From 25 to 27 March, URGE’s Ella Doran and Sophie Thomas are running the Clean Up Camo Pop-Up - a collaboration between the designers and Surfers Against Sewage. This free event at London’s Yorkton Workshops will offer visitors the chance to buy beautiful pieces from the new Clean Up Camo collection, hand-blown glass, furniture, and original letterpress posters, with a proportion of the proceeds going to benefit Surfers Agains Sewage. Details here

As part of the same event, Ella Doran will be running the Trash to Treasure paper bead-making two-hour workshop where visitors will have the opportunity to create their own individually crafted paper beaded jewellery. Any paper, magazine, newspaper, wrapping paper or wallpaper can be upcycled into a variety of shapes and sizes of paper beads to make colourful, unique pieces of jewellery that will not appear to be anything other than treasure. Again, a proportion of ticket sales will go to Surfers Against Sewage. Details here

Cities are the only sustainable way to house Earth’s growing population – but the importance of protecting them from climate risks has been “totally underrated”, according to Hélène Chartier of sustainable urbanism network C40 Cities. “In terms of reducing emissions, living in cities is the best option we have," Chartier, who is head of zero-carbon development at C40 Cities, tells Dezeen. Story here.

US online publication MIC has a reader guide to how to tell if products sustainability claims stand up or if they are greenwashing: Maybe it's natural. Maybe it's a gimmick to get you to buy. Here's how to tell. Story here

The BBC reports that the destruction of unsold goods could be banned in Scotland under new legislation. Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater said: "It is absolutely senseless for perfectly good products to end up in landfill. Rather than being wasted in landfill or incinerated, they should be reused or repurposed.” Story here

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