Going vegan or making a major change in your consumer behaviours often seems inaccessible or unrealistic, but minor changes can make a huge difference, and often come with additional benefits […]
Women’s History Month 2021: fifteen women in history that you should know
Happy International Women’s Day! As a humanities student, I know that it is those that are in power write the history. They are the ones with the printing presses, the […]
Fairtrade Fortnight: Choosing a more fairly traded lifestyle
As we become more environmentally-conscious and sustainable, it is important to look at choices we make when we purchase items. One way to do this is look at how ingredients […]
How reducing our hot water usage effects your carbon footprint (and what we can do to reduce it)
Hot water is something that we use every day, we constantly rely it for laundry, personal hygiene and food hygiene, but the way we use water can have a huge […]
Educating yourself on sustainability: other ways
This is the last in our mini-series on ‘educating yourself in sustainability’ – if you’ve stuck with us this long, great job! If you’ve only just found us, though, you […]
Fairtrade Fortnight: What’s the deal with Fairtrade cotton?
We are continuing our series for Fairtrade Fortnight with a post that tells you a little more about Fairtrade cotton and what the big deal about it is.
Fairtrade Fortnight: Fairtrade beyond chocolate and bananas – what else can you buy that’s Fairtrade?
When someone asks if you buy anything Fairtrade, most people would go straight to bananas. They are the obvious choice and if you buy bananas then they are likely to […]
New Semester, New Habits – in conversation with Beth, SU President of Development
Being a University student opens up a lot of opportunities, not only in your studies but also gives you a deeper ability to explore your interests and meet new friends. […]
Fairtrade Fortnight: What does ‘Fairtrade’ actually mean, and why does it matter?
It’s Fairtrade Fortnight and we thought we would celebrate by doing a blog series all about Fairtrade and the first post of the series we will be diving a little […]