DDT and other pesticides are still creating havoc today. Let's see what has happened since Rachel Carson's iconic book...

Photo by Sylvie Michel on Unsplash I didn’t quite make it in the absolute sense, but it was interesting to see how far I could go.  We hear it a lot, to “go zero waste”. But what does zero waste actually mean and how feasible is it to live a...

eco developments in 2025 Hope & eco developments It’s 2025. People are getting back to work and onto their to-do lists and goals for 2025. Whether they are work related or personal, whether they are short or long-term goals, the new year is a fresh start full of hope. I...

Waste is all around us We really need those waste-awareness days. World Cleanup Day. Millions of people join in to collect tonnes of rubbish. Luckily clean-up initiatives are happening often all over the world. I regularly organise my own family clean-up event. During our last one I noticed that most...

Pollinators in action The birds and the bees – and beyond. The blooms this spring have been beautiful. As I write we are enjoying local fresh and juicy fruit and vegetables; we had French strawberries twice this week, and a few nights ago, I made a savoury tart with chunky...

Photo by Shyam Mishra on Unsplash. I’d like that chocolate bar, please. Now that’s what I craved. Ah it’s finished, whoops the plastic wrapper flew out of my hands. But that’s okay, I’ll give 50 cents to someone who is litter-picking.  I am out of milk. I’ll quickly drive my...

Climate change concerns everyone. Small talk is mostly about the weather (after the non-question “How are you?”). So surely, climate change should be of everyone’s concern? Especially when earlier this year it was announced that in 2023 the world had warmed up by 1.5°C (the exact number reported was at...

Plants are catching on. Eating more plant-based foods is gaining popularity. The shift is tightly linked to helping our planet 🌍- along with animal welfare and personal health reasons of course! Being active in the fight against climate change isn’t necessarily easy. Where do you start? Opting for more plant-based...

Thank you for reading the first blog article from my eco comms business🙂 I thought it was nicely appropriate to go back to basics with this first topic. Not about me, but about the vast number of eco terms that are thrown around – and what they really mean.  Enjoy...