Play It Green

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04/05/2022

Tree Planting

Play it Green has now planted 81,284 trees across our three sites in Madagascar, thanks to the help of all our fantastic members. These trees will make a difference to the health of the planet and all of the people on it. We are incredibly proud of what our partners and we have accomplished […]

Plastic-Eating Bacteria and How They Could Save the World

03/05/2022

News, Sustainability

The manufacturing of plastic pollutes our air, and its waste pollutes our environment. In the ocean, microplastic particles may have started to outnumber zooplankton, and we humans are unintentionally eating a credit card’s worth of plastic every week. Solving the issue won’t be easy, but some scientists believe they have found the key: […]

Be Transparent about Sustainability

02/05/2022

Business Tips, Sustainability, Weekly Tip

There are many things that get in the way of companies becoming more sustainable, but a major one is the fear that they may unknowingly engage in ‘greenwashing’. With the brand’s reputation on the line, many businesses decide it is safer to simply not take any action at all. This is the wrong move. […]

Sustainability Tip 58: Don't Let Your Food Go To Waste

28/04/2022

Individual and Family, Sustainability, Weekly Tip

Between 33-50% of all food produced globally is never eaten. Meanwhile, 1 in 9 people around the world go to bed hungry every night. These statistics are as shocking as they are terrible. Clearly, the way we manage our food needs to change, not just for people but for the planet, too. To […]

Member in Focus: The Eco Coffee Company

28/04/2022

Business Tips, Member in Focus, Sustainability

For this week’s Member in Focus, we talked to Kieran Mitchell from The Eco Coffee Company all about being a sustainable business, what that means to them, and how Play it Green has helped them on their journey. To get us started, why don’t you tell us a little bit about The Eco Coffee Company […]

Didsbury Gin Takes Climate Action with Play it Green

27/04/2022

Business Tips, Sustainability

Didsbury Gin has partnered with Play it Green to drive sustainability within their business, make their workforce Climate Positive, and help them on their journey to Net-Zero. Manchester gin-thusiasts Mark Smallwood and Liam Manton created Didsbury Gin in 2017, and since, the brand has gone from strength to strength. Unlike many other fruit flavoured […]

Earth Month: Invest with Education

27/04/2022

Other, Sustainability

Earth Month is coming to a close, but the work to invest in our future continues. We want to take a look at one last area that’s essential when it comes to fighting climate change; education. The reasons education is so vital are simple; we need to know, first off, what the problem is […]

Breakthroughs in Solar Energy: 18 Hour Storage and Solar Phones

26/04/2022

News, Sustainability

A “radical” new scientific breakthrough in solar energy storage means that solar-powered electronics are one step closer to becoming a part of our everyday lives. In 2017, a group of scientists at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden created an energy system that makes it possible to capture and store solar energy for […]

Consumer Attitudes Towards Sustainability and What We Can Learn

25/04/2022

Business Tips, News, Sustainability

New research has shown that consumer attitudes towards sustainability have changed. More consumers (64%) are concerned about the environment than they are about their own financial situation (54%), their health (40%), or the health of others (47%). The study by Accenture questioned more than 2,000 UK adults about their shopping habits and how important […]

Bread & Butter Make Their Workforce Climate Positive

22/04/2022

Business Tips, Sustainability

Bread & Butter have teamed up with Play it Green to repair the planet, make their workforce climate positive, and drive sustainability within their business. Bread & Butter help sustainable retail brands create effective advertising campaigns and websites that align them with their ideal customer to grow their following and increase demand. Through […]

Sustainability Tip 57: Make Every Day Earth Day

21/04/2022

Sustainability, Weekly Tip

Happy Earth Day! Today is all about celebrating the wonderful world that we live in and, with this year’s theme, thinking about how we can invest in the planet for our future. The simplest answer, living more sustainably. As we talked about in our Invest in Nature article, Earth is our only […]