Act4impact

During the Covid19 Pandemic there has been a huge increase globally in the use of single-use items, with the attitude that throwing something away that may be contaminated is better than cleaning it and potentially getting infected. This includes single-use face masks not just in hospital but within...

Will leaving the EU negatively impact the UK's action on Climate Change?

In 2017, the U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would cease all participation in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation. The withdrawal took effect on November 4, 2020, one day after the 2020 U.S. presidential election. But what does it actually mean if a country drop...

In the THRIVE platform, there are Classifications but what do they mean and where did they originate from?
They are:

• GRIS
  MCS
  SDGS
  WSSI

In the THRIVE platform, there are various formula engines but what do they actually mean and when would we need to use a different formula?
The formula engines are:

• Arithmetic
  Geometric
  Weighted Geometric
  Multicapital
  Seafood Stewardship
  Normalized Multicapital

I drink A LOT of tea and I usually have to empty the teabag into a compost and throw away the bag in the bin because I heard the bags are partially made out of plastic. I've seen a trend of tea companies producing "biodegradable tea bags" which are fully compostable. But are they? And if so, which b...

There are so many options out there but which is actually the best overall? The options I've seen are: biodegradable tampon applicators, silicon menstrual cups, reusable pads, 100% cotton tampons.

I live in a flat with no garden and I really want to compost. But what is the best way and what are the pros and cons?

Some options I've heard of are having a compost bin with worms or collecting my food waste in a bin and taking it to a arger community compost bin.

My interpretation on Sustainability is living in a particular way that could be repeated forever. Instead of diminishing resources, never to be used again, we are reusing resources in other ways so they have a shelf life of forever.