How you can help by making some lifestyle changes that will hugely benefit the environment.
Making a green liveable plan should be everyone's sole focus.
You could consider:
- Buying less meat and stick to plant-based food.
- Supporting your local economy and small businesses.
- Choosing environmentally conscious vendors.
- Eating seasonal items.
- Composting food waste.
- Buying less and throw less items away.
- Repair, recycle and reuse, whenever possible.
- Turning off computers, lights, and appliances.
- Using a washing line instead of a tumble dryer.
- Insulating you home and transitioning to renewable power sources. Cleaner alternatives are solar and heat pumps.
- Making sure the next car you purchase is electric and walk and cycle short distances.
- Taking trains and buses instead of planes and use video conferencing instead of business travel.
- When you're replacing your petrol lawnmower, buy an electric (and hedge strimmer).
- Water scarcity could become a serious issue. Shower for 3 minutes and turn off your tap when you're cleaning your teeth. Purchase a water butt. Help our declining wildlife by leaving patches of lawn for rewilding and plant a tree for life.
Time is running out. It is essential that we make sure our children and ecosystems have a sustainable future. The extreme climatic conditions are sending out a clear message. We must act now before it's too late.
Let's make 2022 the year of climate action and smart environmental choices.
Stebbing Parish Council