If there aren't any, ask your council for them.Ģ1 Ditch the air-conditioner and buy an aspidistra plants help cut pollution.Ģ2 Take the plunge and move in with your partner so you light and heat one home rather than two.Ģ3 Give a colleague a lift to work if no one is going your way, join a carshare scheme to find a passenger.Ģ4 Cook for friends. Phosphates stimulate algal growth when discharged into the water supply, lowering oxygen levels and killing plants and fish.ġ8 Buy local, or better still, grow your own food, so energy is not wasted on transportation.ġ9 Raise your glass to organic beer conventionally grown hops are sprayed up to a dozen times a year.Ģ0 Use recycling facilities.
They last eight times as long and use a fraction of the energy.ġ2 Join a library instead of buying books.ġ3 Get to know your neighbours they are more likely to keep your home safe than energy-guzzling security lamps.ġ4 Recycle your car oil at a recycling depot or petrol station it contains lead, nickel and cadmium.ġ6 Let them carry you off in a biodegradable cardboard coffin, saving trees.ġ7 Use low-phosphate washing-up liquid and washing powder. Airtight food containers can be reused sandwich bags and plastic wrap cannot.ġ0 Choose energy-efficient appliances when you replace old ones.ġ1 Buy compact fluorescent light bulbs. Driving at 50mph uses 25% less fuel than 70mph.Ħ Wash your clothes with your flatmates' instead of wasting water on half-empty loads.ħ Turn down your central heating and put on a jumper.Ĩ Take a brisk shower, not a leisurely bath, to save water.ĩ Hold a Tupperware party. 3 Buy your own hive: without bees the planet would last for only 60 years (and honey is good for your health).Ĥ Use a nappy washing service: they use 32% less energy and 41% less water than home washing.ĥ Slow down.
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