Climate Change - What you can do
What are you waiting for? There's lots you can do to be more environmentally friendly.
People ask 'What difference can I make on my own?' The answer is if we all work together, we can all reduce the impact of climate change.
Not sure what to do?
Households:
Top 10 tips for saving money and reducing Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions* to get you started
Advice from the Environment Agency on how to save water
Find out more about greener living on Directgov and calculate your carbon footprint with the Act on CO2 calculator .
Businesses:
How the way you buy things can help the environment
Who to contact about making a travel plan to cut carbon emissions
Tips on water conservation from the Environment Agency
Opportunities for the local economy
The local economy can benefit with helping to prevent climate change. We can reduce our CO2 emissions by cutting out long journeys. This can benefit local shops and businesses if we use these instead.
By using local shops, this also helps reduce CO2 emissions, as by buying food which is locally produced, it cuts down on the distances that food has to travel to get to shops.
Find out more about sustainable living
More information
There are some great ideas on the Energy Saving Trust website
Our Recycling pages have lots of good ideas for reducing waste and improving recycling
More about energy efficiency
Al Gore's film, 'An Inconvenient Truth' on www.climatecrisis.net is a thought provoking about the way we live, and the damage we do to the planet, but also the measures we can take to help stop the damage.
The Open University has a free guide to tackling climate change