Carbon footprint — what can we do to help?
There are a lot of small things we can do and if we all do them we can make a big change…
Carbon wall chart
Download and print your own carbon wall chart
Use it to chart you and your family’s carbon footprint.
You can fill it in for every month and find out how much you have reduced your carbon footprint.
Reduce Reuse Recycle
- Fly less
- Don’t leave computers, TVs, mobile phones or stereos on stand by
- Travel by public transport and make sure you walk or cycle whenever possible
- Buy less. Manufacturing things means burning carbon and producing CO2
- Wherever possible, reuse or recycle products
- Wash clothes at 40 degrees rather than 60 degrees
- Try to eat food which is grown locally or in the UK — eating food that comes from the other side of the world means a lot of CO2 will have been produced to get it here
- If you are making a cup of tea, fill the kettle just as much as you need. Kettles take a lot of energy to heat, and a lot of energy means a lot of CO2
- Encourage your school and family to use energy saving lightbulbs
- Explain why you are doing all these things to friends and family — hopefully they will follow your example, reducing CO2 emissions further!