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A Guide to Sustainable and Ethical Wedding Planning Your wedding day is one of the most special days of your life, but it's also a significant event that can have a significant impact on the environment and society. From the venue to the decorations to the food, there are many opportunities to make your wedding day more sustainable and ethical. Here are some tips and tricks for planning a sustainable and ethical wedding:1. Choose a sustainable venueWhen selecting a venue for your wedding, consider one that prioritises sustainability and en...

International Day of the Girl 11th October 2022 On the tenth year of International Day of the Girl, girls across the world are coming together to make their voices heard. Sadly, girls around the world have continued to face unprecedented challenges to their education, their physical and mental wellness, and the protection needed for a life without violence. COVID-19 has worsened existing burdens on girls around the world and eroded important gains made over the last decade. Investment in girls’ rights remain limited and girls continue to c...

Fair trade ? The Power of the Purchase The power of a customer’s purchase can have a meaningful impact on the world. Through buying fair trade goods and supporting organizations dedicated to promoting fair trade, as customers we can make a difference in the lives of producers in developing countries and help create a more sustainable global economy by making purchases that are labelled as fair trade. Fair trade advocates for paying producers in developing nations a fair price for their goods and, in certain situations, even provid...

10 Simple Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint Climate change is one of the most critical issues that we face today. It is a global problem that requires a collective effort to reduce our carbon footprint. A carbon footprint is the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that result from our daily activities. These emissions are a significant contributor to climate change. The good news is that there are many simple and effective ways to reduce your carbon footprint. In this article, we will discuss ten easy and practical steps that you can ta...

Trash to Treasure - Creative Reuse Part 2 Following on from Part 1 here are few clever Upcycling Ideas: Tin Cans: We all know about the abundance of tin cans in our recycling bins and there are many things you can do with tin cans. How about decoupaging a can with wallpaper as a storage container for all your bits and bobs? Glass: Why not find some new uses for glass bottles, jars, and even windows before you immediately put it in the recycling bin? Use wine bottles and beer bottles as rustic vases or decorate them as wedding centre...

Trash to Treasure - Creative Reuse Part 1 Upcycling And Recycling: What’s The Difference? The difference between upcycling and recycling is that the latter takes materials like paper, metal, plastic, or glass and breaks them down by pulping or melting etc and then remoulds the raw material into a new product. A good example is taking plastic recovered from the ocean and turning them into swimming costumes> Hence an entirely new product is created. This is not the case with upcycling, where products are not broken or melted down, t...