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…
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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…
Green Banks
Santander, JP Morgan Chase, NatWest, the Bank of Scotland, Halifax, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays, HSBC and Lloyds Bank all have one thing in common – they will put the money in your savings and current accounts to work funding the fossil fuel industry, despite whatever pledges or Net Zero promises they have made.…
Home-made Home Cleaning Products
Supermarket big brand cleaning products include an array of chemicals that don’t break down in the sewage works – even if the water utility companies leaves them there for a long time rather than just allowing the sewage to spill into our waterways and shores. This includes parabens (preservatives), phthalates (perfumes), triclosan (an antibiotic), phosphates,…
Sustainable Clothing
The clothing industry is responsible for about 10% of global CO2 emissions. It also has a huge impact on water resources, labour and pollution, which involves a large amount of PFAS (‘forever chemicals’ that don’t biodegrade, but accumulate in the body). If you have heard politicians and economists going on about how best to tackle…
How to block Heat during Heatwaves
New climate research in the science journal Nature* shows how dangerously under prepared northern Europe and especially the UK and Eire are for the consequences of climate change and the need to keep cool in the unprecedented hot summers that are on their way. Rather than cranking an air conditioner up to full power, we…