If the answer is yes then start talking to your suppliers! Fish & Pips signed up to our pledge system last winter. The focus for the first year was to create a baseline of waste. By weighing waste they now have a figure for food, plastic, recycled and non recycled waste created by each guest that stays in one of their catered chalet holidays. They used this figure throughout last winter to… Read More

The Alpine Club’s gear sale was a treasure trove of all things outdoorsy as usual this year. It’s a highlight of my calendar in Christchurch, where you can find anything from second hand climbing equipment, to ski gear, guidebooks and sweet deals from a couple of local retailers. This year’s haul for me was a set of DMM hexes for reviving my trad climbing and an illustrated book about alpine plants! There… Read More

Choosing eco-friendly clothing is one of the biggest and easiest ways to reduce your impact on the world, reduce your carbon footprint and live more sustainably. It’s no secret fast-fashion is devastating for our world. It is the most high profile example of our throw-away linear society. To put it into some digestible numbers the Ellen MacArthur Foundation reports that global clothing production has doubled in the past 15 years, plus on average garments are being worn… Read More