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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 (

Meet Tolu, one of our recent Green Skills Bootcamp graduates. Before enrolling in the Bootcamp, Tolu was employed full time as a...

A bird perched on a branch Many of us know the feeling of sitting in a back garden on a spring day and watching the world come alive. Bees buzzing between flowers, birds singing, the crickets chirping, and the smell of the soil. We know that the garden is more than a patch of green, it’s full of stories, systems, and species quietly working together. This invisible web of life is what we call biodiversity, and it is essential to life as we know it. It supports the food we eat

A placard featuring an illustration of Earth with the message "One World" So, here’s the deal: climate change isn’t just some far-off problem we’ll deal with later. It’s happening right now, and it’s affecting us in ways we can’t ignore. Sure, we hear a lot about melting glaciers and rising sea levels, but there's another story, about people—how their homes, health, jobs, and cultures are being impacted. Firefighters battling a wildfire 1. Health at Risk Rising temperatures c

Climate Justice as a concept seeks solutions for the climate crisis. The Center for Climate Justice at the University of California (UoC) describes Climate Justice as recognising “… the disproportionate impacts of climate change on low-income communities and communities of color around the world, the people and places least responsible for the problem.” Essentially, those least responsible for the impacts of climate change will be the worst affected. I really like this s

In August 2018, a 15-year-old Swedish student decided to protest the political inaction on climate by sitting outside Swedish Parliament holding a handmade sign. What began as a solitary act grew into a global movement. Her name was Greta Thunberg and today her leadership has mobilised millions of students over 150 countries to begin demanding climate justice. In 1973, Yvon Chouinard founded his own outerwear and outdoor gear company. The company challenged traditional busin