What Can We Do About Plastic Pollution?
Plastic is one of the biggest issues facing us as a species. Globally, eight million tonnes of plastic enters the ocean each year – that’s equivalent to a rubbish truckful every minute. If nothing changes, plastic in the ocean may…
Climate Change Food: How Does Your Diet Impact The Environment?
With all the media coverage around healthy eating and becoming more educated about what we consume, it’s easy to see why so many people are ditching the processed foods and giving up red meats. But can what you eat really…
10 Gifts for Eco-Friendly Foodies
1. Cheese Making Kit One of the biggest offenders for the environmental impact of our food consumption is the carbon cost of getting the product from the field to your table. That’s why we love these kits to start making…
How Your Old Phone Can Save The Rainforest
Why does the rainforest matter so much? Although we all know that the rainforests are important and worth saving, it’s remarkable how little thought we tend to put into why. Deforestation is the second biggest contributor to climate change, accounting…
20 Hacks For Eco-Friendly Living (Without Spending Any Money)
1. Give up bottled water. Seriously, it’s so expensive and so unnecessary 2. Request your bills to be emailed to you to instead of posted to cut down on paper waste 3. Cold wash your clothes (unless you wore a…
The 10 Best Recycling Books 2019
10. Zero Waste: Simple Life Hacks to Drastically Reduce Your Trash We have a worldwide trash epidemic. What if there were a simple―and fun―way for you to make a difference? What if you could take charge of your own waste,…
Why is Intermittency a Problem for Renewable Energy?
Here at the GreenAge we love renewable energy. There’s absolutely no doubt that it’s the way forward, not only for the UK but for the whole world. That said, we think it’s important to understand how renewable energy works, and…
Where Does UK Renewable Energy Come From?
Last year around a third UK energy was generated by renewable energy sources. It’s a huge achievement and the percentage of renewable is only growing. We all want more renewable energy and less reliance on fossil fuels, but how does…
The Truth About Nuclear Power
Here at the GreenAge we’re all about clean, renewable energy and making the world a better place, so it may surprise you to know that we’re not staunchly against nuclear energy. But wait, doesn’t nuclear waste harm the environment? Isn’t…
The Truth About Nuclear Power
The Green Room: What happens when you put two energy experts in a room and ask them to get to the bottom of nuclear power. We take you through all the big questions of nuclear power. Doesn’t nuclear waste…