BBC Bloom's ideas for reducing your CO2 emissions...
Here are some ideas for things you can do to reduce your carbon emissions. There are 75 features ranked by carbon impact, easiness and popularity to help you weigh up the right actions for you.
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Actions
Clothes and fashion
Food and cooking
- Barbecuing with sustainable charcoal
- Breast feed
- Buying seasonal, local foods
- Cutting down on meat and dairy
- Eat fewer prawns (and scrimp on the shrimp)
- Eating 'Amazon-friendly' soya
- Eating less rice
- Energy-efficient cooking
- Keep your fridge-freezer clean and ice-free
- Reusable bags
Gadgets
- LEDs (Light emitting diodes)
- Low-emission TV
- Opting for a laptop computer
- Switching-off standby
- Using a solar powered phone charger
- Using energy-saving meters
- Using your radio
Gardening
- Buying local, sustainable wood
- Climate-friendly gardening
- Growing-your-own
- Home composting
- Using less peat
Health and exercise
- Building a natural swimming pool
- Cycling and walking instead of driving
- Exercising outdoors
- Greening your funeral
- Switching to organically farmed food
Holidays
- Holidaying in the UK instead of overseas
- Skip a long-haul flight
- Visiting Europe by train instead of plane
Home energy
- Biomass stove
- Choosing energy-efficient appliances
- Drying clothes outside
- Energy-efficient cooking
- Fitting a hot water tank jacket
- Fitting a solar water heater
- Fitting radiator panels
- Fitting solar panels to your roof
- Fitting thermostatic radiator valves (TRVs)
- Getting a wind turbine if you live in a windy area
- Installing a biomass boiler
- Installing a ground source heat pump
- Installing an A-rated condensing boiler
- Insulating hot water pipes
- Keep your fridge-freezer clean and ice-free
- LEDs (Light emitting diodes)
- Learn how to use your heating controls
- Living with friends or lodgers
- Low-emission TV
- Opting for a laptop computer
- Switching to energy-saving bulbs
- Switching-off standby
- Using a solar powered phone charger
- Using energy-saving meters
- Using your radio
- Washing your clothes at 30 degrees
Home improvement
- Biomass stove
- Buying local, sustainable wood
- Draught-proofing
- Fitting a hot water tank jacket
- Fitting a low-power shower
- Fitting a solar water heater
- Fitting cavity wall insulation
- Fitting double glazing
- Fitting radiator panels
- Fitting secondary glazing
- Fitting solar panels to your roof
- Fitting thermostatic radiator valves (TRVs)
- Getting a wind turbine if you live in a windy area
- Installing a biomass boiler
- Installing a ground source heat pump
- Installing an A-rated condensing boiler
- Insulate your floor
- Insulating hot water pipes
- Insulating solid walls
- Learn how to use your heating controls
- Switching to energy-saving bulbs
- Upgrade your loft insulation
- Using a toilet water-saving device
Re-using and recycling
Renewable energy
- Biomass stove
- Fitting a solar water heater
- Fitting solar panels to your roof
- Getting a wind turbine if you live in a windy area
- Installing a biomass boiler
- Installing a ground source heat pump
- Offsetting emissions
- Switching to an effective 'green' electricity tariff
- Using a solar powered phone charger
Shopping
- Barbecuing with sustainable charcoal
- Buying fewer new things
- Choosing energy-efficient appliances
- Choosing reusable nappies
- Fitting a low-power shower
- LEDs (Light emitting diodes)
- Low-carbon wedding
- Low-emission TV
- Offsetting emissions
- Opting for a laptop computer
- Reusable bags
- Switching to organically farmed food
- Using a solar powered phone charger
- Using energy-saving meters
Transport and travel
- Buying a small hybrid car
- Buying an electric car
- Car-sharing
- Cycling and walking instead of driving
- Fuel-efficient driving
- Holidaying in the UK instead of overseas
- Joining a quick-hire car club
- Offsetting emissions
- Running your car on biofuel
- Running your car on waste vegetable oil
- Running your petrol car on liquified petroleum gas (LPG)
- Skip a long-haul flight
- Switching to a diesel car
- Trains and buses
- Visiting Europe by train instead of plane
