Tag: climate change
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One of the biggest problems causing climate change is the amount of food wasted. We make enough food for each person in the world to consume 5000 calories, yet billions go hungry. A staggering 25-30% of food produced is wasted globally along the process from crop to fork to landfill. It is estimated that food…
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Deforestation is the purposeful clearing of forest land. This has taken place for thousands of years for agriculture, fuel and manufacturing. But the rate at which deforestation is happening has increased dramatically over the last 100 years. Each year, we lose 15 billion trees and deforestation contribute 20% to carbon emissions annually. What is even…
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Have you heard the phrase ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ and wondered what it meant? The phrase refers to the waste hierarchy of waste management methods. It is best to reduce the amount waste first through prevention and minimisation. The next best method is to reuse existing products to extend their lifecycle. These approaches are better than…
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Cheese as a food product produces large amounts of carbon emissions. Most of the emissions in cheese production comes from the burps of cows. The way cows digest food mean that they produce methane, which is a greenhouse gas which contributes to global warming. Climate change scientists, such as Professor Bernes-Lee, argue cheese should be…
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Recycling properly is not easy if you don’t have some facts at hand. Here are a few easy rules to remember so you are recycling what you can. Do not scrunch up plastic bottles Do not flatten or scrunch up plastic bottles before you put them in the recycling bin. The reason why is because…
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Surveys suggest most people are confused about how to recycle. Surveys of the British public show up to 80% of UK households do not recycle things that could be recycled and 55% are ‘very unclear’ about what can and can’t be recycled. Because of this, it is assumed that only 50% of items that could…
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We often hear that it is necessary to get a heat pump in our homes to reach Net Zero by 2050. This is true according to the Climate Change Committee, as they hope at least 80% of homes have a heat pump by 2040. But public opinion is mixed on heat pumps, and only 10%…
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Our travel choices make up 27% of our carbon footprint. On average, we emit 3.4 tonnes of carbon annually from our transport choices. If we gave up having a car, we would save 2.4 tonnes of carbon emissions and if we replaced a car with an electric car, we save 0.8 tonnes of carbon emissions.…
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Many people have doubts about electric cars. Many argue that they are too expensive, there are not enough electric plugs in the UK, they create more carbon emissions in their production than they save. But many of these arguments are wrong and it is worth investing in one. It is not possible for the world…
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What will our houses be like in a Net Zero world? The answer is that it will not look that different to how it looks today! The only differences will be down to using renewable energy for electricity, swapping a heat pump for natural gas and creating an efficient heating-cooling system. Putting these changes in…