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Clean streets = clean beach

The first environmentalist that made an impact on my life was my dad – I just did not know it until now. I chatted about it with my siblings, each of us with the memory of him picking up other peoples tossed aside food wrappers. It was never him walking around our town with a bag collecting rubbish. Only what he encountered on his…

Going plastic free for my periods

When I decided to attempt Plastic Free July, I sat down and wrote a rough list of items that fall into my shopping basket each month that would be covered in plastic. My list showed that the biggest offender was packaging. I made my way down the list writing down alternatives and feeling chuffed with my ideas. That was until I came…