Recently chocolate has been getting a lot of bad press because climate analysts have started to flag up the enormous and damaging land use changes that cocoa agriculture causes. 70% of the CO2 in chocolate comes from the cocoa. The rest would be from the milk, transport, factories and so on. Before you feel bad…
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Heat Pump Resources
This is one for people who are seriously considering getting a heat pump. Because of the amount of misinformation out there and the newness of the industry, you’ll need the best advice. Here’s where to find some: Heat Pump Federation advice for homeowners Retrofit Works – protecting the environment & your investment Heat Geek offer…
Don’t throw out those smelly trainers
Save money, energy, resources and CO2 instead of buying a new pair by making those training shoes last longer. Here are some rules for rejuvenating them: This information was culled from Which?
Fridges and Freezers
Refrigerators and freezers can run inefficiently and ineffectively if you forget a couple of key points. The less kilowatt-hours you use, the less climate-killing CO2 gets into the atmosphere. By the way, fridges and freezers are basically heat pumps. Don’t believe the misinformation out there about heat pumps being ineffective. The only problem is the…
Heat Pumps
For anyone lucky enough to be in the position of choosing their next central heating system, there is really only one reason not to go with a heat pump assuming you have the money up-front – it’s difficult to find an installation engineer who will really provide top advice and do an excellent job. As…
Four Good Things to Know about the Climate
Many people don’t know the following, many more ‘know’ but don’t remember but it is definitely good for your sanity to bear these in mind. (1) The end date when we stop burning fossil fuels is important, but it is only half the story – CO2 is like pocket money: if we spend it fast,…
How Yoda uses a Tumble Dryer
Tumble dryers use a lot of electricity. On average, a tumble dryer uses roughly 4.5 kWh of electricity per cycle, depending on the machine. At the time of writing, each kWh of energy you use costs on average 27p and causes 0.25kg CO2, depending on your electricity provider. This means that you’ll be paying up…
UPFs – Ultra-processed Foods
If something is ultra-processed, it’s going to have a larger carbon footprint, use more water to make, most likely be associated with factory-farmed meat or diary and the pollution, come from further afield, have more packaging and of course, not be so good for your body. What makes some food UPF though, now the acronym’s…
Diet and CO2 Emissions
The first of November was World Vegan Day, a reminder that a totally plant-based diet is the everyday reality for about 1% of the world population. Reducing our CO2 emissions is imperative so we could pick up some useful tips here, because reducing the amount of meat we eat is one of the top things…
Pesky Pumpkin Remains
Halloween sees people the world over getting creative with pumpkin carving and results in tons of wasted pumpkins if people don’t have the means, the time or the oomph to make good use of this great veg. The main rule is to make sure it doesn’t end up in landfill, where the rotting vegetable matter…