In these cash-strapped times, there’s good reason to have a small, but perfectly jolly Christmas and minimize the impact of the festive season on the planet. Why not approach christmas with a bit of eco-awareness and delight friends and families into the bargain? Here's the Acme guide to having a greener and leaner christmas....
Meat is expensive, unhealthy and bad for the planet. Yet we consume absolute tonnes of the stuff every year. Lentil munching is no longer viewed with disdain, but is actually becoming the clever consumers choice of winter sustenance. Read on to find out why.
Babies. Awww. Cute cuddly bundles of joy...or climate destroying pollution machines? Those padded bottoms of theirs create tonnes of waste, with nappy production (or diapers to our US citizens)using 3.4 billion barrels of oil and over 250,000 trees annually, not to mention the mountains of pooey landfill they create. But as always, Acme Climate Action shows you another way. The kids will thank you for it……
Here at Acme we're planning our costumes for the Halloween party next Friday night, which got us thinking about how to do Halloween a little more sustainably. So skip the pile of spooky plastic in the supermarket (you can't miss it, it's next to the pile of Christmas stuff), get creative, and make your own. What better way to win that best costume prize than to knock up your own bespoke outfit? There are lots of other things you can do to green your halloween. To find out how to make the best of your pumpkins, and other handy tips, read on.
In search of a new look but with an empty piggy bank? Fear not. There's a new trend which the fashionistas have been following for months but is now filtering down to mere mortals - it's called swishing, and it could have you fitted out with a new winter wardrobe for nowt. Let's swish...
Few products provide such clear evidence of our collective idiocy than the bottled water industry. It’s the triumph of marketing over common sense… and we’re drinking it up.
The Beatles sang that nobody knows precisely how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall (we paraphrase to avoid copyright problems). But what we do know is that in less than 2 hours the UK produces enough waste to fill the Albert Hall.
