Living in Sustainable Symbiosis

The Sustainable Cities Index has just accredited the most sustainable cities in the world!
This year the list surprised me with London appearing above Copenhagen and Curitiba not even receiving a mention. 
What do you think about the latest rankings? 

1. Frankfurt

2. London

3. Copenhagen

4. Amsterdam

5. Rotterdam

(see hyperlink for the rest of the list)

Have a look at this fantastic website! 
Lots of positive environmental actions going on in Australia with them. 

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www.planetark.org/campaigns/

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The most interesting, in my opinion, was recycling cartridges. 
It's often the most seemingly insignificant recyclable materials which make all the difference.

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So tell me something. What's something you threw away this ...

Have a look at this amazing idea to reduce the amount of food you throw away each week
If it's no longer fresh enough to eat on its own then put it all together into a soup and voila you have an amazing meal, save money and reduce waste!

www.projectsunlight.co.uk/stories/376313/Make-Soup--Save-the-Planet-.aspx

It used to be that phones were just used for calling. As they evolved, personal hand devices came onto the market with texting abilities. Games arrived on your personal device and suddenly now in the age of smartphones we have thess amazing things called apps. Now many sustainability activits may dispute this, bringing to the table all the associated problems with mobile devices, specifically their substantial use of mined metalloids. There are the issues of social equity with the employees o...

I'm super excited! You can now access my blog via your mobile device! 

Enjoy ... and remember all the mining that goes into making that little device.
ALWAYS RECYCLE IT!

So while you're browsing around the net, take a few minutes to have a look at this campaign...
Do you think it's all a brand ploy? Greenwashing perhaps? Just trying to make Coca Cola look good? Or could it be successful? 

What do you think? 

I don't know why I've never found this website before but I found this website today.
Rank A Brand, a great website for finding out "How sustainable is your favourite brand" 
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Oh there are so many more connections that this post could lead on to but I'm going to restrain myself from running around in circles and filling your heads with too much information. So as you can see from the title, this post is about brands. 
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What gets you to pick a brand? 
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This thought process runs on from my previous post. I raised the point that we should not remove ourselves from society no matter how dire the future looks because removing ourselves from society effectively results in us reducing our power to change things.

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I hinted briefly at the consumer power of our shopping habits. So what did I mean? Consider your transnational corporation supermarket, whether it be Tesco, Sainsburys, Waitrose or even M&S if you like a certain quality....

So just a quick post to start off this blog. 
My first major attempt at a more sustainable lifestyle is choosing to buy produce from local farmers. 
Why? 

1. It puts money back into the local community and not out into the pockets of large multi-national corporations (social and economic reasons)

2. It reduces food miles! Less carbon helps us on our way to reaching the UK's 80% c...