Bulk buy and batch cook and then freeze in portion sizes, reduce carbon emissions used when shopping, save time and reduce gas/electric usage.
Do meal plans to avoid waste.
Buy ethically sourced, local produce if you can.
Tips for April
Spring cleaning in the garden involves getting rid of any winter debris like weeds, mould and dead plants. Making the gardening sustainable is not always pretty. Keep an area of the garden messy and natural to attract local wildlife.
Make a bug house using garden materials, leaves, logs, moss.
Compost garden waste
Tips for March
Make your spring cleaning more eco friendly by choosing chemical free products.
Make use of white vinegar, lemons, bicarbonate of soda, tea tree oil, etc.
Beeswax nourishes wood and protects from spills, much better than sprays containing carcinogens.
Don’t always reach for the vacuum, use a broom with natural bristles and shake rugs and mats outside.
Tips for February
Use your car less, if possible. Share lifts with friends, walk when you can and use public transport.
Tips for January 2024
Do not throw wearable clothing away, alter them to keep them for longer.
Buy good quality clothing so that is lasts longer and look for sustainable brands that limit the impact of production and are not transparent about their supply chains.
Give unwanted clothing to worthy charities to be used again.
Tips for December
*Design your own Christmas wrapping using recyclable brown paper, reuse gift paper and bags.
*Use the Church Eco Christmas card board to cut down on cards and support a needy charity food bank.
Tips for November
*Use organic cleaning products. The harmful chemicals found in most cleaning products are not only harmful to the environment but to us as well.
Remember you can make your own window cleaner using white vinegar, warm water and tea tree oil.
Tips for October
*Reduce water wastage, take a shorter shower, cut back on washing clothes after every wear.
Tips for September
*Try to buy UK grown produce that is in season. The meals on our plates will have clocked up fewer ‘food miles’ (and lower carbon emissions) than items flown thousands of miles to fill supermarket shelves.
Tips for August
*Make your home more energy efficient- make home improvements with an energy efficient improvement plan.
See Energy advice for your home, Energy Saving Trust
Tips for July
As hopefully the weather has improved walk, cycle and car share where possible.
Drink water instead of sweetened drinks.
Recycle all paper waste at home and work.
Tips for June
Buy a water butt to collect and save rain water to water plants.
Re use plastic plant pots and be creative by putting plants into recycled items, e.g. old boots, tin cans, old pans and buckets.
Create bug hotels
Tips for May
Bulk buy and batch cook and then freeze in portion sizes, reduce carbon emissions for collection, saves time, reduces gas/electric usage.
Compost kitchen scraps to feed your next generation veggies, reduces cost o buying compost and reduces fossil fuels to transport food waste.
Tips for April
Keep used carrier bags, reusable shopping bags in your car/handbag so you will not have to buy a new one or continue adding to the waste plastic mountain. Take net bags when supermarket shopping for buying fruit and vegetables.
Do meal plans to avoid food waste.
Buy ethically sourced produce if you can.
Tips for March
Store food in reusable containers
Invest in an Eco-friendly refillable water bottle to avoid using throw away plastic.
Cut coffee cup waste and washing up by carrying your own reusable cup when out and about.