Buy a composter for

food waste; uncooked

food and vegetable
peelings are stored
and rot to form
compost.
Purchase appliances
with an efficiency
rating of A*
Sign up to a green
tariff with your
electricity company
Insulate your loft and
cavity walls reducing
the loss of heat
(energy) from your
home.

Recycle waste. Use
council recycling
centers and recycle
from home
Cycle. This healthy but
also cuts CO
emissions. Many town
centers have
designated cycle lanes
Kyoto Treaty (1997);
an agreement by
industrialized
countries to reduce
greenhouse gases
Increase in car use.
Over 40% of primary
school children are
driven to school.
Population explosion; in
1900 the world
population was 2 billion
people; in 2000 it was 6
billion people.
Increase in the number
gadgets. In 1970 the
average home had 17
gadgets and in 2005 the
average home had 47.

Cheap air flights; Fly
to Prague for 20. A
substantial growth in
the cheap airlines, e.g.
EasyJet and FlyBe
Single occupancy; the
number of homes
have increased from 3
million in 1971 to over
7 million in 2005

Buy locally sourced
food, in season.
Purchase food from
local markets instead of
supermarkets.
Buy a water butt for
your garden. Rainwater
is stored and used for
watering plants.
Road traffic has
increased by 10% since
1997
Increase in food miles.
One glass of orange
juice is equal to 2
glasses of petrol
Grow your own food.
Allotments cost on
average 20 year rent
Leaving household
items on standby; uses
the energy of leaving
on


Britains CO emissions
have doubled in just 10
years

Congestion charge in
London and Sydney.
Drivers are charged for
entering the city
boundary
Purchase energy
saving light bulbs.
Often more expensive
to buy but can last up
to 20 years.
Reuse plastic bags
from the supermarket
or buy reusable bags.
Collect green points.
Improving public
transport in cities, e.g.
Nottingham tram
system, cycle lanes and
park and ride
Increase in car
ownership. The average
shopping trip is 4.3
miles


Car sharing schemes. In
USA car share drivers
use the fast lane