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Vedda Organic Teas and Natural Medicines - Our Year Of Hope natural medicine vedda year of hope Apr 03, 2022

For the year of 2024, the team here at Fifty Shades Greener have decided to focus our energy and efforts into spotlighting small, community driven sustainability projects from anywhere in the world that are operating on a grass roots level.

The world of sustainability itself can often be perceived ...

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Creating a Culture of Green Leadership culture of sustainability green leadership green team Mar 01, 2022

Creating any new culture in an organisation can feel daunting, particularly for industries recovering from the impact of the pandemic.

The Four Leadership Types

Professor Christina Edger from Birmingham City Business School highlighted 4 types of leadership from the Covid crisis:

  • Deniers: angry
  • ...
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Understory - Our Year of Hope biodiversity understory year of hope Feb 13, 2022

We are delighted to present the fourth volume in our "Year of Hope" 2024 blog series. 

Our fourth Story of Hope is shining a spotlight on Understory - an environmental education and zero-waste organisation founded by Alex Konieczka.

"Understory was founded to provide you with a solution to one of ...

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Comfort Felt Nepal - Our Year of Hope artisan producer comfort felt empowering women fair trade year of hope Feb 06, 2022

The world of sustainability itself can often be perceived as a minefield. From the enormity of the climate crisis, CSRD regulations and measuring carbon emissions, the efforts being made on the field by individuals or groups can often get overshadowed.

However, we always say at FSG, that small acti...

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How You Can Triple Win In Your Business benefits to green business carbon emissions carbon offsetting co2 reduction community cost savings economical benefit environment environmental sustainability job satisfaction social sustainability social wins triple win Jan 31, 2022

What can be more tempting than a sustainable solution that benefits your business in three ways - socially, economically and environmentally? 

You can triple win in your business by doing the following: 

  1. Reducing your use of resources and CO2 footprint.
  2. Reducing operating costs and empowering m...
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Clare Spring - Moving Away From Plastic Bottles bottled water clare spring irish water Jan 24, 2022

The other week the Fifty Shades Greener team visited Clare Spring who are committed to move away from plastic bottles completely by the end of 2022. Clare Spring is an environmentally friendly, family run company located deep in the rolling hills of Co. Clare. With process lines 100% automated and d...

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For Peats Sake, can we leave it alone? bog bogland carbon capture carbon emissions carbon sequestration carbon sinks carbon storage collaboration community irish peatlands opportunity peat restoration peatland restoration tradition turf turf cutting Jan 10, 2022

Ireland has much work to do in 2022 to implement solutions to curb the colossal CO2 emissions from our Island’s overuse of resources.  In my quest to research other solutions that weren’t tree planting, I landed on the bog! 

A day cutting turf is an age-old tradition in Ireland and has cultural imp...

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5 Green Year Resolutions your Business can make eco hotel green business green hospitality green hotel green manager green team hospitality industry hotel news sustainability sustainability news sustainable business sustainable hotel Jan 03, 2022

This past year has been as unparalleled as 2020, with many hoping for better things to come in 2022...

What has been crystal clear, is that society is demanding more. More from our governments, more from businesses and more from ourselves.

2030, 2050- these 'net zero' targets and others are only a...

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The Compost Kitchen - Our Year Of Hope compost compost kitchen year of hope Jan 02, 2022

The world of sustainability itself can often be perceived as a minefield. From the enormity of the climate crisis, CSRD regulations and measuring carbon emissions, the efforts being made on the field by individuals or groups can often get overshadowed.

However, we always say at FSG, that small acti...

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Food Waste to Food Empathy food waste hospitality waste management menu planning Dec 13, 2021

I’ve often spoken about food waste and could continue to do so for the rest of my life, this is primarily down to the fact that our food supply systems are broken, and a shocking one third of all the food we produce ends up as waste before it even hits the shops.

When we talk about bridging the gap...

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Sustainable Christmas air miles artisan boost communities boost economies christmas shopping tips diy food producer handmade homemade local economies shop local supply chain support local sustainable christmas sustainable christmas ideas sustainable christmas tips vintage Dec 06, 2021

With the festive season fast approaching my focus has turned to a Greener Christmas.  How can I make more sustainable choices in my celebrations, decorations and gift buying? I am an advocate for shopping and supporting local businesses all year round and this time of year is no different. 

In rese...

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Offsetting or Off-putting? biodiversity carbon credits carbon offsets carbon offsetting carbon sequestration carbon sinks environmental impact environmental protection greenwashing indigenous projects marine ecosystem peatlands resource efficiency wetlands Nov 29, 2021

Many of our hospitality clients have asked what the best carbon offsetting projects are in Ireland, particularly as these businesses strive to become carbon neutral.  In a previous Opinion Piece, I have highlighted how I find carbon offsetting problematic: Carbon Offsetting - who can I trust? (fifty...

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