Plastic Free Amersham
We live in a plastic world. It’s an extraordinarily useful, versatile, cheap material. It’s everywhere and it’s a growth industry, with one in every ten barrels of oil now used to create new plastic. Plastic pollution is one of the biggest global environmental threats of our age. Our ambition is to get local businesses, schools, and community organisations on board to stop using avoidable single-use plastics like […]
The site is launched!
We’re delighted to announce the launch of this Sustainable Amersham website. Here you can find all the latest news & events and projects — planned and in progress. If you would like to get involved in projects or in any other way, please get in touch! The website is intended as a source of information […]
How Bad Are Bananas
This seminal book was written by Mike Berners-Lee to illustrate ‘the carbon footprint of everything,’ from emails to long haul flights. The target he sets out is for each person to limit their emissions to 5 tonnes of greenhouse gases per year.
Ethical Consumer
Ethical Consumer magazine is a fantastic resource on all topics, from finance to fashion, energy to electronics. You can choose if you would like a printed version in addition to online access. Any option costs a very reasonable £29.95.
Thrift+
With Thrift+, you can shop for high-quality men’s and women’s secondhand clothes, from the best of the high street to designer brands like Burberry and Stella McCartney. And you can donate your own clothes, with some proceeds coming back to you when the clothes are sold, and some going to a charity of your choice.
Triodos bank
Ranked as Ethical Consumer’s top bank, Triodos offers personal current accounts, savings, and ISAs; business accounts and loans; charity accounts; and crowdfunded investments.
Friends of the Earth
The article ’13 best ways to save water‘ lists easy ways we can all save water and the reasons why it matters.
Riverford
Based in Devon, Riverford‘s local outlet is run by the lovely Tim and Jacqui Rix (email them here). Your weekly delivery can include fresh fruit and veg (with zero air miles) as well as meat, and an informative newsletter usually written by Riverford founder Guy Singh-Watson.
Zero Waste Map
Check the Zero Waste Map for different projects, businesses and recycling points in Bucks.
The Future We Choose
This book — written by the key architect of the Paris Agreement, Cristiana Figueres, and political strategist Tom Rivett-Carnac — outlines two scenarios for the future of our planet, one where we don’t reach our climate targets and one where we do. It provides inspiration and concrete steps for achieving the better scenario.