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.

 ~ Buy meat from your local butchers and fruit and veg from your local grocery. The reason for this is that food from local butchers and grocerys will have their stock grown locally which means it takes less oil in travelling than if it was grown abroad and it will be more fresh and better tasting. If you can, try to increase fruit and veg that are in season and reduce the ones that are not in season.

 ~ Turn off any unused eletrictric objects. This may seem like common sense but it is easy to fall asleep to the tv or forget to turn your music off when you take your earplugs out. This will not only help the environment but could save you money as well.

 ~ Cut at least half a mile distance when driving. Imiange how much oil could be saved if everyone cut half a mile of driving where appiorate every day, whether it is just going to work, shopping or going out.

 ~ Recycle everything. Try to recycle everything and anything that can be recycled then instead of driving to the nearest recycling despoit banks simplily walk there (unless they are a long way away.

I hope that this helped you be greener and hopefully your help can help save us from ourselves.