Eco-Friendly Green Lifestyle

Bio fuel is ethanol used as a substitute for petrol. It’s usually made from sugar beet, sugar cane, or maize and is widely used in places such as Brazil. In the UK, biofuel is usually mixed with petrol rather than used as a complete substitute for petrol. There’s more information in the next section, ‘Mixing [...]

People once spent most of their work and social time within their own local community but the invention of the car gave greater mobility. Now some people commute over two hours each way to work and drive long distances to visit families and friends.

Boarding a train instead
There may be a greener way to get where you want to go. Taking the train is slower if you’re travelling long distances but there’s not a lot of difference in terms of time taking a train from Glasgow to London and vice versa, after you add in the check-in time at [...]

As with anything involving increasing human demand, tourism has an impact. The impact on the environment and local communities from holidays is significant. The World Wildlife Fund says that the impacts of increasing tourism in once remote parts of the world include:

Huge developments in coastal areas ruining the local ecosystem, particularly plants and wildlife.

Get your recycling organized and make life easy for yourself. You’re more likely to recycle if it’s convenient and that means in and out of your home. It helps if you have separate boxes or bags organized in your home so that you can simply drop your various items to be recycled into the right [...]

Decide here and now to become more energy-efficient. Look around your home at all the appliances you own. Many of them are plugged in and switched on even though you aren’t using them. Go round switching them off. Many are on standby but unless appliances are switched off at the electrical socket they are likely [...]

If you’re like anyone else you’ve probably bought many things over the years that you didn’t really need and didn’t get much use out of. Everything you buy has a tally of carbon emissions — emissions in the manufacturing process, emissions from the packaging, and emissions from transporting it to and from the store. The [...]

Going for Green Energy
Green energy is energy that comes from renewable sources — wind or solar power, for example. Most energy suppliers can sell you green energy and if yours can’t, try switching to another that can. You can also make the most of the energy you have coming into your home by cutting down [...]

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Counting the Cost of Car and Air Travel
If there’s no choice but to use your car for most journeys ask your children to think of ways to cut down using the car. If children get used to going to school by car and never walk or take the bus, it’s hard to break the habit. [...]