Living the green life

Once again, we’re starting a new year in a climate crisis. Headlines shout every day about rising temperatures, deforestation and extinction. It can be easy to get discouraged – but the antidote to cl

Wendy Graham explains sustainable ways to keep food fresh. FREEZER bags are undeniably useful at reducing the food that we waste, but the mountains of plastic they create are far less convenient for t

HOW TO GET GREENER...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas; Soon the bells will start, And the thing that will make them ring, Is the carol that you sing, Right within your heart IT is a song we have loved for decad

We can’t predict exactly how you’ll be feeling as the year comes to a close, but our best guess is that you’ll be in need of a breather. Because for many of us, 2025 has not been painless. Political t

When you pull at the threads of clothing ‘take-back’ schemes, all may not be as it seems. We explore what happens when textiles reach the end of their life, and the environmental consequences of their disposal