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arwen has done all this ...
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Food
Waste less foodHelp
Did you know: Over half the food thrown straight into our rubbish bins is edible
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Travel
Take surface transport rather than flyingHelp
Did you know: Aviation has the fastest growing carbon emissions of any industry sector. Before booking a flight consider whether there is a viable alternative - such as a coach, train or ferry - or even take holidays closer to home. Cutting down on one long-haul flight a year could reduce your transport footprint by 24%. It is now becoming clearer that flying has an even greater impact on climate change than previously thought as it is likely that emissions of greenhouse gases at high altitudes have between 2 and 4 times more impact on climate change than at ground level
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Home
Run your fridge between 3-5 °C
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Stuff
Buy your books/CDs/DVDs second hand
arwen has pledged to ...
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Travel
Take holidays closer to home
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Travel
Don't replace your car unless it's beyond repair and buy second hand cars when you doHelp
Did you know: The production of new vehicles consumes lots of energy
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Home
Use less waterHelp
Did you know: Large scale drought is already happening across vast swathes of the UK, and although we have less available water per person than most other European countries, we use a third more per person per day.
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Stuff
Buy products in reusable containers
After all this, arwen will have a footprint of 1.73 planets, and a carbon footprint of 6.56 tonnes per annum