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Sustainability Wales

WELSH WOODS AND TREES “SERIOUSLY UNDER THREAT” ACCORDING TO NEW REPORT

WELSH WOODS AND TREES “SERIOUSLY UNDER THREAT” ACCORDING TO NEW REPORT

Trees and woods are essential to the health and wellbeing of people in Wales, but a new report from The Woodland Trust shows that five major threats are compounding to result in negative impacts that could spell disaster for the UK’s wildlife, including plants, mammals, birds and insects. The Woodland Trust’s State of Woods and Trees (SOWT) Report 2021 is the first of its kind to focus on native woods and trees.

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Sustainability Wales

WALES RECYCLES: GIVE NEW LIFE TO YOUR HOUSEHOLD RECYCLABLES THIS EASTER

WALES RECYCLES: GIVE NEW LIFE TO YOUR HOUSEHOLD RECYCLABLES THIS EASTER

At the end of a long winter, Easter feels like a great opportunity to celebrate nature coming back to life; embrace the longer days and warmer weather, do some Spring cleaning, fill the house with spring flowers, and create some seasonally-inspired recipes in the kitchen.

And as part of a recent collaboration with Wales Recycles on their BeMightyRecycle / Bydd Wych, Ailgylcha campaign, I wanted to share some tips to make this year’s festivities a more eco-friendly affair – by making sure your Easter recyclables go on to live a new life of their own, too.

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Food Cardiff

Cardiff Residents Share Their Sustainable Food Resolutions for 2021

Cardiff Residents Share Their Sustainable Food Resolutions for 2021

With the first chinks of light at the end of the COVID-19 nightmare now visible, there seems to be a collective desire to use the opportunity to commit to a greener way of living – particularly when it comes to the way we shop, cook and eat.

I’m crossing my fingers and staying quietly hopeful that 2021 might just be the start of better things to come.

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Sustainability Cardiff

Review: Amaryllis Eco Friendly Hair Salon, Cardiff

Review: Amaryllis Eco Friendly Hair Salon, Cardiff

Nestled at the bottom Cowbridge Road East, and conveniently located at the edge of ‘town’, Canton, Riverside and Pontcanna, is Amaryllis salon. Two friends, Tiffany and Rebecca set up the salon, and they believe passionately that sustainability is a way of life; since opening they have strived to set the precedent in Wales and show how easily sustainability can be embedded into the industry.

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