The Economical Environmentalist: Book giveaway

k2468 · 3 February 2010 at 5:19PM

Hi, I have started this year by strictly only buying what is on my shopping list and planning my week's car trips (as well as menus). I have already dramatically reduced my petrol and food costs, and have just got back from the garden centre (on way back from doing the shopping and dropping my son off at a friend's) where I bought onion sets and seed potatoes to kick start my veg garden.

RUTHIE · 3 February 2010 at 5:24PM

ArtOfTheCountry wrote: »

I will be making more things by re-using packaging - reusing is better than recycling. My favourite at the moment is making wallets from TetraPaks. And trying to get my friends to use one. 1 convert so far!

How do you make wallets from tetrapaks???

freebies4me · 3 February 2010 at 5:27PM

Started composting last year so hope to be able to use this compost and have better luck with carrots, beetroot and potatoes than last year. Have potatoes chitting (not rude honestly!) already. Council here in Derbyshire is really good at providing re-cycling facilities so already doing that, having RE-USED everything to death first natch.

The additional thing I'm going to do in 2010 is not send any paper cards again. Instead everyone will get ecards. Which (smug look) are money saving too.:j:j:j:A

kayvege · 3 February 2010 at 5:37PM

Make sure I recycle everything I can

m_rizz · 3 February 2010 at 5:40PM

I am now cycling to college instead of being driven.

smileyt_2 · 3 February 2010 at 5:55PM

I'm going to ask my housing association if I can have a more efficient boiler. They can only say no!

agiaga · 3 February 2010 at 6:05PM

I'm growing my own lettuce leaves, recycling, walking to work every time (luckily walking distance), reducing number of shopping trips

freecycler2 · 3 February 2010 at 6:06PM

Cutting down on water usage by using rainwater for everything except drinking

Diffusion · 3 February 2010 at 6:06PM

I'm going to try and eat less beef. Cows themselves emit industrial quantities of methane, the enormous quantities of grain they're fed is invariably grown using artificial fertilisers that are petroleum-based, and a major driver of deforestation is clearing pastures for cattle grazing.