You care about the issues facing our world, and you want people to know that. But have you considered the impact of those slogan T-shirts? Whether it’s asserting your support for an urgent political campaign or sharing a joke about the latest TV hit, it could be argued […]
One of the most quirky eco-friendly contributions to this year’s London Fashion Week, Sting, an event launching the Spring/Summer 2020 collection by Vin + Omi, featured clothing made from nettles harvested at Prince Charles’s rural Highgrove estate. After contacting him about their work, the sustainable fashion pioneers first met […]
If the sight of racks and racks of cheap, sparkly dresses failed to put you in the party mood this festive season, you’re not alone. Britons buy more new clothes than any country in Europe, and the amount is rising. UK shoppers spent about £3.5bn on clothing for […]
Greggs’ new quorn ‘sausage’ roll may have offended Piers Morgan last month, but for others it signalled a new era. The Vegan Society reports a fourfold increase in the number of UK vegans since 2014, from 150,000 to 600,000. 42% of those switched in 2018. In November, Waitrose […]
Whether you’ve just resolved to give up meat for the 2018 new year, or have been avoiding all animal products for years now, it does no harm to review the benefits of veganism, both to you and the planet. Four million people in the UK, 7.3 million in the US, […]
2016 was a dramatic year for sustainability in politics. While more than 100 countries committed to slashing greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Climate Agreement, both the UK vote to leave the EU (which is behind most of its greener legislation) and America’s election of unabashed climate-change denier […]