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• "I come to you humbled after seeing some of the most precious treasures of our planet threatened by humanity's own hand"

United Nations Secretary General - Ban Ki-Moon BBC NEWS 17 Nov 07

"I'm hopeful that there's a real change taking place in moral attitudes that's not to do with saving pennies...but it's morally wrong to waste energy.'
Sir David Attenborough. BBC NEWS WEBSITE13 Dec 06

So, what two things could you do today to make a difference from 50p a week?
Click here to find out

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Going Carbon Neutral is about reducing and offsetting the value of your personal carbon emissions. The idea is to minimise the size of your eco-footprint (the level of carbon pollution your lifestyle produces) in order to combat climate change.

Reducing means you seek to shrink your personal carbon emissions through a mix of avoidance and energy efficiency. Offsetting means you pay companies to maintain carbon reduction projects worldwide and/or tree-planting programme, which will nullify your carbon emissions.

This is our pain-free guide to going Carbon Neutral.

To Reduce your emissions:

• Switch to a green energy supplier that generates electricity from a renewable source eg wind, hydro-electric. Find Out More About Green Electricity.
• Make sure your cavity walls, loftspace and hot water tank are insulated to current standards and windows are double glazed. Grants May Be Available Here.
• Try to replace white goods such as freezers, washing machines etc. with high efficiency AAA rated appliances as you go. Find Out More Here.
• Use low energy lightbulbs - you can even buy replacements for some halogen bulbs. Energy saving products include wind up torches and radio's, solar powered items and 'sava plugs' for fridges and freezers. Check Out Our Energy Saving Page Here.
• Avoid using the car where feasible - or convert your car to LPG (liquid petroleum gas). If you have a diesel, check out bio-fuel as an option. Investigate electric or Hybrids, if appropriate and affordable to you. BBC aricle on cutting transport emissions.
• Make sure you recycle and compost as much as your circumstances allow.
  See Our Sustainability Page Here. Also see Our Guide to Composting.
• Don't leave appliances like the TV on 'standby' or your mobile phone charger plugged in - they are still using electricity when apparently idle. Find Out How Much is Wasted.
• Don't waste water. See This Guide to Saving Water in the Home.
• If appropriate, install your own renewable energy systems, such as solar panels in your home. See Our Guide to Generating Your Own Electricity.

To Offset your emissions:

The sites below have carbon calculators which will help you to work out the volume of your personal carbon emissions for the year, through energy consumption at home, through driving your car using petrol or diesel, or by aeroplane travel. They then calculate how many carbon reduction projects/trees will be needed to consume or soak up that carbon, and will charge you an appropriate amount of money to manage these projects.

Carbon Clear
Carbon Clear offers carbon neutral advice to business and indivuals - includes a carbon calculator.

Carbon Neutral
Purchase an allowance that offsets your annual carbon usage in one go through tree planting. Includes a CO2 Calculator.

Climate Care Ltd
Purchase an allowance that offsets your annual carbon usage in one go through tree planting.

CO2 Balance
Purchase an allowance that offsets your annual carbon usage in one go through tree planting. Includes a CO2 calculator.

Future Forests
Off set your carbon pollution, for example a journey by air, through supporting this companies tree planting programme.

The Oxygen Shop
Goxhill, North Lincolnshire.
Planting trees to combat climate change.

Target Neutral
Part of BP, Target neutral runs carbon reduction projects worldwide to offset the carbon emissions of motorists.

Treeflights
Plant a tree for each flight you book.

Woodland Trust
Has a tree planting programme to offset the carbon emissions of Companies.

Other interesting sites on the subject:

Ashton Hayes Going Carbon Neutral Project
A village in Cheshire aiming to be the first in England to go Carbon Neutral.

Low Carbon Britain
Consultancy, advice, training, courses and lifestyle solutions to assist organisations in reducing their carbon footprint.

Mike Jackson Domestic Energy Assessments
Home eco-surveys, energy performance certificates and renewable energy advice and information in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

 

 

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