Here at Gone West, we believe that our planters are the most important members of our team. Without them, we would never have achieved the things we have. So, we want to give them a voice. We recently interviewed Nicky, our planter from Glasgow, who recently broke the Icelandic planting record alongside his friend, Josh. Together, they managed to plant 7865 trees in one day! Nicky is actually helping represent Gone West at [...]
COP26 is finally here! World leaders have come from all around the globe to meet at Glasgow to discuss climate change. At Gone West, we think it’s important to walk the walk, so we’re also going to be attending! A number of our team members will be there as well as some of our planters, so you can really get to know the people who plant the trees you buy. Want to know [...]
Bonfire night is almost here! It's that time of year again which is marked by the sound of fireworks throughout the whole of October up until 5th November. The cold air hits and the night is getting darker, it's a perfect holiday to celebrate with friends and family outside. But whilst it's great to enjoy these festivities, it’s good to become more aware of the waste that this celebration creates….. In addition to [...]
The Glasgow Climate conference is almost upon us. Leaders from 196 countries will be meeting in Glasgow from October 31st to November 12th for a major climate conference. It is also known as COP26 UN Climate Change Conference and is hosted by the UK in partnership with Italy. The conference will take place at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC). At the event, world leaders are being asked to agree on a course of [...]
Halloween is just around the corner and we have some tips and tricks for you to welcome the spooky holiday sustainably! Did you know that an estimated 2,000 tonnes of plastic waste is generated from Halloween costumes alone? So steering away from single-use plastics is a great place to start. Halloween is quickly joining Christmas as one of the most expensive and consumptionist holidays which we celebrate. Halloween doesn't need to be centered [...]
We’re living in a world that needs our help to survive. Our habits are unsustainable and they are damaging our planet, but we know that. The climate crisis has opened our eyes and we know that there won’t be a world to live in if we don’t make a change. We must live alongside nature instead of exploiting it, and we need to change how we live and what we consume. Luckily, there [...]
The nature on our doorstep is a gift that keeps on giving. It’s beautiful to look at, helps put our minds at ease when we’re immersed in it, and is a free ladar waiting to be explored. As a society, we have lost touch with what our ancestors needed to survive. We go from supermarket to shop, consuming food that was imported for Spain or Greece, completely ignoring the food we can see [...]
Climate change is the biggest threat facing our world’s future generations, which I'm sure you have seen in the news. They talk about how dire of a state our planet is in and the threat we are facing. Simultaneously, around the world, there are many inspiring people who are aiming to help tackle our current climate crisis. Not only do they aim to do this themselves, but they mobilise hundreds of thousands of [...]
National Small Business Week is a tradition that spans over 50 years. It gives us the opportunity to celebrate small businesses and the contributions they’ve made towards local communities and the national economy. A small business is classed as a business which runs with up to 49 employees. You probably didn't know this, but at the start of 2020, there were 5.94 million small businesses. This makes up 99.3% of the total business [...]
There is no doubt about it that the Earth is in a crisis. Our planet faces daily problems such as air pollution, increased warming, dying species, increased plastic consumption, shrinking coasts , plastic pollution, sea-level increase, among many other threats. Every three seconds, the world loses enough forest to cover a football pitch and there is the growing popularity of the need to be more environmentally conscious and friendly. But that's not enough [...]
