Summer can be a great time to tick off those jobs or do those things that tend to sit on the back burner: Clear your wardrobe and give it a good clean Clear the garage, attic or shed Organise your photos and make into album books Build a compost bin Make a vegetable patch Or...
Summer travel plans can often wreak havoc on carefully laid garden plans. Tending a garden demands a commitment of care; little and often. A little weeding every day, watering as needed and the deadheading of flowers to keep the show of blooms looking their best. Leaving on holiday upsets this delicate balance. HERE ARE A...
Staycations seem set to be the holiday of choice for many of us while we wait for the pandemic to settle down. But it’s not all bad. While it may feel like we are missing out, there are many positives to not travelling abroad: Less C02 Emissions as shorter journeys and no planes required Less travel time...
Are you planning a trip to the sea this summer? Whether you’re heading to local or foreign shores, here are our top tips to make your trip as low impact as possible. 1) CHOOSE REEF SAFE COSMETICS You probably consider how skin-care affects your skin, but have you thought about its affect on the environment? Especially when you...
Do you know why our sea is so incredible and important? Here are four reasons we need to take care of the ocean. The ocean plays an enormous part in our lives, directly or indirectly. Whether as our playground or workplace, it always has more to give. We are constantly discovering new wonders in the deep, leading to advances in technology...
OUR FRIENDS AT ‘CUPPLE’ (THE RE-USABLE, ALL-IN-ONE CUP AND BOTTLE) TALK TO US ABOUT THE IMPACT OF PLASTIC WASTE ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND WHY THEY DECIDED TO SUPPORT THE MARINE CONSERVATION SOCIETY. Single use plastic, even the flimsiest plastic bag, takes between 50 and 500 years to breakdown. It never fully disappears, just becomes smaller...
With Summer finally on the way, we can start planning those glorious long days outside in the sunshine. Protecting your skin from the harmful rays of the sun are now more important than ever! With so many brands out there, how does one even begin to choose the right sunscreen? And which ones are safe...
TARA LISSNER FROM MY SWISS GARDEN DESCRIBES TO US THE THRIVING BIODIVERSITY IN HER GARDEN AND GIVES US TIPS ON HOW WE CAN CREATE OUR OWN. Summer days in my garden are noisy, from early morning I have birds chirping and singing to each other, insects buzzing around in the flower beds and dragonflies clicking...
Last month we talked about Rewilding and we discovered how it helps protect biodiversity. Rewilding does this by allowing co-dependent species to live out their full lifecycles symbiotically. This allows ecosystems to thrive which in turn create ‘ecosystem services’ – supplying oxygen, clean air, water filtration, plant pollination, soil formation and pest control. Biodiversity is the amount...
Rewilding means setting aside natural environments to protect them from human development, disturbance or manipulation. It is the opposite of actively managing land. As well as a management approach for protected nature reserves, rewilding has applications in your own garden or local park. When David Attenborough was a boy in 1937, there were 2.3 billion people on the...
