Play It Green

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16/08/2021

Business Tips, Educational Articles, Individual and Family, Sustainability

People often ask how can I be more sustainable? Well, it’s a journey that won’t happen overnight, but Play It Green is here to act as your guide to a better planet. On your journey to a more sustainable future, one of the biggest impacts you can have is to change your buying […]

What are the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals?

26/07/2021

Business Tips, Educational Articles, Individual and Family, Sustainability

You may have heard the words Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs mentioned when talk comes around to sustainability, but do you know what they are and why they were created? The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), sometimes known as the Global Goals, are a set of 17 interconnected global goals aimed at creating a "blueprint […]

Nico Rosberg - Eco Entrepreneur

19/07/2021

Sports, Sustainability

This week’s sustainability news looks at former Formula 1 World Champion, Nico Rosberg, who following his retirement from racing has taken up the joint mantles of eco-entrepreneur and eco-investor. Nico Erik Rosberg (born June 27, 1985) is a former Formula One driver who won the 2016 World Championship while driving for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport. […]

Unilever Announces World's First Paper Based Detergent Bottle

14/06/2021

Business Tips, Retail, Sustainability

Everyone knows that there is a big problem with plastic. Over eight million tons of plastic are dumped into the ocean every year, accounting for over 80% of all marine debris. Once plastic is dumped into the ocean, it remains there for a very long period. Over time, plastic will break down […]

Weekly Tip #11 - Change Your Cleaning Products

03/06/2021

Business Tips, Individual and Family, Sustainability, Weekly Tip

Did you know that your cleaning habits can have a negative impact on the environment and contribute to climate change? Every year, home cleaning generates more than 29 billion pieces of plastic each year. We all know that plastic takes hundreds of years to break down and often ends up in the ocean. In fact, […]

Great News About Sustainable Business Travel

01/06/2021

Business Tips, Sustainability

Currently, the world’s global emissions are around 40 gigatons of CO2 every year and our current ‘climate budget’ for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees is quickly running out! By offsetting our footprint through tree planting we can slow global warming down and by changing our behaviour and reducing our footprint, we can stop […]

Adidas Allbirds Collaborate for World's Most Sustainable Trainer

17/05/2021

Business Tips, Retail, Sports, Sustainability

We all know that the fashion industry has a huge negative impact on the environment. But did you know that the footwear sector alone creates over 700 million tonnes of CO2e every single year! A single pair of running shoes alone comes with a footprint (no pun intended) of up to 13.6 KG […]

What is a Circular Economy?

10/05/2021

Business Tips, Educational Articles, Individual and Family, Social Good, Sustainability

We all know the world has a waste problem, from plastic waste filling the seas to clothing and electronic waste that ends up in landfill. This is because, since the early to mid 20th century, our economic system has been based on a 'linear economy'. A linear economy such as we have now […]

Sports Sustainability

27/04/2021

Sports, Sustainability

Sports has always been about escapism. Forgetting the outside world and being in a safe place to watch or play the sport you love. Recently though, sports has been more vocal about social issues such as equality and diversity. In a time when the climate emergency is at the front of many conversations, is it […]

Earth Day 2021

19/04/2021

Business Tips, Individual and Family, Sustainability

Did you know that Earth Day is a celebration held every year on April 22 to show support for environmental conservation? It began in 1970 and has since grown to encompass a diverse variety of activities organised annually by EARTHDAY.ORG, involving over a billion people across 193 countries. At a UNESCO Conference in San […]

Tip #4 - Use a more sustainable loo roll!

16/04/2021