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Magic Bags

February 22, 2023February 23, 2023 SOSWatkins
Help Avoid Food Waste Too Good to go is a great way to help avoid food waste. Their anti-food waste app lets you rescue delicious, unsold food from businesses to save it from going to waste. The app powers their efforts to build an anti-food waste movement. You can find (more…) Read More
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Smart Meter users can get money back on their electricity

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 SOSWatkins
USwitch allows you to compare the costs of getting and using Broadband, Mobiles, Energy, Personal Finance and Insurance. If you want to switch Energy providers, they will give you the details of which energy providers you could use, and if you provide your gas and electricity usage over the last (more…) Read More
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Shropshire Live Featured Article – good for the planet

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 SOSWatkins
Shropshire Live online magazine has published an editorial, discussing how people can save money while saving the planet. At the moment people might be forgiven for thinking it is unnecessary to do so. Some may say it’s better to focus on the cost of living crisis. But at our upcoming (more…) Read More
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Plant-based Ice Creams

January 14, 2023January 16, 2023 SOSWatkins
We all love ice creams as children or adults. They make great “snacks” and are core to many recipes for puddings. Of course, for years they have been based on dairy milk, which is bad for the planet. An 80 g ice lolly generates around 70 g of CO2e. A (more…) Read More
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UK Lords says behaviour change essential

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 SOSWatkins
The House of Lords’ environment and climate change committee published a report on behaviour change and environmental goals today (12 October), for which they took evidence from 146 organisations including businesses, local authorities, charities and think tanks. According to the report, nearly a third (32%) of emission savings by 2035 (more…) Read More
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UK Government accepts climate change strategy unlawful

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 SOSWatkins
Friends of the Earth, Client Earth and the Good Law Project sued the government for having an illegal strategy. In July 2022 the High court agreed. The Climate Change Act requires Government to hit Net Zero by 2050, to make proposals as to how it will meet that target, and (more…) Read More
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Heatwave is a wake up call

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 SOSWatkins
The Shropshire Star published an article based on comments from Richard Watkins that the heatwave is a wake up call for us to begin to take action on climate change. If we had just had a heart attack, we would be calling 999 and getting into hospital. We feel we (more…) Read More
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Shropshire Magazine

July 5, 2022July 12, 2022 SOSWatkins
Matthew Panter from the Shropshire Magazine interviewed Allan Wilson and Richard Watkins about how and why they founded Save Our Shropshire, and how we can al live well for the planet. The article describes our belief that the required behaviour change needs education to give people the desire to change (more…) Read More
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Learn to “Live well for the planet”

June 17, 2022June 17, 2022 SOSWatkins
Our article in Shropshire Live – the dedicated online magazine for Shropshire households – illustrates some of the ley areas where can start to make a difference through our actions that can overcome the impact of the Climate emergency. We look at heating, eating, travelling, and our carbon footprint in (more…) Read More
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Queen’s Green Canopy

November 4, 2021November 24, 2021 SOSWatkins
The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) is a unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 which invites people from across the United Kingdom to “Plant a Tree for the Jubilee”. Everyone from individuals to Scout and Girlguiding groups, villages, cities, counties, schools and corporates will be encouraged to (more…) Read More
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