Ecotips
8 October 2023 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
Help our eco systems and wildlife thrive over winter by leaving at least part of your garden “untidy”- with some long grass, piles of leaves for hibernating hedgehogs and hollow stems for overwintering insects, and encourage your council to do the same! Thank you to Katrina Nice for most of our ecotips!
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3 September 2023 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
Try using a bamboo toothbrush instead of one made of plastic. You can go even further by getting your toothpaste in a jar instead of a plastic tube! And if you do get your toothpaste in a plastic tube, try recycling it at the Terracycle facility outside Our Lady Church on Nightingale Road in Hitchin. Terracycle […]
27 August 2023 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
Why not have your say to get eco change? 38 Degrees have lots of environmental petitions at https://home.38degrees.org.uk/campaigns/ For example, you could demand that the water companies foot the bill for fixing the sewage problems they have created, instead of customers: https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/water-bill-hike-sewage-may-2023 Or support campaigns for social justice, like the petition opposing privatization of the […]
13 August 2023 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
Especially in summer, try not to let water go to waste. Why not use your washing up water, including the water you run before hot water comes out of the tap, to water your garden plants? You can also save time and energy by putting a lid on the pan when boiling or steaming your […]
3 August 2023 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
Why not listen to BBC World Service’s new 20 minute series “The Climate Question” on Sundays at 10pm to learn more about the global effects on people caused by the climate crisis? This is the link to the first programme (16 July 2023) about El Nino : https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5bk7
11 July 2023 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
Our food supplies depend on pollinating insects – we need to protect them! Why not take part in Butterfly Conservation’s project (14 July-6 Aug) to map/count butterflies in the UK and raise awareness of our great need to help pollinators by planting moth and butterfly friendly plants? https://bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org/
11 April 2023 / 27 March 2024 by daveeldervass
Lots of compost on sale is now peat free – hurray! Please choose this – you are playing your part in preserving peatlands which are very valuable carbon sinks and which help biodiversity and help combat global warming by locking in CO2, which our planet desperately needs to do! Thanks to Katrina Nice for this […]
26 February 2023 / 12 October 2024 by daveeldervass
Here is an eco-tip courtesy of Which? magazine. Their very useful article gives detailed information on how to recycle your mobile phone: https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/how-to-recycle-your-mobile-phone-a4RH90q3yNtT For more recent phones, you may be able to sell them so that someone else can use them again. For older phones, there are charities that will pass them on to people […]
30 January 2023 / 12 October 2024 by daveeldervass
Microwaves aren’t just for ready meals. Save time and energy costs (especially if you cook with gas) by using them for jacket potatoes, soup, veg, porridge or hot chocolate!
23 January 2023 / 12 October 2024 by daveeldervass
If you eat fish, try and buy from a sustainably fished source so that stocks don’t run out. Take a look at the Marine Stewardship Council’s website https://www.msc.org/uk and look out for their blue fish logo on tins. The Marine Stewardship Council is an international non-profit sustainable fishing charity. Their vision is oceans teeming with life and […]