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Climate Life

Sustainable living

Meet the company whose mission is to make zero-waste events possible

Lettice Events wants to make food waste at events a thing of the past with the help of some imagination, forward planning and an Orca. Kate Ng finds out how its owner and head chef are tackling the problem

<p>Green travel is on the rise</p>
Sustainable living

Will 2022 be the year sustainable travel goes mainstream?

<p>Zero-waste restaurant Silo is serving up invasive species for a limited time</p>
Sustainable living

How one chef is plating up invasive species

<p>Prince William called himself a stubborn optimist </p>
Sustainable living

William tells Cate Blanchett he’s hopeful climate change can be solved

<p>Ed Towers, a dairy farmer at Brades Farm in Lancashire</p>
SPONSORED

Are farmers the unsung game changers in fighting the climate crisis?

<p>Andermatt is seeing rapid expansion</p>
Sustainable travel

Sustainable skiing: a low-impact, high-fun train trip to Andermatt

<p>Cardamom Tented Camp tours along the Prek Tachan river</p>
Cambodia

Can Cambodia become Southeast Asia’s sustainable travel capital?

<p>Flight-free travel helps you spread your wings in other ways</p>
Sustainable travel

Why my flight-free New Year’s resolution hasn’t changed for four years

<p>'I had strange parents and low self-esteem and played the bassoon'</p>
Sustainable living

Rainn Wilson changes name in climate protest

Sustainable living

How to have an eco-friendly Bonfire Night

<p>The Prince of Wales whose ambitious 10-year £50 million prize is designed to find solutions to repair and regenerate the earth (Alastair Grant/PA)</p>
Royal Family

Prince William announces finalists for £1m Earthshot Prize

Sustainable living

Lidl launches UK’s first supermarket laundry detergent refill stations

Sustainable living

Eco beauty company ‘becomes first to appoint nature’ as director

Sustainable living

Eco beauty company ‘becomes first to appoint nature’ as director

<p>A zero-waste mum only just put out her black bin for the first time in 2022 despite living in a four-person household plus pets</p>
Sustainable living

Zero-waste mum puts out bins for first time this year

<p>The ban will include adverts featuring broiler chicken</p>
Sustainable living

Dutch city plans to ban most meat adverts

Sustainable living

Kim Kardashian believes in being ‘realistic’ about climate change

<p>Selfridge’s landmark London store </p>
Fashion

Selfridges aims for half of transactions to be sustainable by 2030

<p>Selfridge’s landmark London store </p>
Fashion

Selfridges aims for half of transactions to be sustainable by 2030

Sustainable living

How do I save water during the heatwave?

Sustainable living

These are the worst foods for you and the planet, according to experts

Sustainable living

Waitrose to scrap best before dates on hundreds of products

<p>A tub of grapes from Marks and Spencer with the best before date removed. Marks and Spencer will remove best before dates from more than 300 fruit and vegetable products in a bid to reduce food waste</p>
Sustainable living

M&S removes ‘best before’ dates from produce to reduce food waste

<p>Fruit and veg wrapping was the most commonly thrown away plastic </p>
Sustainable living

UK homes binning 100 billion pieces of plastic a year, survey finds

<p>In the UK alone we use an estimated 1.3 million tons of tissue per year</p>
Bathroom

Why we should all swap to this eco-friendly loo roll that saves trees

<p>Tesco vegan Plant Chef burgers</p>
Sustainable living

Tesco vegan ad banned for ‘misleading’ environmental message

<p>Houses on the coastline in Skipsea, East Yorkshire</p>
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My Carbon Footprint: The danger of the status quo

<p>In the UK alone we use an estimated 1.3 million tons of tissue per year</p>
Bathroom

Why we should all swap to this eco-friendly loo roll that saves trees

<p>Tesco vegan Plant Chef burgers</p>
Sustainable living

Tesco vegan ad banned for ‘misleading’ environmental message

<p>Houses on the coastline in Skipsea, East Yorkshire</p>
Independent Premium

My Carbon Footprint: The danger of the status quo

<p>Organisers of the Qatar World Cup describe the Carbon Market Watch findings as ‘speculative and inaccurate’ </p>
Sustainable living

My Carbon Footprint: Fifa vs farming

Sustainable living

My Carbon Footprint: Fifa vs farming

Head shot of Kate Hughes
Kate Hughes
<p>Organisers of the Qatar World Cup describe the Carbon Market Watch findings as ‘speculative and inaccurate’ </p>
<p>Local youths and volunteers gather in an open field and wait to support firefighters during a wildfire next to the village of Kamatriades, near Istiaia, northern Evia, Greece</p>
Sustainable living

How it feels to suddenly wake up to the climate emergency

<p>Horticulturalist Lottie Delamain in her garden at Chelsea Flower Show</p>
Sustainable living

Chelsea Flower Show exhibit spotlights chemicals used in fashion

<p>Shiny wrapping paper and sequins on cards are a no-go at this bash</p>
Independent Premium

My Carbon Footprint: Sorry, not sorry

<p>Vancouver Island Trail, Canada’s newest long-distance trail </p>
Sustainable living

Welcome to Vancouver Island – Canada’s green and pleasant land

<p>Vancouver Island Trail, Canada’s newest long-distance trail </p>
Sustainable living

Welcome to Vancouver Island – Canada’s green and pleasant land

<p>There are some things we just don’t pass on... </p>
Sustainable living

My Carbon Footprint: the rise of the nearly new

<p>The new Heinz paper bottle prototype</p>
Sustainable living

Heinz unveils plan to make sustainable ketchup bottles from paper

Sustainable living

UK’s biggest investigation into household plastic waste begins

Sustainable living

Chelsea Flower Show bans fake grass in first time in over a decade

<p>Go green on a trip to Tuscany</p>
Sustainable living

Large and on charge: How to drive to Italy and back in an electric car

<p>A third of us are now buying sustainable domestic appliances</p>
Sustainable living

My Carbon Footprint: YouTube can’t save us from a white goods wipe out

<p>It’s now possible to keep your footprint low on a visit to Prague </p>
Sustainable living

The green guide to visiting Prague

Independent Premium

My Carbon Footprint: I have a dirty little secret

<p>Take a long and winding journey from Porto to Lisbon with Pura Aventura</p>
Sustainable living

Seven of the most enjoyable sustainable holidays

<p>We looked for durability, size, and how easy it was to use and pack away</p>
Home & Garden

7 best bags for life and reusable carriers for your weekly shop

<p>From plastic-free toilet paper to reusable period pants, these are the brands to know about</p>
Sustainable living

Sian Conway-Wood’s Gamechangers: The eco brands she recommends

Sustainable living

Sian Conway-Wood’s Gamechangers: The eco brands she recommends

<p>From plastic-free toilet paper to reusable period pants, these are the brands to know about</p>
<p>This year’s theme is “Invest In Our Planet” </p>
IndyBest

Earth Day 2022: The IndyBest team’s favourite eco-friendly products

Fashion

eBay launches Imperfects range with huge discounts on 180 brands

<p>According to GreenPeace, every piece of plastic ever made still exists</p>
IndyBest

Eco-friendly swaps to make this Earth Day

<p>How could your booking, mode of transport or packing be greener?</p>
Sustainable living

14 sustainable travel swaps our writers have made

<p>How could your booking, mode of transport or packing be greener?</p>
Sustainable living

14 sustainable travel swaps our writers have made

<p>Like every other household in the UK containing a primary-aged small, it seems, chicken pox has arrived</p>
Independent Premium

My Carbon Footprint: Oat baths and make-up for badgers

<p>Ko Phi Phi Le is bouncing back in a sustainable way</p>
Sustainable living

How to plan a sustainable tour of Thailand

<p>Omnipresent buying messages tell us that everything will be brighter with a consumer splurge</p>
Independent Premium

My Carbon Footprint: Refresh or fail, said nobody ever

<p>Guests at Lady Musgrave HQ wake up to unbeatable seascapes</p>
Sustainable living

How this floating hotel is helping to protect the Great Barrier Reef

<p>The problem with all these ‘determined’, ‘committed’ statements is that we have run out of time for reductions and transitions</p>
Independent Premium

How to stop our hard-earned cash fuelling climate chaos

<p>If medical equipment could be more widely repaired and remanufactured it could reduce each item’s carbon footprint by up to 85 per cent</p>
Independent Premium

Tarzan and the case of the missing crutch

<p>Lipsticks, shampoos, suncream, moisturisers and deodorants were all found to contain plastic</p>
Sustainable living

Microplastics present in 90 per cent of cosmetic products

<p>H&M’s compostable baby clothing range</p>
Sustainable living

You can put these H&M baby clothes in the compost bin

<p>Some types of lobster have joined the ‘avoid’ list</p>
Sustainable living

Britons urged to avoid Scottish crab and lobster

<p>View from Quintas das Vinhas, Madeira</p>
Sustainable living

Going to ground: Embracing the agritourism life in Madeira

<p>According to Greenpeace, the UK generated 5.2m tonnes of plastic waste in 2018, enough to fill Wembley Stadium six times over</p>
Sustainable living

Britons urged to count all plastic waste for a week

Sustainable living

Britons urged to count all plastic waste for a week

<p>According to Greenpeace, the UK generated 5.2m tonnes of plastic waste in 2018, enough to fill Wembley Stadium six times over</p>
Candles are pictured during an Earth Hour campaign in Mumbai on 27 March 2010
Lifestyle

How is Earth Hour being commemorated?

<p>Murky mementos: Cheap souvenirs may not have a net positive impact</p>
Sustainable living

Can souvenirs ever be sustainable?

<p>Environmentally friendly underwear is a minefield</p>
Sustainable living

My carbon footprint: The battle of the briefs

Sustainable living

How to talk to children about the climate crisis

Sustainable living

How to talk to children about the climate crisis

<p>Free-range eggs come from hens which are able to roam freely around a farm yard</p>
Sustainable living

How to make sustainable choices now free-range eggs are unavailable

<p>Stow-on-the-Wold, the Cotswolds</p>
Sustainable living

How to do a classic Cotswolds weekend, car-free

Cost of beef, savoury snacks and cat food rose by 4.3 per cent
Sustainable living

New app allows people to scan barcodes to make ‘sustainable choices’

<p>How the hell do you renovate a home without producing any waste? </p>
Independent Premium

How hard can a zero-waste renovation really be?

<p>Les Arcs is accessible, car-free, via the funiculaire from Bourg</p>
Sustainable living

First tracks: Swapping plane for train on a ski trip to Les Arcs

<p>The barbecues pose a significant wildfire hazard</p>
Sustainable living

Waitrose and Aldi ban sale of disposable barbecues

<p>It’s never felt more right to blow out the candles on non-recyclable, single-use party bags </p>
Independent Premium

Going green is becoming more important than ever

<p>Plants are renowned for their purifying qualities</p>
Sustainable living

Five house plants in the office can cut air pollution by 20%

<p>Spick and span: Clifton Suspension Bridge over the Avon Gorge in Bristol </p>
Sustainable living

A green guide to visiting Bristol

<p>Burghley House in Lincolnshire</p>
Sustainable living

Elizabethan mansion to be site of first Platinum Jubilee Wood

<p>A rural setting in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta</p>
Sustainable living

An eco-cruise along Vietnam’s Mekong River

Sustainable living

An eco-cruise along Vietnam’s Mekong River

<p>A rural setting in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta</p>
<p>Somewhere in the daydreams about veg patches, I’ve forgotten I’m a city girl</p>
Independent Premium

We’re escaping to the country. Wish us luck...

<p>Morrisons has become the first supermarket to sell its own brand fresh milk in accredited carbon neutral Tetra Pak cartons</p>
Sustainable living

Morrisons’ own-brand milk to be sold in new carbon neutral cartons

<p>Supermarkets are creating up to 200,000 tonnes of food waste (PA)</p>
Sustainable living

Supermarkets create up to 200,000 tonnes of food waste

<p>One in three people in England cannot access nature near their home</p>
Sustainable living

UK wildlife campaigners call for legal right for access to nature

<p>One in three people in England cannot access nature near their home</p>
Sustainable living

UK wildlife campaigners call for legal right for access to nature

<p>Pet hates: envelope windows, pension investments and a laminated flier for ‘Pirates of Penzance’</p>
Independent Premium

It’ll all come out in the greenwash

<p>Gondola with a view: The pristine peaks of the Jungfrau Region</p>
Sustainable living

A ski-free winter break to Switzerland’s eco-focused Jungfrau region

<p>UK consumers use 140l of water per day – one of the highest totals in Europe </p>
Independent Premium

£200 for being more green? Yes please

<p>Many dog walkers are under the impression that leaving their pet’s waste products in nature is completely harmless</p>
Sustainable living

Influx of dog pee and poo is harming nature reserves, new study says

<p>The Corner is making eco chic in Aldgate</p>
Sustainable living

Welcome to London’s greenest hotel

Sustainable living

Waitrose and Lidl named as most eco-friendly supermarkets

<p>Danny Keneddy and Cate Blanchett will launch a climate crisis podcast titled Climate of Change</p>
Sustainable living

Cate Blanchett is launching a podcast about the climate crisis

<p>Plans to expand Bristol Airport have met opposition from climate change activists, as well as local politicians (Ben Birchall/PA)</p>
News & Advice

Airport expansion is ludicrous at this point in the climate emergency

Sustainable living

Waitrose and Lidl named as most eco-friendly supermarkets

<p>Danny Keneddy and Cate Blanchett will launch a climate crisis podcast titled Climate of Change</p>
Sustainable living

Cate Blanchett is launching a podcast about the climate crisis

<p>Plans to expand Bristol Airport have met opposition from climate change activists, as well as local politicians (Ben Birchall/PA)</p>
News & Advice

Airport expansion is ludicrous at this point in the climate emergency

<p>We have to feel like we are part of the eco-tribe</p>
Independent Premium

Image is everything in the race to save the world

<p>An Islay beach just before sunset</p>
Sustainable living

How to plan a sustainable spring adventure to the Hebrides

<p>Douglas McMaster, founder of zero-waste restaurant Silo</p>
Sustainable living

Doug McMaster interview: ‘Zero waste is not about the individual’

<p>Experts have weighed in on today’s most pressing issues, and how we can tackle them in the coming year</p>
Sustainable living

What’s next for climate crisis conversations in 2022?

<p>UK ranks last for sales of low-carbon heat pumps, analysis shows</p>
Independent Premium

Pass the blankets – we’re not taking part in the energy eco trap

<p>Oatly is a plant-based milk substitute</p>
Sustainable living

Oatly ads banned for making ‘misleading’ environmental claims

<p>Traditional Pueblo adobe architecture</p>
Sustainable living

How I decolonised my trip to New Mexico

<p>National Express has a lot more to offer than Divine Comedy fodder</p>
Sustainable living

Why coaches are the unsung sustainability superheroes of our roads

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