Sarah Leslie is a Board Trustee with 2050 Climate Group and a keen member of The Real Junk Food Project Edinburgh. By day an employment lawyer, she is passionate about sustainability and the environment, and how individuals can effect change […]
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A response to climate doom and gloom
A major new report was recently released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, documenting the severe potential impacts of even a small additional amount of global warming.
Making Ming Run
It started from a humble bet between two best friends. If one of them ran a half marathon the other would reduce their meat consumption. Fast-forward some time and at the end of May I will be running my first […]
Human Waste… Literally: Some Thoughts on Eco-Friendly & Reusable Nappies
For this week’s #My_Handprint, we hear from two different parents on how they are trying to consider the environment in their use of nappies. Eilidh uses eco-friendly nappies, while Rosie has chosen reusable nappies. We value keeping the conversation around […]
Meet Chaz Powell: The man who walked Africa’s wildest rivers from source to sea in the battle against wildlife crime
Meet Chaz Powell, the man behind The Wildest Journey. After travelling the world on and off for eight years, he decided to combine his passion for the outdoors and travel and become an expedition leader and has lead expeditions in […]
A Sustainable Swiss Wedding
by Amelia Masters To be frank, I wasn’t really trying to throw a sustainable wedding. I was trying to throw a cheap wedding and a beautiful wedding. But hey, there’s an encouraging lesson: when I combined cheap and beautiful, I […]
Freezer: Tinder for Edinburgh’s Snow-people
by Amelia Masters [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”7″ gal_title=”Snowmen”] With days growing a bit longer now that we’ve landed on the other side of the Winter Solstice, I downloaded an app called Couch Potato to 5K to try and get myself back […]
Dave Goes Vegan
Cheese, as far as I can tell, is entirely irreplaceable. And meat, of course, is amazing. But too much or either has its downsides. I’ve always tried to steer towards a healthy eating, but my ‘ideal diet’ is […]
5 Days of Christmas
Here at MAD Challenges we’re dreaming of a green Christmas, and we want to help you do the same! 🎄 Check out our sustainable gift ideas in the run up to the big day 🎅🏼 Day 1: just in […]
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
by Matt McDonald ‘How can it be’, I hear you yelling angrily. The air is getting colder, the days shorter and the feeling of rain turning to sleet throughout our cities is not welcome. It’s tempting to hide indoors […]