Sunday 25 November 2007

Ways to reduce your emissions

1. Cut waste, start by insulating your house, dont heat up the air outside.

2. Don't fly: holiday in the UK; camping, walking, cycling, surfing

3. Drive as little as necessary: cycle where possible or walk www.rideyourbike.com/driveless.html

4. Refuse excessive packaging: or return it to the shops www.totallywasted.org/

5. Reduce, Reuse then Recycle what you can: plastics, metal, glass, paper
http://www.recyclenow.com/

6. Compost organic waste: build a compost heap or get a bin
www.recyclenow.com/home_composting/

7. Reduce consumption: do you really need that much STUFF?
http://earthwatch.unep.net/emergingissues/consumption/reducconsump.php

8. Install energy efficient lightbulbs
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/energy_saving_products/types_of_energy_saving_recommended_products/energy_saving_light_bulbs

9. Plant trees: in your garden or anywhere else you can find
www.treecouncil.org.uk/info/packng2.html

10. Join an environmental, wildlife or conservation group and get active
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_environmental_organizations

11. Use less water: bath with a friend; don't flush after a piss; don't clean teeth with tap running
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3747724.stm

12. Install solar panels or a wind generator
www.maplin.co.uk/free_uk_delivery/Solar_Panels_2312/Solar_Panels_2312.htm

13. Complain when you see wasteful behaviour: whether corporate or private
www.wwf.org.uk/news/n_0000004324.asp

14. Write to your MP about bad government policies: like airport expansion and road building www.writetothem.com

15 Reduce meat consumption: the most wasteful and polluting way of producing food, and cruel to animals too www.wordwiz72.com/veg.html

See http://theonlygreenroom.blogspot.com/2007/10/check-list-of-things-you-can-do.html for an alternative list.

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