Shame On You McDonalds!

As a part-time crew member at a McDonald's restaurant in Britain for just over a year I have been noticing the insane amount of plastic that our store goes through (and we are a very small store, about 60 staff) but that is not what gets to me, it is the fact that it is just chucked into the bins and not recycled.

Carbon Footprint, What Is It?

A carbon footprint is basically how much Co2 (carbon) you pollutate this plant with, the lower it is the better for both your walletand our environment.

The majority of people know about what a carbon footprint is but fail to know how big theirs is. Your carbon footprint takes many things into account things like how often you go to the doctors, to what you eat and how much you travel.

The following is a breakdown of my footprint:

How To Be More Green!

Whether you are a Eco warrior or you just want to be more green then you may find these tips helpful in your bid to be more green, lower your carbon footprint and to be less harmful to the environment.

 ~ Don't waste food. In order for the food to get on the shelves in the supermarket, it has to be grown, processed, flown and then driven to your local supermarket, all of which would use chemicals to fertilise (if it is a plant based food) and then a load (and I mean loads) of oil just to get to the supermarket.