Reduce your carbon footprint

Energy Saving Ideas    

Everyone can do their bit to reduce their energy use, and their impact on the local and global environment.    

Monitor the energy you use.  

Make small changes – turn the lights off when you leave a room for longer than a couple of minutes; wash your clothes at 30 degrees. See  Energy Saving Trust  

Check your purchases. Ask yourself where it has come from? How much energy will it use? 

• -  making a choice of washing machines should include a lifetime energy use consideration
• -  making food choices – where was it grown, how far did it travel, is it in season? 
•    See Defra energy labelling guidance

Make energy efficient changes  - Converting all your regular light bulbs to compact fluorescents and LEDs can save 70 - 80% of the energy that was being used previously - See  Efficient Light  

Booking a flight? Is the trip necessary? Are there alternative ways of getting to the final destination other than by air travel? If for business, consider video conferencing / online meetings as an alternative for making the trip. One return flight to New York  is equivalent to approximately 10 tonnes of carbon emissions. Can you take the train or an alternative mode of transport? See The Man in Seat 61 ; LoCO2

See how the Energy Saving Trust can help you save 20%:

-  Plant a Tree - ultimate birthday/anniversary present
-  Planning to fly abroad - offset your flight
-  Organise an event for Earth Day 2011 http://network.earthday.net/ 
-  Check out your personal carbon footprint

Phone our Fundraising Department for details 0207 603 0062   

Schools  

We offer schools a free talk to your class or school assembly. Call Naftali on 0207 603 0062 for more details.   

Would your class like to learn more about saving the rainforest?

Or would you like to find out how your class can plant an acre of trees?  

Sign up for Earth Day and organise a fundraising event - here are some suggestions:  

• - Mufti Day
• - Sponsored Silence
• - Skip-a-Thon
• - Cake Sale
• - Photographic competition
• - Art display
• - Playground fun run

Call our Fundraising Department on 020 7603 0062 for help and advice.

Religious institutions  

Organise a bring and buy sale or a plant sale to help us plant trees in the Amazon rainforest    

Rotary - Round Table - W1  

All Groups and Associations   

We offer free talks for Groups and Associations

- call Naftali on 020 7603 0062 for more details. Find out about climate change and offsetting your CO2 emissions.