Eco Tips

A Healthier Diet for Carbon Savings
Many of us may have given up chocolate for Lent. Well, the good news is that, as well as sharing in Jesus's fasting in the wilderness,  chocolate is associated with big carbon emissions. Giving up eating 2 chocolates per day in Lent will save 12 kg of carbon emissions (equivalent to driving a small car to the Forth Bridge). If half the congregation did it, that would save over ½ ton of carbon emissions. Keep up the good work! Please remember to stock up for Easter from the Traidcraft stall!

Concentrate on Greener Cleaning
A typical cleaning product is 90% water. You can buy concentrates and add water. This massively reduces the amount of plastic used in the containers and reduces the volume of water transported around the world. Better still - if you buy products such as NEAT or SMOL you can use no plastic at all! NEAT send you tiny glass bottles of concentrate and a refillable aluminium container. SMOL send capsules and tablets that you pop in a reusable container and add water. Take a look on their websites: neatclean.com  and smolproducts.com

Carbon Saving in Lent
Why don’t we give up or reduce our meat eating for Lent? Each portion of beef releases methane equivalent to 8 kg of carbon dioxide. If we were to replace one portion per week in Lent that would save up to 48 kg per person. If every member of the congregation did that it would save half a tonne – equivalent to the carbon emissions of driving a small car from John O’Groats to Land’s end and back! You may wish to try some of the meat free recipes in the Green Lent Cookbook.