The average per capita household emissions in Europe account for 23% of our total carbon footprint. With simple changes like replacing light bulbs with low consumption LED alternatives, or unplugging unused electronics to minimise standby energy consumption we can make big differences in our energy bill.

Everything we buy has a carbon footprint embedded in it, which unfortunately in most cases has not yet been calculated. However, by buying less unnecessary stuff, by choosing used items, and by purchasing our goods from companies that are more environmentally friendly we can make sure we reduce our carbon footprint.

Buying goods and products that contain recycled or recyclable materials and then sorting them out at disposal in their respective containers will preserve resources, save emissions and create further value in our economies.

By shifting our diet to a more plant-based one, let us say by cutting beef and dairy from our menus, we can reduce as much as 80% of our diet’s carbon footprint a year as well as from saving millions of animal lives and thousands of litres of water / tons of grain.

Because fossil fuels provide the majority of the energy that powers our houses, unplugging items lowers your energy demand and carbon emissions. When your devices are plugged in but not in use, they consume electricity, known as the phantom effect. As a result, unplugging those devices can save electricity.

If your commute to work can be done by public transport or cleaner means of transportation such as a bicycle or electric vehicle. The frequency we fly has increased exponentially in the last two decades, adding a huge amount of GHG to the atmosphere at an altitude difficult to be cleaned and stored by the natural mechanisms of our planet.