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Did you know: Buying local food will generally result in a lower footprint. For example, every tonne of strawberries we fly into the UK from north Africa or the Middle East releases more than four and a half tonnes of CO2, whereas the same amount of locally grown, seasonal, strawberries will only release 17kg - one-three-hundredth the amount! Buying more locally grown food can reduce your food footprint by about 10%. However, it is vitally important that we don't ignore the value of fairly traded products as a means of income for producers in developing countries. Therefore when you do buy produce from overseas try to buy from fairly traded sources.

Did you know: Smart meters act like hi-tech energy 'clocks' and, at any point in time, they will let you read how much electricity you are using. They also allow you to find out which activities and appliances in your home use the most electricity and will let you use that information to reduce your use, saving money. And if you have microgeneration capabilities at home - like PV solar panels - which are generating more electricity than you are using, the meter will tell you how much money you could make by selling the excess power back to the Grid!

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