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LONG READ EXPLAINER: Why should the UK get to Net Zero? Won’t it cost us too much? [20 minutes]

July 09, 2025 • climate activism • climate change • climate crisis • climate emergency • cost of living • eco • economy • food • fossil fuels • global warming • green economy • green spaces • greenhouse gas emissions • health • housing • mental health • net zero • net zero economy

(TLDR – skip to FREE Conversation Guides – to help you talk about Net Zero, why we need it, the costs, the risks and the benefits with your friends and family.) ***** Having made the case for why we need to get to Net Zero, both globally and nationally, I’d like to look at the economics of getting there. As Energy accounts for nearly ¾ of our greenhouse gas emissions globally, many countries have been looking at decarbonising their energy supply in order to get to Net Zero, including the UK. But one criticism that opponents of Net Zero have is...

LONG READ EXPLAINER: Why should the UK get to Net Zero? What is the benefit? [15 minutes]

March 26, 2025 • be the difference • carbon footprint • climate change • climate crisis • climate emergency • climate justice • earth day • earth month • eco • ecofriendly • environmental impact • global warming • greenhouse gas emissions • industrial revolution • make a change • net zero • reduce carbon footprint

(TLDR – skip to two FREE Conversation Guides – to help you talk about Net Zero with your friends and family.) 1. What’s the benefit of Net Zero? “I can’t see how Net Zero is possible or beneficial to us.” I've thought a LOT about how to respond to this statement. I made several (failed) starts to gather my thoughts into something coherent, until I realised that the disconnect came from the differing points from which we were both starting. As someone who works, and volunteers, in the climate space, I approach Net Zero from a scientific...

Easy Ways to Help the Climate that Ease Anxiety, but Don’t Cost Much Time or Money

January 22, 2025 • activism • anxiety • be the difference • carbon footprint • climate activism • climate change • climate crisis • climate emergency • climate justice • climate strikes • easy eco swaps • eco • eco ideas • eco inspiration • ecofriendly • environmental activism • environmental impact • environmental justice • environmentally hopeful • fossil fuels • i support you • low cost • mumlife • no judgement • reduce carbon footprint • sustainable

Top feelings are: (TLDR – skip to How to Help - when you don’t have much time 👇) Thank you First of all a HUGE thank you to everyone who answered my recent survey, I really appreciate it. The responses will give me a better understanding of people’s thoughts and feelings, and help me shape the content I create for my work and how I can best support people. Contented Earth Climate Survey January 2025 Secondly, if you haven’t yet responded, but still want to do so you can do so using the following links: 1) For...

Global Climate Strikes: Did you strike?

November 21, 2024 • be the difference • climate change • climate crisis • climate emergency • climate strikes • eco • greta thunberg • make a change • zero waste • zero waste living • zerowaste

Friday 20th September, around the world, people took part in the Global Climate Strikes. Were you there? Did you strike? Did your kids? Did your kids’ schools do anything?Weren’t the scenes of the strikes around the world so inspiring and energising? In particular the picture of the strike @gretathunberg posted happening in Afghanistan. This is, as she says, a globally emergency. And it seemed on Friday that we came together around the world to acknowledge this and lobby politicians and big businesses to do more.Sadly, I wasn’t there. My 7YO was off school ill with a cold. I was gutted. But I...

Contented Company, Contented Earth: Ethical, Sustainable & Climate Friendly Small Business

November 21, 2024 • biodegradable • carbon footprint • carbon neutral shipping • carbon offset • cardboard • climate change • compostable • eco • ecofriendly • ecologi • environmental impact • make a change • natural ingredients • one tree planted • plastic • plastic free • pledge • reduce carbon footprint • small business • tree planting • vegan

Ethical and Sustainable Living as ethically and sustainably as possible has always been one of my core values. So when I started The Contented Company (and Contented Earth especially), I wanted those values to be at the core of the business too. Whilst no-one can ever be perfect, making the best possible choice available at every decision is something I don’t take lightly – from choosing which products we stock, to how we handle your order, to how we get it to you, to how we try to have a positive impact on the world as a business. I’d love...

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