Share is a social enterprise and charity in London, providing training and employment support for disabled people. A volunteer befriender offers support and friendship to adults with learning disabilities, autism, or any kind of physical or sensory disability, and mental health needs. I’ve volunteered with Share over the last few years while working at Green Element. In December […]
IT equipment waste, referred to as e-waste or WEEE, is rapidly growing nowadays, becoming one of the fastest growing waste streams worldwide. According to Statista, approximately 53.6 million metric tons of e-waste was produced in 2019. In just five years, this had increased by 44 million metric tons per year and only 17.4% of this […]
A third of food produced globally is wasted and never reaches the dining room table. This has a huge environmental impact. The land required to grow all the food that we waste is larger than the size of China. Not to mention the water waste which is the equivalent of a year’s flow of the […]
If you have a quick look at you area right now to check out how much litter is around, what would the answer be – so much litter, clean enough or very clean? Green Element charity diaries for December 2020 has measured it and the outcome was predictable but promising. Michael volunteered for Keep Scotland […]
Charity Diaries October 2020 As a B Corp, Green Element staff spend a day every month volunteering for a charity of their choice. Sarah, Michael and Alex share with us their experience in volunteering and how has been shaped by the pandemic. This year, Sarah has been volunteering with The Back Up Trust – a charity […]
Today at the Education Centre we were happy to welcome a class of 25 A-level students from St. Xavier School. The school does not have any green spaces and for many of them, the outdoors is not where they would think of spending most of their time. Saddy, the educator for the day, assisted by […]
Get Hooked on Fishing – Ninth Volunteer Visit It had been a busy summer for GHOF and with the arrival of term time it was another week with the Insight School Skills Academy; a school to help young people who need extra support. We had a familiar group who by now were ready to start […]
During the school holidays, The Royal Parks Foundation and their Isis Education Centre organise Discovery days to welcome children of all ages to come and join various activities to discover the natural world in a playful and creative way. Today is the Wild Water Discovery Day (an appropriate theme seeing that it poured it down […]
In a big city like London, green spaces are not only benefitial for society providing us with some space to breathe, relax, exercise, plan and socialise. They are also of great importance for our environment. Parks provide habitat for birds, fish, insects, absorbing pollution, draining rainwater run-off, and much more. The Royal Parks Foundation is […]