Sustainability
Sustainability
Sustainable and ethical lifestyle advice, helping you live a more conscious lifestyle. Advice is bitesize and accessible guidance to enable progressive choices without giving up too many of the things you love.


The Future is Sustainable, According to Vogue Business
Speaking on the Luxury Communications Council’s Future of Fashion webinar, Vogue Business’s Editorial Director, Sarah Shannon, spotlighted the rise of dark social, gender-neutral stores, augmented reality magazines and digital fashion shows among the key trends that emerged from 2020. While these might sound unfamiliar, Sarah noted that sustainability – a topic that took centre stage in 2019 – remains top of the agenda.

Anything But Amazon: Alternative Places to Source Your Christmas and Black Friday Gifts
Since mid-February, Amazon stock has risen by more than 55%, thanks to an increasing appetite for online shopping in 2020, and with Black Friday just around the corner, we are thinking ahead to Christmas with an ‘Anything But Amazon’ approach with these alternative gift ideas that support some of our favourite arts and hospitality businesses.

Covid and Carbon: Why Building Back Better Isn’t a Done Deal
While Covid-19 could offer an opportunity to crawl back some of the damage done to the planet, governments are turning their back on this opportunity in a chaotic bid to prioritise economic recovery.

Sustainable Fashion and the Musicians Encouraging Us to Shop More Ethically
As women with open eyes we know the preservation of the planet is a shared responsibility, but how do we take that awareness and affect actual day to day behaviour?

Sustainable Activewear for Your Life After Lockdown
While the coronavirus crisis offers governments the chance to make climate-smart choices and policies on a national and international scale,

A Conversation with Radhika Srinivasan, the founder of Sustainable PPE Company, EcoTextura
As tonnes of PPE continue to be air-freighted into Britain to combat the coronavirus pandemic, our thoughts of organic, plastic-free

The Suppliers Helping You Achieve Farm to Table Shopping
We don’t generally need much convincing that fresher food is a good thing. Better for the planet, better for our bodies, and better flavoured! But when it’s so easy to pop to the supermarket, it’s the convenience aspect that needs solving. Here are some ways you can start to source fresher produce.

How to Make Do and Mend Your Clothes
While mending your clothes may seem old fashioned and time consuming, it’s a simple way of reducing your waste and acting more consciously. If you’re a bit of an amateur in the sewing field, here are some ways to get started.

Food For Thought
Ever find yourself squabbling over the pros and cons of drinking almond milk over dairy milk, or the environmental impact

Top to Toe Sustainability
When it comes to sustainable lifestyle choices, making one responsible choice can have a ripple effect; you stop drinking from

Slow Travel – the Perfect Way to Save the Planet and Satisfy Wanderlust
As we approach the end of January, chances are many of us have already broken our new year’s resolutions. With

Making Sustainable Fashion Choices on a Budget
Making adjustments to our deeply ingrained shopping habits is undoubtedly one of the trickier aspects of living a sustainable lifestyle.

Was It Hard Going Vegan?
Nope. I went vegan, or “plant based” (the term I prefer) over a year ago now. Before that switch I’d

Starting Green and Sustainable Living in Your Kitchen
Minimalist living – Ever since I heard this word, it started making more sense to me and I started to
Starting Green and Sustainable Living in Your Kitchen
Minimalist living – Ever since I heard this word, it started making more sense to me and I started to explore the concept. Here is what I realized over the course of 4 years. I am on my way but

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