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As we mark the end of Zero Waste Week 2025, over at Change Agents we embraced a slightly different angle on the waste conversation. While traditional efforts often focus on reducing physical waste—think single-use plastics, food waste, and recycling—we're turned our attention to something a little less visible but increasingly important: digital waste. Digital Waste Why Digital Waste Matters You may be wondering why digital waste matters... well in a world increasingly powere

I may be speaking from personal experience here, but I think I can safely say that travelling is great. Exploring new sights, sounds, smells, cultures… it’s all great. What’s not so great is the impact it can have on the planet. Emissions from flights… over tourism in popular areas… pollution from cruise ships… to name a few. Cruise Ship There are ways to limit your impact. However, it’s important to acknowledge that unless you’re travelling completely through active travel (

Blog post for Earth Day 2025

How we produce food, what we choose to eat and how we dispose of it all plays a part in the climate story.

Examining the impact of consumerism and what we can do to change the system. Black Friday, a commercial ‘holiday’ brought over from the United States, is the day after Thanksgiving and now marks the start of the festive shopping period. The origins of black Friday lie in the chaos created by millions of US workers being on holiday at the same time and rushing into the shops on a rare Friday off. As police complained, retailers were rubbing their hands at the huge profits they

Plastic Free July is a global movement to help you understand plastic waste and how to reduce it. It also challenges us all to make changes for the whole month. By pledging to change for just a month, it doesn’t feel like a huge commitment, however habits can be formed in as little as 21 days so your plastic reduction could go on for much longer than just July! This years theme is ‘small steps, big difference.’ Picking Apart Plastic Pollution Plastic production is one of the