How much carbon pollution do you create?
Using figures provided by the Department of Transport and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Energy Savings Trust, statistics show that the average household now creates around 10 tonnes of Carbon pollution every year.
To reduce your Carbon output, you could:-
Give up your car and use public transport instead,
Re-insulate and triple glaze your house
Turn your heating down in the winter.
Replace your washing machine, tumble drier, cooker and light bulbs with more energy efficient models.
Switch all your appliances off at the mains when you're not using them.
Install some alternative energy generating equipment like a wind turbine or solar panels.
Only shop locally and not use big supermarkets.
Once you have done all that, you will have considerably reduced your Carbon emissions but you will also have completely changed your way of life. And there's the dilemma.
Of course, it's up to you to choose to reduce Carbon pollution wherever you can, but the easiest way to do it without drastically changing your lifestyle is to reduce Carbon emissions elsewhere. It's known as Carbon Offsetting.
