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Can you guess how most people reduce their carbon footprint? Well, they either walk more often than drive, they use public transport more readily, or they turn off their lights before going out. But when it comes to holidays, especially ski holidays, carbon footprint is quickly ignored. After all, you’ve worked all year in prospect […]

Our website will be on strike all day tomorrow as part of the Global #ClimateStrike on the 20th and 27th September. Young people across the world have sparked global debate with their Fridays for Future school strikes, and ahead of the UN Emergency Climate Summit they’re asking for us to help them turn passion into […]

Our pledge system has been created to help businesses identify the areas of their operation that would benefit from systemic change with sustainable objectives in mind.  This isn’t greenwashing, this is a commitment to better practice and accountability in business. It’s important that every member of the collective is truly dedicated to bringing about change; […]

Today, plastic is a part of our day-to-day lives whether we like it or not. In many forms it fulfils a deserving purpose, yet all too often, it’s life expectancy is far too short. According to the BBC, every minute of every day, a truckload of plastic enters our oceans. In the same time frame, […]

In a minute I’m going to ask you a question. But first I want you to think about the last consciously bad environmental decision you made. For me it was, driving to the pharmacy to get hay-fever medication. I could have easily walked but I was feeling pretty fed up with nature. Mainly due to […]

Until recently I hadn’t given much thought to how much of an environmental impact a website could have.  As a web designer I try to build sites that look good across a range of screen and device sizes, load quickly and are easy to find on search engines.  Add things like user experience, visitor conversions […]

Directly or indirectly, whether we like it or not, every aspect of human life has an impact on our planet. While it’s essential that we all take steps to reduce our emissions, how do we neutralise those that are out of our control, or greenhouse gasses that are already in the atmosphere? Carbon offsetting plays […]

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: a three word maxim for the conscious consumer. But while these guidelines seem to have been relegated to how we dispose of our household waste, moving towards circular systems in more aspects of our everyday life could have a number of positive environmental benefits. Circular Products The continuing disruption of the Earth’s […]

125kg of clothing repaired – resulting in a saving of 2,900kg of emissions 57,302 trees planted 700kg of kit swapped and given new life – that swapped ski gear has saved an estimated 16.28 tons of carbon emissions. The “Fix It” events have gone down a storm. Big thanks to all those involved, and an […]

We’ve been fundraising through our “Fix It” events in Courchevel, Meribel and Morzine. By keeping ski gear out of landfill through our repair station and running “Bring and Buy” rails of donated clothing, we’ve been able to raise funds that have been used to plant trees. We’ve started off in two locations, the first here […]