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        At this section we share resources about living with low waste, sustainability, and climate change. Scroll down to read about books, websites, YouTube channels, Communities, and documentaries.

         

        Some of these resources can be slightly outdated (as technology is developing with a great speed) or might be more relevant in other countries and cultures. That's why it's important to keep an opened mind and use critical thinking when learning about sustainability.

        We recommend that you visit this page from time to time, as we add more resources when we come across them!

         

        Happy learning!

      • Books

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        The carbon footprint of everything.

        Maybe not everything, but definitely a considerable amount of stuff, such as a text message, cycling a mile, a banana, a paperback book, a box of eggs, a carpet, a mortgage, having a child, a war, and more. We can read the figures to manage and reduce our own carbon footprint, as well as to lobby our companies, businesses and government. His findings, presented in clear and even entertaining prose, are often surprising.

         

        This book first came out in 2009, hence this edition contains some outdated information.

         

        And how bad are bananas? To help you rest at ease, bananas are fine. But read the book to find out more!

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        For beginner and advanced zero-wasters.

        Written by the Marine Conservation Society this eco-living book is a guide on how to live plastic free to stop our oceans filling with single-use plastics that choke, starve and poison marine life. This book teaches you everything you need to know about reducing your plastic usage on a daily basis taking you from your normal morning routine right through your day.

      • Websites

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        Project Drawdown -

        The World’s Leading Resource for Climate Solutions

        Project Drawdown is a non-profit organization that seeks to help the world reach “drawdown”—the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline.

         

        Check their website to learn different sectors' and their impact on reducing greenhouse gases.

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        Zero Waste Scotland

        Zero Waste Scotland is not-for-profit environmental organisation, funded by the Scottish Government and European Regional Development Fund.

         

        Using evidence they motivate individuals and businesses to embrace circular economy to have the greatest effect on climate change.

         

        Do you need experts' advice to make your home, workplace, school, town, or community more sustainable? Don't hesitate to search their website and contact them!

      • YouTube channels

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        Our Changing Climate

        Bi-weekly video essay series that investigates humanity's relationship to the natural world.

         

        Each video is based on in-depth research and shares valuable resources.

         

        You can see videos about topics such as climate anxiety, small scale farms, and the plastic pollution we don't see.

      • Communities

        Online and in-person communities you can join, learn from, and make friends in the process.

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        Fife Street Champions litter picking community

        Fife Street Champions is a group where individual litter pickers and other local picking groups can report their pickings and find partners for picking actions.

         

        They also support and encourage positive community actions.

         

        In this group members encourage each other to continue their great work and see the benefit that combined efforts can bring.

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        Work on Climate

        Work on Climate is an international 'Slack' community where people, including experts, advise each other on how to make their places of work more climate friendly or how to use their skills to find a job working against climate change.

      • Documentaries

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        The story of plastic

        This documentary reveals the ugly truth behind plastic pollution and the false solution of plastic recycling. It presents a cohesive timeline of how we got to our current global plastic pollution crisis and how the oil and gas industry has successfully manipulated the narrative around it.

         

        If you watch carefully, you will find a mention of the Grangemouth refinery.

         

        The full documentary is available for free on YouTube.

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