Climate Justice, Beginning A Sustainability Journey & Why Both Large And Small Changes Matter
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by Francesca Willow
2d ago
Every journey starts with a single step.  It’s an overused quote, a cliche even. Something you normally find adorning walls filled with ‘live laugh love’ posters and plastered across cringe-inducing Facebook posts from your great aunt. But it’s also true. After all, cliches are cliches for a reason. It’s not original, but it’s not incorrect. It’s something I’ve been reflecting on a lot recently in my climate justice journey. The media landscape has shifted dramatically since I started blogging and, as I’ve gotten busier and busier with various work projects, I’ve found myself longing to g ..read more
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Supporting Indigenous Amazonian Communities With Hodmedod’s Wild Harvested Brazil Nuts
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by Francesca Willow
1w ago
The Amazon basin supports a staggering 25% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity and more fish species than any other river system. The Kayapó protect the last large block of forest surviving in the highly threatened south-eastern Amazon; at about 40 thousand square miles it’s roughly the size of Iceland. Kayapó communities risk their lives to monitor and protect the forest they live in from deforestation, but there’s constant pressure from illegal invaders seeking to mine, fell trees and farm the land. Like other Indigenous peoples across the world, they’ve entered the role of projectors of ..read more
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The Eco-Friendly Trends Set To Grow in 2024
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by Francesca Willow
1M ago
This post was created in an ongoing collaboration with Eco Origin. All opinions my own. With 2024 firmly under way the resolutions have been set and the habits have had time to build. But it’s not just self-improvement that is expected to increase over the year, it looks like increasing eco-friendly habits and routines is set to be on the rise too. Eco Origin, marketplace for sustainable products for your everyday life, shared with me the top eco-friendly self-care trends they expect to see in 2024. So if you’re now of the people aiming to reduce your impact this year, or still looking for som ..read more
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How Insurance Helps The Fossil Fuel Industry & What We Can Do
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by Francesca Willow
1M ago
2023 was the hottest year on record.  The effects of the climate crisis, from water shortages to rising food prices, are being felt on every continent. Communities in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, Pacific Islands and many others who are getting hit first and worst have done the least to cause it. Burning fossil fuels is the number one cause of the climate crisis. Leading climate scientists and energy experts all agree: we already have more coal, oil and gas than we can ever safely burn, but fossil fuel companies show few signs of slowing.  But we still have time to act. Stopp ..read more
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Time To End SUV Advertising: Why SUVs Are Dangerous & Bad For The Environment
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by Francesca Willow
1M ago
On Sunday, the #StopSUV vote passed in Paris. In a local referendum, 54.6% of voters opted to introduce tripled parking fees for SUVs. While ostensibly a vote on parking fees, this vote was more widely seen as a rejection of SUVs across the city, intended to discourage them from being driven at all (It also amounts to a snub by the host Olympic city to leading Olympic sponsor, Toyota, which is a major manufacturer of SUVs). This follows a trend of decisions in Paris – including increased parking costs, gradually banning diesel vehicles and increased bicycle lane capacity – that suggests more a ..read more
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How The Fossil Fuel Industry Uses Social Media To Lie To Us
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by Francesca Willow
2M ago
The fossil fuel industry have always been experts when it comes to climate denial, obfuscation and misdirection. But in recent years, as the climate crisis becomes increasingly impossible to ignore, there’s been a change in tactics. This is how the fossil fuel industry lies to you now. The power of social media In a shifting communication landscape, a 2023 study decided to look into the ways the fossil fuel industry communicates directly to the public through social media presence. Acknowledging that oil and gas companies have made a strategic shift away from outright climate denial to more su ..read more
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How to Shop More Sustainably at the Grocery Store
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by Francesca Willow
2M ago
This post was written by Cora Gold, a sustainable living blogger and editor of Revivalist magazine. Connect with Cora on LinkedIn, Pinterest and Twitter.  Sustainable grocery shopping is one of the best things you can do as an everyday consumer to help the environment. Your impact might only make a small difference, but you’re making a positive lifestyle change, helping normalise your community’s eco-friendly habits, and helping to shift wider cultural habits of food consumption. Here are some essential tips for shopping more sustainably at the grocery store ..read more
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Join The Campaign Taking The UK Government To Court To #StopRosebank
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by Francesca Willow
3M ago
The UK is the second largest oil and gas producer in Europe. In September, the UK government decided to approve Rosebank, the largest undeveloped oil field in the UK, located 80 miles west of Shetland. Despite opposition to Rosebank from within all major opposition parties in the UK, as well as prominent Conservative MPs, the chair of the UK Climate Change Committee, more than 200 organisations, grassroots groups and climate and marine conservation NGOs, and hundreds of climate scientists and academics, the project was given the green light. Rosebank has the potential to produc ..read more
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The Best Sustainable, Zero Waste & Circular Air Filter: My Briiv Review 18 Months On
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by Francesca Willow
4M ago
This post was sponsored by Briiv, all thoughts my own. With people around the world growing increasingly conscious of the links between climate breakdown and health, the current quality of air is a key conversation we need to be having. Good air quality is associated with healthy, happy environments including better sleep, higher energy levels and improved cognitive function. But pollutants in air are a key factor in many serious diseases and premature deaths globally. Here’s what you need to know, and the most eco-friendly, plastic-free and circular air filter on the market trying to help us ..read more
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Sustainable & Ethical Gift Guide 2023: Circular and Eco-Friendly Ideas For All
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by Francesca Willow
4M ago
Once again the holidays are here! I know I’ve found myself less interested in receiving physical items this year, instead I’d much rather grab a meal or drink together and enjoy the dedicated company of those I love amongst the hectic nature that life can bring. But, for those who’re still looking for tangible, beautiful and sustainable gifts, I’ve still got you covered! Read on for this year’s top picks… Zaytoun Zaytoun is a social enterprise supporting Palestinian farmers through fair trade. Their products are ethically sourced, sustainably grown and sourced from farmers in Palestine, suppo ..read more
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