If you’re concerned about climate change, you can lead by example in reducing your carbon footprint. Your carbon footprint is the number of greenhouse gases that are released into the atmosphere through our actions (or inactions). Conservation.org has a great carbon footprint calculator to use to know your carbon footprint and to see how it…
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5 Tips to Be More Sustainable in the New Year
Read moreSustainability is of paramount importance looking ahead and there’s really no time to waste when it comes to looking at how we can live without producing so much waste. Fortunately, there are plenty of straightforward ways to live more sustainably this new year and we’ll run you through some of the simplest and most effective…
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4 Ways To Be More Energy Conscious
Read moreAre you thinking about ways that you can be more green? Going green provides a wide range of benefits. It will help ensure that you are doing your part to help the planet for future generations including your child. It will also mean that you can save money and you will have more to spend…
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How to Raise an Environmentally Conscious Child
Read moreWith plastic pollution and climate change becoming huge parts of our lives we should be encouraging our children to be more environmentally conscious. Thankfully there are lots of little things that can be taught to the future generation, thanks to this guide put together by this Nursery in Oxton. Let them do the recycling Showing…
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[AD] Choosing The Right Energy For Your Rural Home
Read moreIf you have moved from the city to a rural area, which is something that many people have done in recent times because they’re looking for a more relaxed lifestyle, the chances are they’re doing it to live a more laid-back leisurely life that unfortunately you are unable to do in the city. If you…
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[AD] Recycling Your Electricals: Why Not DIY Sustainably this Spring?
Read moreOver the last year one of the biggest single growth areas has been the increase in people doing DIY around the home. Of course the major reason behind this has been the Covid-19 pandemic which meant that people were in lockdown for long periods of time and in their homes. With all this time on…
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[Ad] Be Mighty Recycle/ Bydd Wych Ailgylcha Let’s Do A Green Decluttering This Spring
Read moreI have been working with the Wales Recycles and their Be Mighty Recycle/Bydd Wych Ailgylcha campaign since September 2020. It’s Wales’ biggest ever recycling campaign with the aim of making Wales the number one nation in the world for recycling. The importance of recycling cannot be highlighted enough. That’s because recycling is one of the…
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How to be an Environmentally Friendly Family
Read moreClimate change is one of the hot topics in current events, and that is not going to lessen any time soon. From the USA being out of the Paris Accord, and now back in it, to technological and scientific advancements looking to solve this issue, it’s everywhere. Our children find it to be a core…
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Making Sure Your Product Stands Out On the Shelf [ad]
Read moreStarting a business can be one of the most unpredictable and difficult times that any of us will face in a lifetime. However, once you have made that decision to start your own business it’s going to need 100% time and effort, and will without a doubt take up a lot of your time. So…
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[AD] Be Mighty. Recycle: 12 Days of Christmas Recycling Tips Bydd Wych. Ailgylcha: Awgrymiadau Ailgylchu dros 12 Dydd Nadolig
Read moreIn September this year I teamed up with the Welsh Government and their Be Mighty Recycle campaign. It is Wales’ biggest national recycling campaign with the aim of changing the attitudes of Welsh households to increase our recycling rates. Wales is currently number three in the world, but the Welsh Government is determined to be…
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[AD] The E-Trends Fly Folding E-Bike Review
Read moreThe pandemic this year has seen so many impacts and changes to the way we live our lives. Everything we considered normal was put on hold as the world dealt with Covid-19. One of the biggest changes during lockdown was that cycling had a big resurgence as people took for their daily exercise by bike.…
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[AD] Wales Climate Week 2020 2-6 November 2020
Read moreThe importance of climate change really cannot be underestimated. Tackling climate change is something that all of us should be doing. It could be something as simple as cycling to work instead of using your car. Up-cycling clothes and furniture is also another great way to help. Every small step you make as an individual…
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[AD] It’s Time To switch From Plastic Straws To Paper Straws Permanently
Read moreOver many years we have manufactured and used plastics straws to such an extent that we have, along with other plastics, damaged our planet. As a result, planet Earth needs to be repaired and the one simple reason why this is so important it for our children and our children’s children so that they can…
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AD] Be Mighty ReCycle
Read moreThis year Recycle Week starts on Monday 21st September and the theme of Recycle Week this year is Together we Recycle. I have teamed up with the Welsh Government and WRAP Cymru (Waste and Resources Action Programme), so that together we can highlight and improve our recycling in Wales with their Be Mighty Recycle campaign.…
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Doing Your Bit for the Environment
Read moreWhen you have kids, you want the best for them – and you’ll really go out of your way to achieve this. You’ll live in a safe area. You’ll send them to a good school to receive a good education. You’ll work hard so they can pick up all of the hobbies they want to.…
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The Forgotten Plight of Flint
Read moreIn most online spaces, she goes by the handle “Little Miss Flint”. You’ve no doubt heard of her. Little Miss Flint, whose real name is Mari Copeny, is thirteen years old. For the last several years, she has tried tirelessly to raise awareness about what’s happening in her hometown of Flint, Michigan. It’s not a…
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A Look At Some Of The World’s Top Sustainable And Environmental Companies
Read moreMore companies than ever are focusing on becoming more sustainable and environmental. They recognise that climate change is real and is already starting to have a detrimental impact on areas around the world. Companies that want to remain relevant in the future incorporate these practices into their corporate responsibility initiative. Here are some of the…
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Let’s Leave Our Children A Planet They Can Be Proud Of
Read moreWe live today in an absolutely incredible turbulent time. Governments, world leaders and people of power throughout the world are being shown as corrupt and dishonest in everything they say and do. The human race is dramatically trying it’s best to destroy the planet we live on. The people of power in the world are…
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Trying To Live A Zero Waste Life
Read moreFor quite a while my wife and I have become increasingly more aware of the amount of waste that we are dumping on our planet and just what a devastating effect it is having on planet earth. As such, we have decided to try to live a zero waste life. We both feel it’s vitally…
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Being More Energy Conscious In My Home #ad
Read moreWhen you live in a family home that has five children roaming around without any thought about how the bills are paid, it seems that whatever room I go in the lights are always on, or the television is left on without, yes you guessed it, anybody watching it. So when I was approached by…
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It’s Time To Help With The Environment: Electric Cars
Read moreRegular readers of my blog will know I’m a father of five children. My biggest concern for them is how previous generations have messed up our environment. Although I don’t blame them. I’m sure they didn’t do it intentionally, they simply didn’t have the information that we have today. One change I am now seriously…
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