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Food
Take a home-made packed lunch to workHelp
Taking your own packed lunch means you can re-use your packaging daily, and saves you lots of money.
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Travel
Take fewer but longer holidays
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Home
Take out an ethical mortgage
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Stuff
Avoid buying peat-based compostHelp
Did you know: The desire for beautiful gardens can put increasing pressure on our remaining peat bogs, which are often wildlife oases. We can easily avoid using peat compost - ideally by starting a compost heap or a wormery. About a third of our waste can be composted - kitchen scraps, grass cuttings and so-on. If this kind of matter is thrown out and sent to landfill, it turns into methane - a potent greenhouse gas which, like CO2, contributes to global warming. Otherwise there are readily available alternatives on the market including bark-based compost and garden waste recycled and packaged by councils.
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Food
Take a trip to your local Farmers' MarketHelp
A farmers' market is one in which local farmers or producers sell their own produce. All products sold should have been grown, reared, caught, brewed, pickled, baked, smoked or processed by the stallholder. FARMA, the National Farmers' Retail & Markets Association, independently assesses and certifies the markets so you can be confident you are supporting your local community and economy, and reducing your food miles.
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Travel
Live closer to your place of work or try to work from home
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Home
Invest in a smart meterHelp
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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Stuff
Buy vintage or second hand clothing
After all this, rbrian will have a footprint of 1.68 planets, and a carbon footprint of 6.33 tonnes per annum
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