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Climate Change is the biggest issue we've ever faced.

With glaciers melting, sea levels rising and millions of lives at risk, it's clear that something needs to be done right now, before it's too late.

The great news is that our actions can make a difference.

By taking simple steps to lower our carbon emissions we can dramatically reduce our contribution to climate change. So we don't need to sit around and wait for businessmen or politicians to take the lead.

On this website you'll find product ideas and practical advice to combat climate change. Most of them have the extra benefit of saving you money too.

Together we can save the planet. Find out how to Do Something Now...

  Top Tips: 10 easy things we can all do 
Click here to check out the easiest and most effective things you can do today to reduce your personal contribution to devastating climate change.
  How to: dramatically cut your electricity use 

Click here for details of an easy 4-step plan and an example story of how Mark cut his electricity use by more than half.

  Featured Events & Campaigns 
Save Your 20% - campaign run by the Energy Saving Trust encouraging people to save 20% of their energy use and contribute towards the UK targets for cutting carbon emissions.
I Count - campaign run by Stop Climate Chaos, the coalition of more than 35 organisations including Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Oxfam and WWF. More than 20,000 people have already signed up.

Global Cool - new charity which believes that the solution to tackling climate change lies with the individual and that industry and government are ultimately influenced by the demands of consumers.

  Featured Products 

Good Energy: Renewable Electricity - provides 100% of your electricity from clean sources and will also remunerate you for any electricity you generate yourself. Switching your supply is simple and just takes a few minutes.
Click here for details of more Renewable suppliers...

Efficient Light: Energy Saving Light Bulbs - bulbs which last up to 12 times longer than normal bulbs, emit up to 70% less carbon dioxide and are available in a range of attractive and low-cost designs.
Click here for more Energy Efficient Appliance ideas...

Maplin Plug-In: Mains Power Monitor - get an understanding of how much electricity is used by each of your household appliances by plugging them into the mains via this fantastic tool. You may be surprised what you find!
Click here for more Energy Monitoring Product ideas...

Genersys: Solar Thermal Systems - supplier of systems which use clean energy from the sun to contribute to your hot water or heating needs all year round and significantly reduce your need for conventional heating.
Click here for more Renewable Heat Generation ideas...

GoinGreen G-Wizz: Electric Car - the "world's best selling" electric car consumes just one quarter the energy of a similar sized petrol car and is the only 4-seater car to have an "A" eco label.
Click here for more Low Emission Car ideas...

  Featured Advice 

Avoid leaving appliances on standby - televisions and other appliances left on standby pump over a million tons of carbon into the atmosphere across the UK each year. Make sure you turn them off properly.
Click here for more Electricity Saving tips...

Turn down your heating by adjusting your thermostat - turning down your thermostat by just 1°C could cut your carbon dioxide emissions by over 5% as well as saving you around £30 per year.
Click here for more Heat Saving tips...

Cut down on unnecessary flights - air travel is a huge and growing contributor to climate change. Do you really need to take that flight? Could you go via train instead?

Click here for more Low Emission Travel tips...

Buy local food to avoid unnecessary "food miles" - buy local to avoid the "food miles" incurred by shipping products to the UK and reduce your impact on climate change.

Click here for other Sustainable Consumption tips...

Measure your carbon footprint - find out what impact your current activities have on climate change and track this over time to see how much difference you can make from simple changes.
Click here for more Lifestyle carbon-saving tips...

  Featured Books 
  Featured Links 
Energy Saving Trust - government backed organisation working to reduce energy usage in households and transport. Provides government grants for energy saving and equipment and renewables.
Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) - Europe's leading eco centre showing practical solutions to environmental problems. Aims to lead by example and show that living sustainably is easy and can provide better quality of life.
Doing something is so much better than doing nothing.
 
Together we can save the planet. Find out how to Do Something Now...

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