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What does sustainability and saving money have in common?
It may surprise you but we don’t often make rational purchasing decisions. It is for this reason that advertising messages appeal to our emotions. Once our basic needs of food, shelter and safety are met, we focus on what we want. And it is clever marketing messages that tell us that we have is not enough. The American Express ads of old told us never to leave home without a credit card. But today you don’t even need a plastic card or cash to spend money, all you need is your phone and off you go. With readily available credit, it’s no wonder we’re all struggling to keep on top…
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Simple ways your home can help climate change
Having found a place to call home, the first thing we do is want to enjoy it. This often starts with creating a home that is liveable. When thinking about renovating, adding sustainable design elements will minimise your home’s environmental impact and protect it from the effects of climate change. Even those confined to a small living space can make simple design changes that can maximise the look and feel of any living space. As consumers, we don’t realise how much power we have to change the way products are designed. Through our purchasing habits we can demand better quality and more sustainable products. Take the effort to inquire if an environmentally friendly…
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How you can improve your home’s energy efficiency and your workplace
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How you can improve your home’s energy efficiency and your workplace
Life as we knew it before the pandemic appears to have changed forever. As more people embrace working from home, so too our energy bills. Where does that leave businesses who calculate carbon emissions of their work force? Are businesses offsetting the carbon emissions of those who choose to work from home? I can only assume businesses haven’t caught up to the fact that working from home is a permanent change. But that doesn’t mean under reporting carbon emissions means that it isn’t created. As employees adjust to a hybrid way of working, so too must we change the way we calculate emission. Employees must now shoulder this responsibility. For…
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Simple ways your home can help climate change
