celebrate two returning festive favourites – its iconic Lidl Branded Christmas Jumper and sell-out Deluxe Pigs in Blanket Pizza – by parodying two of the most popular Christmas movie moments. The Lidl Branded Christmas Jumper (£7.99) returns for 2022 with an updated design, while – for a third year in…

Award-winning New Zealand Manuka producer, Taylor Pass Honey Co is passionate about the environment. However, over the past 18 months, the whole company has been a hive of activity completing an intensive verification process to become B Corp Certified. Taylor Pass Honey Co is proud to be B Corp Certified, as they feel this demonstrates their ongoing…

Not long ago it seemed flood control experts were close to mastering the unruly flows funnelling toward Hudson Bay and the Prairie city of Winnipeg. But as more intense and out-of-synch flood events occur, wary cities like Winnipeg continue to depend onsystems and specifications that will soon be out of date. Rivers have impulses that…

During the first half of the twentieth century, Canadian fisheries regularly produced more fish than markets could absorb, driving down profits and wages. To address this, both industry and government sought to stimulate domestic consumption via increasedadvertising. In Eating the Ocean Brian Payne explores how government-funded marketing called upon Canadian housewives to prepare more seafood…

A Film from Eve Wood – Edit Director | Devised and Written by Richard and Eve Wood RUNNING TIME: 117 Minutes CERTIFICATE: 12A | RELEASED IN UK CINEMAS FROM 9TH DECEMBER 2022 SYNOPSISThe Felling is an epic tale of people power, telling the true story of a small group ofresidents in Sheffield who battled to…

Geb & Green is the first UK houseplant company to grow at scale without using peat 1 December 2022 – Cambridge, UK – Think your houseplants are already green? Think again. Brand new houseplant grower Geb & Green is on a mission to make houseplants up and down the country even greener, thanks to their plants…

UK, 29th November 2022: Bushfired has just launched the first-ever sustainable carbon-neutral charcoal made from the husks of the shea tree. Traditionally, charcoal is made from carbonising wood which means trees are cut down purely to be used for charcoal and which can lead to deforestation. Derived from the Shea tree, exclusive to its native West…