The silence of the left should shame us all, says Neil Scott
Climate & Environment
One in Five challenge Starbucks
One in Five disability rights organisation in Scotland have written to Starbucks CEO, Kevin Johnson. International organisations representing over 500,000 disabled people have supported the letter. Ungagged are pleased to be included. The campaigners have challenged Starbucks to invest in the research and development of a new straw that will satisfy environmentalists and disabled people. Jamie Szymkowiak […]
Edinburgh Fringe Review
Day 15 of Edinburgh Fringe and the mood has changed. 76% of performers are hungover and 39% of performers dreams have been crushed forever . Flyer guys and gals have lost interest mostly and nobody that I know has seen a show yet. Everyone just walks around handing out or accepting bits of cardboard. Everyone […]
Breakdown or break free: the climate choice we face
It is August, which usually means a month of damp, cold driechness, just to welcome all the tourists to the Edinburgh Festivals. Instead, we’ve seen record summer temperatures, and several weeks of not only high temperatures but also very little rain. Northern Ireland saw its first hose pipe ban in 23 years imposed last […]
Plastic Pleurisy Part Poo 💩
The war on plastic is real, it’s escalating. Humans are devising new ways to tackle the ever growing problem that is plastic. We are recycling more, we have discovered plastic eating insects, We’ve deployed barriers across rivers to catch plastic, we have sophisticated tractor dragged rakes to pick up the plastic on our beaches. However, we […]
Plastic Pleurisy
So I stumbled across a twitter thread today, quite innocuous but linked to a vital and important issue. Plastic straws. Now I know we have all seen that awful video of the poor turtle with the straw up his nose, but in case you haven’t… https://youtu.be/4wH878t78bw Here at ungagged we try really hard to support […]
12 Days of Christmas- Day 11
Today’s 12 Days of Christmas challenge is arguably the most challenging, but we are sure you can do it. Did you know that in the top 10 of UK’s most endangered species are hedgehogs, turtle doves, red squirrels but also that 6 out of the 10 are in fact insects? Insects play a vital role […]
12 Days of Christmas- Day 9
On the 9th Day of Christmas Ungagged are bringing the focus back to your local community. Another nice easy one to do today, and it really will make at least your little corner of the world a nicer place. Wherever you are going today, whether you’re off to work or to the shops, on the […]
12 Days of Christmas- Day 2
Continuing our 12 Days of Christmas- 12 little ways you can make the world a better place. Bet you’ve got a whole house full of cardboard boxes and plastic packaging now, haven’t you? I know I have– plastic wrapped around wrapping paper and christmas cards, all the usual plastic packaging around our fruit and veg […]
12 Days of Christmas – Day 1
It’s the first day of Christmas and we’ll be marking the next 12 days with little ways you can carry the festive spirit on by making the world just a tiny bit better. The birds in your garden are cold this time of year as well, and food can be hard to come by. It […]