Our Top 100 (or so!) practical actions…
As a Family:
Change your energy supplier
Switch to an ethical, fossil-fuel-free bank account
Sign up to become an Earth protector (STOP ECOCIDE)
Watch 2040-The Regeneration together!
Start ordering a plastic free veg box
Cut down on the amount of meat and fish you eat
Start using the Milkman to cut down on plastic waste
Refill laundry liquid and fabric softener from refill store
Try to buy products that contain certified sustainable palm oil
Think carefully about flying and avoid if possible
Boycott fast food chains such as McDonalds and Burger King
Donate clothes to charity shops
Research your local recycling options
Recycle batteries
Put a NO JUNK MAIL sign on the door
Switch to paperless bills and bank statements
Make the effort to repair things rather than throw them away
Organise taking non-collectable waste to a green centre
Take any damaged or unsellable clothing items to a clothing recycling bin
Volunteer to plant trees
Take picnics instead of buying take-away food in plastic!
Watch David Attenborough together!
Children:
Teach the children in your life to LOVE animals and bees, rivers and leaves, soil and seas, mountains and trees, plants and seeds because humans can’t live without nature!
STOP using baby wipes and buy long lasting cloths instead
Stop buying juice boxes with plastic straws attached
Check kids’ lunchboxes for foods containing PALM OIL
Walk to school every day
Stop buying plastic tat! Kinder eggs and magazines with throw-away plastic toys
Stop buying balloons
Stop buying glitter
Don’t throw paint down the drain
Pass on outgrown children’s clothes
Use eco nappies for your baby
Avoid cakes and biscuits containing palm oil and wrapped in plastic
Don’t leave cars idling outside school gates
Personal:
Educate yourself about the ecological crisis
Join a campaign group
Always carry a reusable water bottle
Carry your own cutlery when travelling
Say no to plastic bags, straws, cups and lids
Write a letter to the local newspaper
Get a bicycle
Join a local action- for example a youth strike or Extinction Rebellion action.
Carry a re-usable cup for tea and coffee
Stop shopping for cheap, fast-fashion
Always carry a tote bag and say no to extra bags
Consider becoming vegetarian
Consider becoming vegan
Use public transport whenever possible
Become a member of an environmental charity
Write and complain to stores that only sell my favourite products in plastic
Politely complain to the manager of pubs and restaurants that serve water in plastic bottles / plastic straws /stirrers etc.
Politely complain to the manager of hotels that give away toiletries in small plastic bottles
Get a litter picker and take it on school runs, country walks etc.
Avoid Fast fashion
Write to your council about planting more trees
Attend a talk or webinar
Talk to your friends and family about the climate crisis!
Create Music
Create Art
The workplace
Switch all search engines to Ecosia
Clear out your email and delete unnecessary data! Check out this amazing report on the energy consumption of the Internet.
Stop travelling by car for work and use zoom for meetings
Organise car shares/cycle to work schemes
Talk to your colleagues about the climate crisis
Change the workplace energy supplier
Request vegetarian/vegan food in the workplace
Change your suppliers to be sustainable
Organise webinars to avoid unnecessary travel
Investigate Bcorp certification
Investigate Future-Fit
Remove vending machines
Provide real cups to prevent take-out waste
Recycle printer cartridges
Bathroom:
Start using a bamboo toothbrush
Stop buying hand soap in plastic bottles and go back to using soap bars
Switch toothpaste tubes for toothpaste in jars!
Use bamboo toilet paper
Use plastic free, biodegradable dental floss
Start using eco sanitary products
Switch to shampoo and conditioner bars
Use cotton washcloths instead of wipes
Switch to washable makeup remover wipes
Switch to a mooncup and reusable pads
Use a metal razor rather than plastic
Use a wooden hairbrush/comb rather than plastic
Use bamboo cotton buds- plastic free!
Garden:
Plant some bee-friendly flowers in my garden
Grow some vegetables
Start a compost heap
Borrow and share tools with neighbours instead of buying new
NEVER buy toxic weed killer- use alternatives
Let some of your garden re-wild
Install a washing line
Hang a bird box
Write to the council asking them to STOP using bee killing pesticides
Install a garden water collector
Politely complain to the manager of shops selling toxic pesticides
Remove paving slabs
Create a pond
Don’t use Astro-turf
Kitchen:
Buy all dry food at zero waste stores
Get a butter dish and buy butter in paper, rather than plastic tubs
Stop buying individually packaged crisps
Stop buying individual yoghurt pots
Get rid of the Nespresso machine!
Switch to loose leaf tea
Plan meals to avoid food waste
Use Beeswax wraps instead of clingfilm
Make your own cleaning products
Only buy free range eggs
Only buy MSC certified fish
Chose glass jars or tin cans over plastic
Return single use plastic to the supermarket (#ourplastcifeedback)
Make washing liquid using soap nuts
Use a Guppyfriend washing bag to prevent microfibers leaking from my washing.