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How and why go vegan?

How and why go vegan?

Hello again! Being a vegan means excluding meat and any animal produce from your diet and daily use. Let’s start with why… Contrary to popular belief, going vegan is not a fad. Many people choose to become vegan as they disagree with the unethical process […]

Health benefits of becoming vegetarian

Health benefits of becoming vegetarian

Hello everyone! Welcome back to a new post 🙂 So this week I bring to you an interesting topic which is the health benefits of becoming vegetarian! Flexitarianism – part-time vegetarianism or veganism – is becoming more and more popular each year. Most people go vegetarian […]

Uprising Environmental Leadership Programme

Uprising Environmental Leadership Programme

Hello again! I hope you’ve been keeping busy during the lockdown. Whether it be exercising, baking, reading or even taking on a new course online! Have you ever heard of Uprising? They believe that young people are uniquely placed to change the world, therefore they provide […]

Sustainability

Sustainability

Hello everybody! Welcome back to a new post 😊. This week’s theme is sustainability – most of you have probably heard this word before. It is applied to characterise improvements in areas such as natural resources, technological and business developments, usage of energy and consumer […]

Inspirational environmental movies/series!

Inspirational environmental movies/series!

Hi everyone. As you might be aware, sustainability is one of the hottest topics today, and while some call it a ‘trend’, the reality is sustainability is here to stay. We are facing climate change, mass species extinctions, melting of the ice caps, and many […]

YOU can make a difference – prevent plastic pollution with AWdF

YOU can make a difference – prevent plastic pollution with AWdF

Hello, how are you? This pandemic lockdown has shown us that nature and planet Earth can thrive beautifully without us human beings interfering. Please watch this TED talk to find out David Katz’s solution to plastic pollution It is SO important that we realise, we do not […]

Why I am a vegetarian

Why I am a vegetarian

Hello everyone,   This week is national vegetarian week, so I thought I would talk about my personal experience with vegetarianism.   Since my first year of uni I have used soya mince instead of beef, and in first year that was mostly because I […]