No, we haven't turned in to tree huggers!
This is more about us not wanting to waste as much stuff as we do now. Its about reducing the amount gas, water and electricity we use, but also includes recycling more of our rubbish and finding out how to balance out the crap that comes out the back of our cars.
What we do want
Ultimately what we'd like to say is that we have shrunk the amount of CO2 (Green house gas) we generate as much as possible by being more aware of what we waste as well as recycled as much as practical.
What we don't want
We don't want to be become full on hippies. We want to find ways to do this without living in the dark, wearing old sacks for clothes, cooking on stoves that burn dried pig poo and riding a bike everywhere. Instead, it needs to be done in such away that it still allows us to do the things we want to do.
What we plan to do?
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Work out our current Carbon Footprint.
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Look at ways to off set the CO2 produced by our cars.
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Look at ways to reduce our gas consumption.
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Do the same to our electricity consumption.
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Look at ways to reduce our water consumption.
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Work out what our Carbon Footprint is after we have done the above.
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Find out how to recycle more and monitor just how much we do.