Don’t Step on a Bee Day!
Yep, that’s a real thing! ‘Don’t Step on a Bee Day‘ aims to raise awareness of our native bees and how much we depend on them. We actually have hundreds of types of bees...
Category: Awareness
Plastic Free July
July begins on Saturday, which means it’s almost time to challenge yourself to stop using plastic! The Plastic Free July campaign began in 2011, born from an idea of the Western Metropolitan Regional Council...
Our Ethics – Microbead Free
We’ve spoken about microbeads on the blog before, but today I’d like to go a bit more in depth about the issue of microbeads and microplastics, especially as Plastic Free July is just around...
The Perils of Single Use Plastic
I’d like to think that by now we all know that we should be reducing the amount of plastic we use in our day to day lives. Just in case you don’t know –...
Connect with Nature this World Environment Day
Are you celebrating World Environment Day today? Did you even know it was World Environment Day today? We should really be appreciating the environment everyday, and I know that most of our readers will...
Vegan Festival of Britain
Celebrating 40 years of Animal Aid – The Vegan Festival of Britain. May 20th-June 10th 2017 A guest post from Animal Aid: We thought long and hard about how to mark the Animal Aid’s...
Bycatch of Dolphins and Whales
Accidental entanglement in fishing nets and gear is the biggest global threat to whales, dolphins and porpoises. In the fishing industry ‘Bycatch’ is the accidental capture of non-target species, which can include anything from...
National Vegetarian Week
It’s National Vegetarian Week! Are you taking the challenge and only eating vegetarian meals this week? Well, you should – it’s great! As a vegetarian of fours years I can promise you it is...
Are you disposing of your tampons correctly?
How do you dispose of your tampons, panty liners and sanitary pads? Are you a binner or a flusher? It turns out the majority of us are flushers, whether that’s because we think that’s...
Ethics, crickets…and insect protein?
Some of your keen eyes may have already spotted this interesting new product we have in stock – Crobar protein bars. Packed with fruit, natural ingredients and insect protein! Yes, from crickets. A few...