Public favours reusing clothing over recycling

We can’t ignore climate change. It’s real and is causing serious changes to our planet, including rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and deforestation. It’s wreaking havoc on our wildlife and habitats, while putting more and more people's lives and homes at risk across the globe.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are a conservative organisation and they’ve predicted we have 12 years to fix climate change, with urgent and unprecedented action, or we will have societal collapse.

Just 12 years.

During this critical time, we’re sharing information about climate change threats, impacts and solutions based on the scientific facts. Read this round-up for an overview of the indicators of climate change and the Environment Agency’s recent report provides comprehensive coverage on the impacts and adaptation measures. 

You can also access lots more articles and information in our What We Love blog.

On paper fixing climate change is easy- IF we change processes...is it worth it? Probably!

1) Switch to Renewable Energy

2) Switch to a Circular Economy

3) Reforest the Earth

4) Switch to veggie then vegan diet. 

This month’s tools and tips is focused on how we can address the climate emergency by implementing sustainable actions individually and within our workplaces and communities.

Don’t be fainthearted, just do it!

When it comes to video marketing, leveraging your workforce is an excellent way to have a powerful impact on other members of the organisation, as well as external partners.

We’ve spoken about this topic in this past, showing how some of our partners have used a staff video to increase participation in reuse, namely by getting senior figures to take part and encourage engagement.

Being a Sustainability Manager is more than just a job, it’s a lifestyle and a mentality.

Sometimes it doesn't even feel like work because you are so absorbed in this mission.

Those who are most successful in this position are the people who understand that delivering sustainability is a part of their character and not just a means of getting paid.

The most successful also understand they cannot do it alone, that sustainability is achieved via collaboration.  Which subsequently means collaborative skills are top of the list. 

In the past being successful has also been about the long game and waiting for the planets to align...but this has to change.

We all have dreams and goals personally and professionally, and a vision of how this looks. But dreaming is the easy part. Where do we begin and how do we make it happen?

Taking positive action combined with positive thinking results in success.

After all, an idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied!

Are you ready to take action? Then read on and infuse your life with action!

Don’t let others stop you from accomplishing your dreams and goals. The key to overcoming this is to recognise what holds you back; after all you’re the only one who can overcome them!

This month we’re sharing tips and tools to support, inspire and empower you to effectively deal with the naysayers and become the person that believes in YOU!

As the great Mahatma Gandhi famously said: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

There’s a lot of truth in the old proverb: "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."

Fun is a serious business! This may sound paradoxical but fun plays an important role in achieving your goals and contributing you’re your overall wellbeing!

Fun is food for the brain and the senses, and can reduce stress, enhance creativity, encourage motivation and improve relationships.

This month we’re sharing tips and tools on how to introduce fun into your life.

Coaching is a process that aims to improve our performance and focuses on the present rather than on the distant past or future.

Fundamentally, the coach helps the individual to improve their own performance: in other words, helps them to learn.

This month we’re looking at how to coach and how to be coached.

We all make mistakes, for sure. It’s part of what makes us human.

But it’s no good crying over spilt milk. Making mistakes is a learning process so it’s important not to dwell on them but, instead, to own up to them and make it right.

So, this month we’re looking at how to maximise the opportunities that making mistakes can offer.

Take a look through our tips and tools to help you do just that and remember the great Albert Einstein’s words of wisdom:

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

 

Each month we gather and share useful tips and tools; and this time it’s all about stepping out of your comfort zone.

Why? Well, while staying in your comfort zone usually results in a consistent and steady performance, stepping out of it can create the conditions for optimal performance.