If you’re looking for tips to have an eco-friendly Christmas, look no further than our eco Christmas giving guide. From planning your gifts to buying and wrapping them, there are many opportunities to wow your family and friends with affordable, fabulous planet-positive gifts. Firstly, let’s start with planning your gift. Planning your gift According to a Finder survey, 50% of British people receive unwanted gifts at Christmas, worth about £5 billion! So, don’t be tempted to buy gimmicky or cheap, low-quality presents. Equally, don’t overspend just because you think you need to spend a certa ..read more

GUEST POST by Alison Hughes – Coast Road Furniture Post-COP26, we’re all looking for ways to be a little more eco-friendly in our daily lives. Here, Alison Hughes, Interiors Director at Coast Road Furniture, shares her tips for making more sustainable choices with your home interiors. With climate change firmly in our minds, we’re all trying to do our bit to protect the environment. In fact, 85% of consumers adopted at least one lifestyle change to be more sustainable last year, according to a survey from Deloitte. While you may be among the 61% of people who have cut down on s ..read more

With festival season almost upon us, get festival-ready and check out our guest interview with Festival in a Bag. Preparing for festival season is exciting, but can take quite a lot of thought and effort. Firstly, who will be on the line-up, and what will you wear? Then there are the practical elements, such as how you’ll get there and what accommodation you’ll use. If you’re planning to camp, do you have all the necessary kit? If you’re a festival or camping virgin, you might not even know what you’re likely to need. Enter Festival in a Bag, the brilliant camping essentials provider for all ..read more

Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to u-u-sss, Happy Birthday to us! Did you sing that in your head? What are we celebrating? One year ago today, The Jolly Turtle launched its shiny new website and a new range of eco-friendly products. Our rebrand didn’t come at the best time. The UK events and hospitality sectors shut down along with most countries worldwide. So, it’s fair to say things didn’t pan out exactly as we had planned during our first year in business. However, we found some new opportunities to help people and businesses on their eco-friendly journey. We exp ..read more

Keep sustainability at the heart of your Valentine’s Day celebrations this year with our ethical gift guide. Why the planet doesn’t love Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day is big business but, unfortunately, contributes to a vast amount of unnecessary waste every year. Consequently, all of that waste has an enormously detrimental impact on the environment. Valentine’s Day is likely to be celebrated by 40 million Brits this year, with an estimated total spend of around £1 billion. That’s a significant drop from 2020, where the average spend and number of people celebrating was much higher. Unsurp ..read more