Sustainability pops up in every sphere of our lives today. Let’s clear up the fog and see how we can make it an actionable part of our every day lives.

It is estimated that a staggering 40 billion disposable plastic utensils are produced annually.  These utensils are typically used once and are then thrown away.

What is Upcycling ? Upcycling is a relatively new kid on the block.  So new, in fact, that my spellchecker keeps wanting to change it to epicycle !  Turns out although the word is new, the concept is not new at all. Upcycling is the process of changing old, discarded or unused articles into something new that is useful and usually beautiful.  It gives used materials a better, often higher purpose than before. So you

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The three R’s of recycling forms the basis of waste management.  Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

Shopping for a summer scarf the other day, I not only got the perfect scarf.  I got it in this cute bag, made of upcycled magazine pages !

There is a guy I meet up with almost every morning on my way to work.  We chat about the weather and sometimes the news headlines. My day is somehow lacking if he’s not at our regular meeting place. He is the guy that sells me my newspaper. I take my newspaper to the office with me and leave it in the Common room.  I see people paging through it, discussing it, having lunch around

Although a number of tips for saving electricity requires a once-off effort, as discussed in our previous energy saving tip, these once-off efforts usually cost you money.

So this week, let’s look at ways we can save electricity that don’t cost money, only a little