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 […]
Climate & Environment
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 […]
Seventeen
If you’ve been following along with Ungagged’s Activist Advent, you’ll recall that behind door number four we talked about the water protectors in North Dakota desperately fighting to keep their drinking water safe from contamination. We support that cause because we agree that water is life. What you may other now is that here in the […]
Thirteen
Imagine the outrage we would feel if a group of youths blocked off a small dog’s escape routes and chased it on bikes with much larger dogs baying for its blood. When the dogs catch up with the smaller dog, they tear it apart, unless one of the kids shoots it first. We would, quite […]
Twelve
So since we have had a save the tree’s advent window, it only seems appropriate that we do a window for the animals that call woodlands their home. By protecting the environment and habitat of these wild animals, we can help them survive and thrive as us humans encroach ever further into their spaces. As […]
Eleven
Trees are an absolute essential to human well being. They aren’t just pretty, trees supply us with oxygen, keep our cities cool in summer, absorb pollution, act as a wind break to keep us warmer in winter, help reduce soil erosion and reduce noise. Yet Scotland has just 4% of its indigenous tree population left. […]
Seven
Its that time of year where we get through more plastic packaging than ever – plastic wrapped around wrapping paper and christmas cards, all the usual plastic packaging around our fruit and veg but supersized because we have to get enough food to feed an army, just in case. And dont get us started on […]
Five
The birds in your garden are cold this time of year as well, and food can be hard to come by. It doesn’t have to take a lot of time or money to help get our feathered friends through the winter though. The RSPB has some brilliant advice on what to feed the birds in […]