New year resolutions - easy targets to make a difference
Just three small changes to our busy life can result in great steps to help stop global warming.
The first is not to use plastic carrier bags, and if you do, make sure you use each one as many times as possible. Some of the large supermarkets offer bags for life at 10 pence and will exchange for new every time you wear the bag out. These worn out bags go off to become new bags. Buy jute, cotton or even recycled rice bag bags. www.sativabags.com for hemp bags. We use over a billion plastic bags a year of which 90% find their way into landfill and are predicted to be around for many hundreds of years. Some farmer’s markets and farm shops are offering paper bags for produce so use these where possible…just ask!
The second is to shower rather than have a soak. A shower taken for 10 minutes reduces water consumption by 40% and is refreshing. If you do have a soak then buy the drought buster siphon which can be put into your bath at one end and the other into a water butt or used directly onto the garden rather than emptying the water down the drain when you have finished soaking in natural bubbles of course! www.greengardener.co.uk £19.99
The third is for everyone to go over to long life energy saving bulbs, which are advancing every day. Just before Christmas, it was announced that the filament light is soon to be discontinued with the development of a new diode light source that is as bright as present bulbs. Until then just changing one bulb over to the eco ones you will be making a difference.
What ever you do, have a great 2008
January 26th, 2008 at 12:49 am
Hi ever thought of a baalti bath. It’s traditonal in most parts of India where water is scarce. We manage with one bucket of water per person. But if the situation is really bad like when the South-west or the retreating monsoons have decided to give us a bypass it goes down to half a bucket of water.
Atleast when one uses a bucket you really know how much you need to bathe. Otherwise standing under shower can also be wasteful. It’s actually rather a luxury.