The Spoon Drawer

https://www.flickr.com/photos/number10gov/  As I write this, David Cameron is addressing the press outside Downing Street having just secured a shock majority government . The talk in recent days of an almost guaranteed hung parliament completely dissipated when the first exit polls signalled a clear Tory victory, prompting heated debate between pundits and political parties from a broad spectrum. Nigel Farage, Nick Clegg, and Ed Miliband all resigned as party leaders whilst Cameron visited the Queen for permission to form a government. In his victory speech, Cameron acknowledged the need for a united Britain, as well as means to tackle the housing crisis, secure jobs for the future, and finally provide an in-out referendum on Britain’s EU membership. Although there were many causalities in this political bloodbath, the biggest of all is the overlooked future and security of our planet’s climate. Climate change was one of the centrepieces of the Green Party manifesto, bu...

Many factors contribute to a worsened environmental state, but almost none more so than waste, a concerning by-product of our increasingly consumer based culture. Especially within big businesses such as the energy or trade sectors, corporations frequently overlook the protection of our environment and natural resources in favour of making more money, or doing a job the easier or quicker way. I believe it shouldn't be so hard to change these deeply entrenched ways and adopt more environmentally conscious uses for our waste. Waste Reduction Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kino-eye/ Waste production is almost always harmful to the environment, as well as hugely inefficient compared to our modern technological capabilities. On average, the UK throws away roughly 7 million tonnes of food per year (half of which could still be eaten) which contributes globally to a total of 1.3 billion tonnes and an average of $750 billion in wasted capital. This kin...