How This Negril Hotel Cut Beach Plastic Pollution With Coconut Trees, Not Umbrellas

Hotels turn up to 40% of their waste into single use plastic, and beach resorts dump much of it within reach of the sea. On Negril’s Seven Mile Beach one hotel owner planted coconut trees instead of buying plastic umbrellas, a small, positive, repeatable answer to hotel plastic pollution. This is him in his own words, on plastic, the Jamaica he refuses to lose, and why the beach does not need to be the way it is now.

Why Ethical Consumer Gets Ethical Clothing Wrong, With Proof

Ethical Consumer’s A to Z of ethical fashion brands gets the ethics right and the fibre wrong. Out of 29 picks, only Earthmonk and Where Does It Come From? are actually 100% plant fibre. The other 27 carry bamboo viscose, TENCEL, wool, elastane or mixed secondhand fibre.

4 Beyoncé Soldier Field Hotels in Chicago Near Soldier Field

4 certified eco hotels in Chicago near Soldier Field for Beyoncé at Soldier Field, each verified green, from LEED and Green Key stays to carbon neutral operations, all close to the action.