Eco-Friendly Green Lifestyle

Sharing the school run
If you have to use a car to get your children to school, you can cut down on the number of cars all going in the same direction each morning and afternoon by sharing the school run. Organise a group of parents to pick up the number of children that can safely [...]

Green living is a hot topic in many schools all around the UK. At secondary schools green issues are an integral part of citizenship, science, and geography classes. But there’s no national policy on whether and how to teach about being green, so what your children learn is usually down to the individual teacher and [...]

Planting trees
You can plant trees anywhere as long as the owner of the land doesn’t object. If the school has no land of its own on which to grow some oxygen-producers, find somewhere else you can plant a few trees that the children can watch grow.
People who fly are asked to plant a tree or [...]

Schools have a role to play in the wider community and can lead by example. The ultimate goal of greening schools is to get the children involved in projects that help build a greener community. If the school uses renewable energy and recycles and composts food waste, it shows children, parents, and other people in [...]

Some of the best methods you can adopt to reduce your car use are:

Leaving your car at home for a day: Use your car to drive to work only four times a week rather than every day of the week – walk, cycle, or use public transport on the fifth day.

Sharing your journey: How [...]

If you don’t need a car as part of your job, think about changing to public transport.
People give several standard reasons for not using public transport, but others give just as many reasons why they love it. Those against trains and buses, in particular, refer to safety and security concerns, unreliability, and lack of services [...]

The most obvious trip to consider converting from car to other forms of transport is your journey to work. Many initiatives set up to encourage a more balanced approach to car use rely on a major player in society – the workplace.
Talk to your employer about changing your start and finish times so that you [...]

Employers are becoming more interested in encouraging their employees to leave their cars at home.
Many companies have become burdened by employees expecting a car with their salary package. But if businesses can encourage alternatives instead, they can benefit themselves and the environment. Cutting down on the number of company cars means employers need less parking [...]

The biggest impact the Internet has on transport is by offering the ability to shop online and curtailing trips to shopping areas. You probably make most shopping trips in your car, especially for groceries, hardware items, and things that can be carried in your car boot. Rather than go to the hassle of finding a [...]

When in Rome .. .
Whether you are on holiday in a big bustling city like Rome or in a tiny village in Patagonia make sure that your money is supporting local businesses andcommunities. Before you book find out whether the hotel, lodge, or hostel works with the local community and provides employment opportunities to locals. [...]