Here are some tips to reducing your impact from a few great campaigns we support:
Become a Part-time carnivore!
Sign up to the campaign here. There are currently about 1600 signed up and in the next week alone they'll save and incredible 175,627 m² land from needing to be farmed, and 48,360 kg CO₂, a large proportion due to methane.
At the moment there isn't a Cambridge community due to lack of interest, but we only need 4 more to sign up in order for it to become one! It would be great if we can get more Cambridge students signed up than LSE, Bristol, Oxford etc! More info at http://www.parttimecarnivore.org/
At the moment there isn't a Cambridge community due to lack of interest, but we only need 4 more to sign up in order for it to become one! It would be great if we can get more Cambridge students signed up than LSE, Bristol, Oxford etc! More info at http://www.parttimecarnivore.org/
Simple but effective energy saving tips from Student Switch Off:
- Switch the light off
- Put a layer on, not the heating
- Don't overfill the kettle
- Put a lid on the saucepan
Close the Door!
This applies to doors where you live or study and in shops, cafes and restaurants - recent research carried out in Cambridge found that closing a shop door when heating is being used reduces energy usage by up to 50%, cutting a shop’s annual CO2 emissions by up to 10 tonnes of CO2, equivalent to 3 London to Hong Kong return flights. The campaign needs your support in a competition here (takes 1 minute!) and also welcomes student pressure on shops, eg. politely asking them to close the door, and going elsewhere if they won't. More info at http://www.closethedoor.org.uk/
Top 5 low carbon diet tips from 'The Green Bandits'
1. You bought it, so eat it – don’t waste food
Food waste is responsible for more methane emissions than any source besides ruminant animals. Don't choose too much, use leftovers etc.
2. Make ‘local & seasonal’ your mantra
However, be careful not to buy produce grown in fossil-fuel heated greenhouses even if they’re nearby.
3. Moooove away from beef and cheese
Livestock creates 18% of the entire world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Consider smaller portions, and eating only the products you REALLY love, but less often than now.
4. Stop flying fish and fruitDon’t buy air-freighted food - this is 10 times more emissions-intensive than transporting products by ship. Usually better to buy seafood that's ‘processed and frozen at sea’ (and MSC certified) not 'fresh,' and locally grown seasonal fruit.
5. If it’s processed and packaged, skip it
Snack foods, most juices and even veggie burgers are prepared with a lot of energy (they may be pre-processed, cooked, frozen, packaged and transported). Choose fresh local fruit, a few nuts, or homemade alternatives whenever you can.
Food waste is responsible for more methane emissions than any source besides ruminant animals. Don't choose too much, use leftovers etc.
2. Make ‘local & seasonal’ your mantra
However, be careful not to buy produce grown in fossil-fuel heated greenhouses even if they’re nearby.
3. Moooove away from beef and cheese
Livestock creates 18% of the entire world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Consider smaller portions, and eating only the products you REALLY love, but less often than now.
4. Stop flying fish and fruitDon’t buy air-freighted food - this is 10 times more emissions-intensive than transporting products by ship. Usually better to buy seafood that's ‘processed and frozen at sea’ (and MSC certified) not 'fresh,' and locally grown seasonal fruit.
5. If it’s processed and packaged, skip it
Snack foods, most juices and even veggie burgers are prepared with a lot of energy (they may be pre-processed, cooked, frozen, packaged and transported). Choose fresh local fruit, a few nuts, or homemade alternatives whenever you can.
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