- Insulate your loft to a minimum of 20cm/8 inches
- Switch off lights and appliances and don’t leave your TV/video on standby
- Fit low energy lights throughout your home
- For further information on saving energy click here
- Change your electricity supply to a green tariff - for further information click here
- Intall a solar water panel
- Use rechargeable batteries
- Put a hippo bag in your toilet cistern or install a low flush toilet
- Install a water butt in your garden
- Don't keep the tap running when cleaning your teeth
- For further information on water and saving water click here.
- Buy FSC (Forestry Stewardship Council) labelled timber and furniture
- Buy ‘A’ rated (low energy use) white goods
- Buy local goods and services
- Become a member of an environmental organisation
- Visit the EcoHouse
- Visit www.gwll.org.uk and sign up to receive monthly newsletters
6. Reduce air pollution:
- Walk or cycle whenever possible (and improve your health)
- Use public transport
- Buy a fuel efficient car and share lifts to work…school…shops…..
- For more information on greener transport click here.
7. Help Keep Leicester Cool:
- Think before you fly - air travel is one of the biggest causes of climate change
- Plant trees to soak up CO2 and compensate for your travel pollution - www.futureforests.com can do this for you.
- For further information on the Keep Leicester Cool campaign click here.
- Participate in the kerbside recycling scheme
- Re-use and refuse carrier bags
- Start composting your kitchen and garden waste - Click here for further information
- For more information on waste and recycling click here.
- Create a wildlife garden
- Avoid pesticides and herbicides
- Grow your own vegetables
- Install a nest box, bat box and/or bird table
- Volunteer to help manage local<