Over bendy crab sticks, baked fish tail and a slug-aubergines for dinner (a hugely unlucky PKU canteen choice), we decided it’s time for another blog post. I really enjoy writing here, but recently we’ve been rushed off our feet :p This one is going to be about environmentalism, volunteering and days out in Beijing…

As I’ve mentioned before, moving to Beijing has turned out to be above all an environmental wake-up call. In the morning, we often open the curtains to grey mist obscuring even buildings a stone’s throw away.

We’ve been trying to reduce our own environmental impact; by reusing bags, eating less meat, choosing food without heaps of plastic wrapping, and making friends with the local guy who earns a living collecting recycling on his trolley. Even more so than in Europe, the supermarkets here are brimming with plastic fantastics; such as apples in boxes, cling-filmed lemons, and individually-wrapped…