Welcome to June
Who would have thought this time a year ago that we’d all suddenly wake up from a consumerist slumber. We’d got so used to using throw-away plastic carrier bags, drinking from single-use plastic bottles and straws, and accepting the status quo, hadn’t we? And then one influential man helped to change the way we think – thank you Sir David Attenborough! He made us realise that our actions, however (seemingly) small, have consequences. He made us consult our consciences. And so now we’re all calling for, and making, changes. And the best thing is that even tiny changes, collectively, can have a big impact. I for one have become more organised. I now always carry a spare grocery bag in my handbag so I never have to buy a plastic one.…