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Sustainable living

  • The beauty industry now has its own green 'seal of approval'

    Environmental Working Group has launched EWG Verified, a label that will help consumers spot products that meet stringent ingredient and transparency requirements
  • Climate change protesters chant during a demonstration inside Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport.

    Targeting airports during the summer holiday season? That’s plane stupid

    Adam Corner
    Climate change campaigns targeting fun things like holidays and Christmas lights are doomed to fail. For now, enjoyment should be exempt from the carbon audit
  • Protesters outside Walmart in 2011. Provenance tools provide valuable information about the activities of brands.

    Media scare stories are the real drivers of transparency

    Despite varying consumer uptake of new tools that dissect the environmental and social impact of products, major brands can’t ignore them
  • Charlize Theron in the remake of the dystopian classic Mad Max.

    What do Angry Birds and Mad Max have in common? A climate change message

    Climate messages are finding their way into Hollywood blockbusters and addictive games. Is popular culture embracing the reality of climate change?
  • A Canadian Coast Guard vessel patrols during the spring thaw. Climate change means the shipping season is being extended

    Two radically different cities, and the sustainability challenges they face

    Leading a sustainable life in Iqaluit and Johannesburg isn’t always easy, but communities are rallying to overcome long-standing hurdles
  • stack of TVs and monitors

    Flame retardants may be coming off of furniture, but they're still in your TV sets

    Despite cases of flaming laptops and recalls, opponents argue flame-retardant chemicals are being overused in electronics and may put health at risk
  • A fireman sprays water on a house burning during the Jesusita wildfire in Santa Barbara, California. Those concerned with toxic fire retardants in home insulation claim such chemicals don't offer much protection anyway.

    Quest to eliminate chemical flame retardants from Californian homes is far from over, experts say

    Some argue flame retardant insulation is toxic and unnecessary, but it’s still required by California building codes
  • Utility-run e-commerce sites aim to make it easier for people to buy energy efficient appliances.

    Utility companies start hawking appliances

    US utilities are helping to sell energy efficient gear in an attempt to give away more rebates to customers. Will the strategy work – and will buying new stuff really save energy?
  • The average woman uses roughly 11,000 tampons in her lifetime.

    Disposable tampons aren't sustainable, but do women want to talk about it?

    Messaging and lack of disclosure of information from major feminine hygiene product brands might be holding women back from purchasing reusable options
  • Beans on an outdoor stove

    Seven days (almost) living off-grid in London

    Leah Borromeo goes for a week without electricity or gas and discovers the joys of foraging, skip cupcakes and human ingenuity
  • Rubbish is dumped at a site near a village in Zhanglidong, Henan province, China.

    Talkpoint: what does zero waste mean to you?

    Experts from across industries recently debated the ins and outs of ‘zero waste’. Here’s your chance to offer an opinion, and see what they said
  • chicken farm

    From antibiotics to fossil fuels: the inconvenient truth about sustainability

    Amy Larkin
    Humanity has spent the last century creating life-changing luxuries. Here’s why our next move should be learning how to wean ourselves off these wonders
  • A worker washes shredded plastic waste for recycling in Mumbai, India.

    Zero waste: is it desirable or achievable? - live chat

    Join experts online to discuss the hows, whys and whats of sending nothing to landfill, on Wednesday 1 April, 1-2pm BST
  • Earth Hour

    Artists get creative against climate change for Earth Hour

    Ahead of this weekend’s Earth Hour, Do The Green Thing has asked artists and designers to take everyday objects and turn them into messages to live more sustainably
  • christmas story

    'Sustainability': is it a dirty word?

  • reuseable shopping bag

    Climate change is overwhelming – so should we focus on small steps?

  • Chimneys line a rooftop

    Property guardians: a solution to the UK’s housing crisis?

    The companies behind property guardian schemes claim to be providing sustainable housing, others claim they mark an erosion of tenant rights
  • Slices of fruit and vegetables

    Why fruit and vegetables have become their own brand

    Eleanor Ross
    A new campaign gives fruit and vegetables shiny branding and has the likes of Jessica Alba standing up for salad. But will consumers be swayed?
  • There’s a lot of existential angst potentially hiding in your shopping basket.

    The problem with sustainability marketing? Not enough me, me, me

    Campaigns often appeal to our better intentions and higher purpose but perhaps they need to focus on answering the question ‘what’s in it for me?’
  • Condoms gift guide

    Greener sex? Condoms experience 'a sustainable renaissance'

    A new crop of companies is trying to make condoms kinder to the earth and to our bodies
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