Sustainability

Plastic Free July – Simple Swaps to Reduce Plastic Waste

Plastic is everywhere, and it’s a huge pollutant. Litter strewn fields and beaches are far too common, and wind and […]

We can choose how our farms will operate. Farming is one of the human race’s oldest activities – in the […]

Most products we buy are made with a linear product life cycle in mind – and this is one of […]

A friend of YouK, Anya Hart Dyke, recently wrote a fantastic article sharing tips about how to create a timetable […]

The “buy cheap, wear once, throw away” fashion is, itself, in decline. Cheap clothes are rarely high quality, and since […]

When UK consumers ‘buy local’ there are huge benefits for the whole of our environment. Our environment is everything, for […]

Struggling to get a good night’s sleep? It may be time to replace your mattress. YouK lists over 40 brands […]

Ecological brands are undergoing explosive growth in the UK. From Sheffield to Derry, Newquay to Aberdeen, new brands both big […]

Perhaps you are already convinced to make your shopping a bit more local? After all, the environmental benefits are huge, […]

Every year humans extract 60 billion tonnes of raw materials from the earth, a level of demand 5 times higher […]