Tag: lifesytle
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One of the easiest ways to reduce your carbon footprint is to switch off lights in rooms that you are not using. Lighting your home makes up 10% of your residential carbon footprint. There is an opportunity to make significant savings on your carbon footprint by choosing the right bulb and being less careless leaving…
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When we have a shower, it adds to our carbon emissions we create from our household. But how can you reduce your carbon footprint from having a shower? This depends on the time you spend in the shower and the type of showerhead and boiler you use. It is a very easy way to cut…
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The task to get to net zero lifestyle is big, but we don’t need to re-examine every action we do to reduce our emissions. The best route to reduce our carbon emissions to do the big things first and not worry about the things that only reduce our emissions by a fraction. There are actions…
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The way you wash your clothes in the washing machine can make a big impact on the carbon emissions you are producing. You can save a quarter of a ton of carbon emissions a year and save money with these tips below. Loading the washing machine The easiest way to reduce the carbon footprint of…
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Do you need to buy expensive organic food to be eco-friendly? The answer is NO. This is a big myth that needs dispelling. First, it is not clear why organic food is ‘eco-friendly’. Second it is usually significantly more expensive than food that is not organic and does not last as long. No wonder people…
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An Indian takeaway is one of the most popular takeaways to have in Britain. So, how can we reduce carbon emissions when ordering Indian food? Research by Mike Berners-Lee book ‘How Bad are Bananas?’ shows how the carbon footprint changes as you add different ingredients to an Indian dish. Indian curries and meat As with…
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Choosing a takeaway pizza Everyone loves a pizza and its one of the most popular takeaways around the world. But how can you choose a pizza and keep down your carbon footprint? Pizza and cheese One thing to think about when choosing a pizza is the amount of cheese that is on a pizza. Mike…
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Beer and wine are the most popular alcoholic drinks. In the UK, 68 litres of beer and 11.88 bottles of wine were drunk per person in 2022 in the UK. So how do carbon emissions compare between beer and wine? Research by Professor Bridle from Universit of York shows beer and wine as a drink…
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Which one has more carbon emissions? Tea and coffee are amongst the most popular drinks consumed across the world. Around 2 billion cups of coffee and 5 billion cups of tea are drunk everyday worldwide. If you are indifferent between drinking either of the drinks, choose tea over coffee because tea has lower carbon emissions.…
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Carbon emission reducing snacks What snacks should you eat if you want to reduce your carbon footprint? Professor Bridle’s book ‘Food and climate change without the hot air’ analyses typical snacks we eat and suggest ways we can make small changes in our snacks to change our footprint. Chocolate Chocolate bars will vary in their…