Adapt your lifestyle

Change your bank to one that does not invest in fossil fuel extraction

Do Oppose

• any measures that will increase road traffic such as new road developments, building new housing that requires residents to use a car
• Use of private jets
• Pension funds that invest in fossil fuels (does yours?)

Do

• Support any measures that will improve and increase the use of public transport or active travel (walking/cycling)
• Eat less meat
• Walk, cycle, take the train, drive and fly less
• Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle
• Switch to Ecosia – the search engine that plants trees
•  Avoid the use of plastics wherever possible – packaging, toys, plant pots …

Gardens and yards

• No mow May A healthy lawn with some long grass and wildflowers benefits wildlife, tackles pollution and can even lock away carbon below ground
• Resist clearing plant debris in gardens and yards until April to allow insects such as ladybirds, solitary bees and hoverflies to survive and be of benefit to gardens. 
• Make compost Use  compost bins and water butts (often available at reduced cost from local authorities),
• Use only peat free compost

Watch

Factcheck: 16 misleading myths about solar  from Carbon Brief

David Attenborough’s warning on climate change

This just 5 years old but already out of date on time scales.  There is no time to lose!

WWF – 10 myths about climate change – debunked

Factcheck: 18 Misleading about heat pumps from Carbon Brief

Factcheck: 21 misleading myths about electric vehicles from Carbon Brief