Mending 101

18th November 2022

For as long as there have been clothes, they have needed mending. It is simply a fact of life that, if you wear something lots, it will eventually need some kind of repair. Unfortunately, in this age of fast fashion, it is becoming less and less normal for one to wear clothes for long enough that they even need mending, yet alone for one to actually go and mend them. I like to think that this is largely due to ignorance, rather than laziness, and so in the name of educating the masses on the lost art of mending, I would like to impart some basic knowledge on fixing clothes.

Mending 101

Is recycling greenwashing? How curbside recycling began

3rd November 2022

One fateful afternoon, during the leisurely research of the correct way to recycle different types of plastic (thrilling, I know), I fell down the rabbit-hole of how the process actually works, and consequently, how it came to be. We view recycling as the norm, we take it for granted, and we feel good about our waste – it’s out of sight and out of mind. And yet we never stop to consider it critically and ask pressing questions: does it really help? Where does the waste go? How do we maximise how much gets recycled? Let’s attempt to answer.

Is recycling greenwashing? How curbside recycling began

Eating Sustainably in Wimbledon: Ranking Restaurants’ Environmental Action

6th October 2022

At WHS, we are lucky to have a whole host of excellent restaurants and cafes on our doorstep, offering a range of cuisines and dishes. I have done some digging into the environmental policies of each of these popular lunch spots, in the hope that passing this information on will aid you in making informed decisions about where to eat in Wimbledon (and may even encourage you to conduct your own in-depth study), considering environmental impact and sustainability. I have focused primarily on actions already undertaken by the restaurants, rather than pledges of what they will do, since the jury is still out on those. I have also not included things these restaurants may not do, since information on where their environmental practices are lacking is much harder to find than the proud declarations of what they are already doing.

Eating Sustainably in Wimbledon: Ranking Restaurants’ Environmental Action