I’ve been excited to visit Unpackaged in London for quite some time now. Opened in 2007 in Islington, it was the city’s first package-free shop (and quite possibly the first in the world, although I’m not 100% sure of this). This is both an incredible and necessary achievement, when you consider the fact that even…
I already knew that shopping without plastic was going to be one of the hardest tasks I’d set myself in my quest to eliminate unnecessary plastic throughout this year. What I didn’t anticipate was just how hard it would be. Or how it would leave me feeling – frustrated with both myself and the world…
Rubbish accumulated from an afternoon out. Enough! The start of the year doubles up as an excellent time for reflection. I’ve been thinking a lot about values and the importance of living them. So long story short – I’ve decided 2016 is the year I start going plastic free. It seems like a big…