Be Sustainable in May Folklore says that on the 1st of May you should wash your face in the morning dew to keep your complexion fresh and lovely throughout the year. Probably as reliable an endorsement as any overpriced skin cream! Embrace No Mow May! Not only because you don’t need to heave the mower […]
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Be Sustainable in April We love Easter with its signs of spring, milder weather and lighter evenings. But what would it be without chocolate? Most confectioners are more savvy these days about packaging and there’s a variety of brands available with plastic free packaging and fair trade chocolate. Easter decorations are fun to craft at
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Be Sustainable This March Spring Cleaning is upon us. It’s time to whisk away all those cobwebs and get into the darkest of corners. Simple homemade cleaning products save a small fortune, smell more natural and don’t add to the waste mountain. A good all-round cleanser is: one part white vinegar, one part water, the
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Repairing the World – Starting at Home Royston Repair Café volunteers return to the Coombes Community Centre on Saturday 5th February to breathe new life into broken items and support the work of local charity Home-Start Royston, Buntingford and south Cambridgeshire. Repair Café co-founder Chris Lee explains “We’re passionate about reducing waste through repair –
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Be Sustainable This February Well done to all of you who boldly attempted Veganuary or even Meat-free Mondays throughout January. Being vegan or vegetarian doesn’t suit everyone, but any small changes to our weekly menus by reducing the consumption of red meat and dairy products will improve our health and ultimately benefit our beautiful planet.
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Be Sustainable: Plastic Free Allies! The Plastic Free scheme is run locally by Royston Environmental Group and accredited by Surfers Against Sewage. Letchworth was the first Herts town to be accredited Plastic Free in 2019. Other local towns including Baldock, Buntingford and Hitchin are also working towards this status. In Royston we now have SIX
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Be Sustainable: Zero Waste Christmas Christmas can be a magical time of year, but it is also, unfortunately, a time of excess waste: packaging, gift wrap, food, and more. However, Christmas doesn’t need to be so wasteful, and it can be just as much fun without. Here are some tips to get you started with
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Be Sustainable: Why is Food Waste a Problem? You may not give too much thought when you throw food in the bin, but doing so can have a huge negative impact on the environment. If collected as general waste, food waste reaches landfill sites where it isn’t exposed to enough oxygen and so it begins
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Sustain-ability 2021 Introducing Royston’s first multi-centre ecological event, which aims to give you the know-how to pursue a greener lifestyle. We all understand that we need to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, but how exactly can we do this? How do we make those small differences in our everyday lives that will contribute to bigger, global
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Be Sustainable: Do You Suffer With Eco-anxiety? Eco-anxiety are feelings of helplessness, panic and guilt towards to ecological climate. Whilst eco-anxiety is perfectly rational and isn’t a recognised medical condition, it can still cause harm to your mental health and impact your daily life. Here are some ideas that may help you overcome these feeling
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Boosting Immunity: Winter Warriors This is a great time of the year to get into some new habits not only to ‘boost’ our immunity but to sustain it so that we are in the best possible shape on the inside as well as the outside. It’s a little known fact but actually at least 70%
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Be Sustainable: Zero Plastic Survival Kit Living a plastic free lifestyle definitely takes effort and organising, so here is what to put in your zero waste survival kit to ensure you can skip out on using single use plastic. • Cotton bags Make sure you have a stash of reusable cotton bags by the front
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