Part 5: Plastic-free desk and gifts
So if you don’t want your pen lid to end up inside the stomach of an albatross chick (this has happened), check out this guide to plastic-free things on your desk and giving plastic-free gifts.
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How I started growing my own (#FirstTimeVegGardener)
I didn’t weed the veg bed for a full 6 weeks to start with as I had NO IDEA which green shoots were goodies or baddies..
Learning in Lockdown: Free online sustainability courses
Use lockdown to get to grips with sustainability by doing an online course – there are loads available – and free!
Learning with nature under lockdown – a father’s story.
Dividing wildflower seeds became the new maths, penning a nature journal formed part of the English lesson and building a new garden pond was … good muddy fun!
Enter our under-18s Lockdown Competition
Enter our under-18’s Lockdown Competition – prizes to be won! Send us a photo, artwork, or writing about what you’ve been doing…
Can toilet paper ever be environmentally friendly?
According to the Confederation of Paper Industries, 1.3 million tonnes of tissue is used in the UK every year, with… Read More »Can toilet paper ever be environmentally friendly?
St Albans District streets celebrate World Car Free Day
Seven streets in St Albans and Harpenden closed for up to 3 hours on Sunday 22nd September  for World Car Free Day.
Ayletts growing sustainability
Ayletts Nursery invite you to recycle your unwanted plastic garden pots – but did you know how much they are doing to reduce their carbon footprint?
What makes our city sustainable?
A change from ‘want/have’ economics to ‘need/ consider’ economics: the desperate and hysterical consumption of the 80s and 90s now looks decidedly distasteful and is being replaced by a borrow/reuse/packaging free/fewer-better kind of purchasing.
Could you go veggie? Food writer Becky Alexander tests vegetarianism in St Albans
Until 18 months ago, I ate meat – not loads, but usually a roast on a Sunday with the family (we have two teenage daughters) and the occasional midweek chicken curry or pork chop or sausages. And then that changed.
Heading for Extinction (and what to do about it)
Dr Emily Spry tells you why, as a mother, she is involved with Extinction Rebellion in St Albans.
Don’t Let Go!
Have you signed the petition to Herts County Council from Plastic Free St Albans new ‘Don’t Let Go’ campaign – see more here