What do you know about your clothes?

Fast fashion. One of the hottest topics at the minute. It seems to encompass some of the most detrimental systems in our world surrounding social, economic and environmental issues, but what do we do about it? Is there really a way to look good without costing the earth? The 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza …

HAVE YOURSELF A VERY ECO, PLASTIC FREE CHRISTMAS

An interview from Christmas with Society Zero – a Glasgow based environmental and zero waste business. …WITH NO PLASTIC OR JUNK IN SIGHT… IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE JUST WANT TO CURL UP IN FRONT OF FIREPLACES, DRINK MULLED CIDER AND OVERINDULGE IN EVERYTHING WE CAN FIND. To save the day and ourselves …

Baptist Union for Scotland Blog

Laura Young, aka LessWasteLaura, is a 22-year old student currently studying for her masters in Environmental Protection and Management at the University of Edinburgh joint with the SRUC. Laura has a passion for the care of the environment and has used that passion to start her own Instagram page, influence her church, Newton Mearns Baptist …

Society Zero Interview

An interview from last month with Society Zero – a Glasgow based environmental and zero waste business. “I WOULD BE LYING IF I DIDN’T SAY IT MOVED ME TO TEARS…” With the masses of people we speak to on a daily basis about zero waste, it’s lovely to know that young people in Glasgow are …

Tearfund Blog: MEET THE ZERO WASTER: CHANGING THE WORLD ONE LESS PLASTIC BOTTLE AT A TIME

A blog written in July 2018 from Tearfund. Introducing Laura Young (aka Less Waste Laura). Laura, 21, is one true environmental advocate – believing that living more sustainably is essential to the future of our planet and the survival of all living beings within it. Living, working and studying in Scotland, Laura poured her passion …

Top 10 tips for living environmentally

Before I attempt to ‘blog’ I thought it I should ease myself into this new world through a nice short and concise bullet point list. Here are my top ten tips for beginning to live an environmentally conscious life! No single use plastic– invest in your lifestyle, get a reusable coffee cup, some bamboo cutlery, …

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