The government has permitted the use of damaging marine algae cleaners, but there are kinder, harmless options that can be used instead By Jenny Elliott-Bennett, Sea Shepherd UK I am a member of Sea Shepherd UK, part…
Reading The Complete Book of Vegan Compleating uncovers a new concept of zero-waste eating for mindful vegans By Laura Gaga Don’t Just Eat, It Compleat It’. Compleating is a campaign by Love Food Hate Waste, encouraging us…
Why going vegetarian is just not enough Congratulations! You’ve given up meat – an amazing feat. So, is that enough? Sadly, it’s not. Whilst abstaining from the meat of animals is undoubtably brilliant, saving a lot of…
There are things we can all do at home to limit the amount of food we throw away Between 33-50 per cent of all food produced globally is never eaten (olioex.com). Let that sink in for a…
Increase your garden’s fertility by alternating what you grow By Piers Warren The aim of crop rotation is to increase long-term soil fertility by not always growing the same vegetables in the same place year after year,…
As December 25th approaches, Megan d’Ardenne shares her tips on how we can have a green, more sustainable Christmas this year While Christmas is usually the most wonderful time of the year, after months of lockdowns and…
Tetra Paks are difficult to recycle, but buying refill vegan milks or learning to make our own could prove much better for the planet By Joanna MacDonald The first glass milk bottles started appearing in the 1880s…
This month, it’s all about how to have the best staycation possible With the Coronavirus still affecting foreign travel, it’s pretty tricky to plan a holiday abroad or even elsewhere in your own country right now. But…
How can we ensure that we don’t harm the Earth with every monthly cycle? Around the world, at any given time every single day, 800 million people are menstruating. On average, a menstruating woman will do so…
How can we stop fires from raging war with our planet? We all remember seeing the harrowing footage of the wildfires that blazed an inferno of destruction across the Australian bush in 2019-2020. In the wake of…
Louise Palmer Masterton, founder of restaurant Stem & Glory, recommends ways that we can live more sustainably Last year, I went to the premiere of David Attenborough’s new film A Life on this Planet. Described as his…
It’s plastic-free July! In the spirit of the month, Friendly Soap share their thoughts about the pitfalls of plastic and some of the ways that, as manufacturers or consumers, we can all do our bit As more…
Vegan Life’s Gemma Tadman goes on a forest foraging journey with Polestar, the new, vegan-friendly electric car maker In our current under-pandemic world, adventures are difficult to come by. But back in October, the Vegan Life team…
7 ways to… Save the world without really trying There are some effortless ways that you can help the planet, so why not give them a go? We all know that the planet needs humans to make…
Food waste apps are here to save the day By Laura Gaga I first used food waste app, Too Good To Go (TGTG), around five years ago now – for salad boxes, and sandwich wraps in London,…
Grow your own The humble potato is versatile in dishes, filling and delicious! Here’s how to grow them. By Piers Warren First earlies, fast growing, eat as new potatoes rather than for storage. Red Duke of York:…
