Environment

People are going to be more sustainable in the future when it comes to home sweet home, according to Sustain Worldwide. This is definitely a good thing, and follows on from increased sustainability in other areas of our lives, from growing our own fruit and veg and using alternative forms of transport.
Gordon Miller, co-founder and[...] View full article

Everywhere you go in the UK you will find a mishmash of houses being constructed.
Small houses, big houses and ginormous houses are all in various stages in the building life cycle.
Regardless of the latest “sluggish” construction forecasts, there’s plenty of activity- from stacks of bricks waiting to form the outer shell to wooden skeletons of[...] View full article

Greener homes are on the rise, allegedly, which is a good thing by any standard.
Homes aren’t greener in the literal sense – in that more and more people are going nuts for various shades of green, from lime to jade to pine to emerald – but green as in “we want to look after the[...] View full article

I read recently that three students from the University of Exeter had decided to do away with living in student pads – who can blame them, we all know how cluttered and chaotic they can be – and live in a Mongolian tent.
Yes reader, a tent, a Mongolian one, calls itself a yurt.
Students are known[...] View full article

Many of us are aware that we should be recycling and sorting through our rubbish at home has become a standard way of life.
But what can businesses do to help make a difference?
Here at Safestore we see recycling as an important element in the ethics of our business.  As well as recycling our paper at[...] View full article

I’ve been working for a number of months now on initiatives to help Safestore save energy and make a positive contribution to reducing our environmental impact.
This started with stickers which we introduced across all our stores and Head Office to remind us all to switch off lights, computers, printers etc and it’s great to see[...] View full article