Perfect Iced Coffee For Lazy Summer Months
Want to discover something new, for the hot summer days? What about drinking an iced espresso? Here a recipe from coffee colleagues from down-under, Pea Berrys Coffee Roasters.
Help! The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Humanity's largest human waste has a name: the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). It is by far the largest of five offshore plastic accumulation zones in our oceans. The GPGP is floating halfway between California and Hawaii. It covers an astonishing 1.6m km2. Let us repeat this number: 1,600,000 km2, or more than six (!) times the size of the UK.
Shape It Up With Our Moving Beans Coffee!
At Moving Beans we like people to feel good, to be happy, always being respectful to others and to our natural environment. That is why we do not only serve you with excellent coffee but also ensure that this is friendly to our environment by offering coffee capsules that are fully biodegradable and compostable.
The 'Attenborough Effect': Make Your Garden Sustainable
Our planet is in crisis, and with more shocking programmes and documentaries being made to show us the scale of these problems, the human race is now becoming much more conscious of their impact, especially with regards to their own gardens. At the forefront of this change is natural historian, David Attenborough, and his "Attenborough effect". Here, Nicky Roeber, the Online Horticultural Expert at Wyevale Garden Centres explains what this phenomenon is and how you can use it to make your garden a more sustainable place.
Arabica, Robusta and the Imaginative Blends
The differences between Arabica and Robusta coffee have been widely discussed in several online fora. If in addition you consider their blends, the variety of aromas and flavours you get is innumerable. It is sometimes difficult for us to know which coffee to choose. There is a simple answer to this.
Cutting Plastic Waste - Brands That Are Making A Difference
Some of the biggest brands are being confronted by consumers about their plastic waste and poor approach to sustainability. And it is about time! The combined plastic waste of major consumer brands is staggering!
We at Movingbeans are trying hard to address the growing waste problem by offering Nespresso-compatible coffee capsules which contain no plastic nor any aluminum, whilst ensuring that the coffee keeps fresh. We are not the only brand, however. which is trying hard to make a difference:
The 'Attenborough Effect': Consumers Ready To Ditch Plastic
Yes, you are read this correctly! There is a consumer behaviour effect named after nonetheless than David Attenborough, the person known for narrating programs about nature.
After launching “Blue Planet II” and Netflix’s “Our Planet”, he has risen to a key influencers on sustainability issues affecting our global population. This is a unique window for us all to capitalise on consumer perceptions surrounding sustainable packaging of products and corporates willingness to act.
Five Easy Ways To Help Cut Landfill Waste
Landfill is a big issue here in the UK. Each year, we chuck out 26 million tons of household rubbish, most of which gets buried underground, releasing greenhouse gasses as it decomposes. Add to this the potential for pollution to seep into the ground and enter the food chain and you can see why it's so important that everyone does their bit to reduce it.
The Big Problem with Aluminium Coffee Capsules
There's good news and bad news when it comes to aluminium. Unfortunately, it's mostly bad news. The good news is that, when recycled, aluminium production only requires a small fraction of the energy required.
There are two main reasons why. Firstly, coffee capsules are rarely recycled. Even when made convinient, it's not exactly an easy process. Things seem great when you just have to throw the used ones in a bag and they get picked up and you never have to worry about it after that. But that's where the fun ends and the science begins...
Moving Beans partners with Travel Without Plastic
The Moving Beans Team is proud to announce its new partnership with Travel Without Plastic! Travel Without Plastic is an initiative started by a group of veteran hotel and tourism industry execs.