Transport

• Fly less

• Switch to  public transport, bicycle or walk  where possible

• Drive less & slower 

• Switch to electric 

• Car share

• Work from home, use video links for meetings

• Shop local

• set up a local Transport project

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Food  

• Eat less meat particularly sheep and cows

• Eat local and in season 

• No pesticides

• Grow your own

• Minimise food waste

• Compost

• Boycott factory farming

• Join the Community fridge or Growing spaces groups or start a new project

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Energy

• Improve your home insulation

• Generate renewable electricity

• Use 100% renewable electricity supplier

• Replace inefficient boiler 

• Use LED bulbs

• Turn thermostat down

• Switch your heating to 100% renewable

• Join or start a local Energy project

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Biodiversity

• Find space for wildflowers

• Plant trees and food-producing plants

• Create wildlife gardens and ponds

• Use eco-friendly detergents and toiletries

• Keep toxins out of our water and soil

• Join a wildlife or citizen science project

• Explore and love our wild spaces

• Join  or start up a Wildside project

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Purchasing

• Buy less stuff 

• Become an ethical consumer

• Avoid plastics

• Buy local

• Reuse and repair

• Wear clothes more times & buy second hand clothes

• Divest investments in fossil fuel companies

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Community care

• talk to and listen to neighbours

• find out how you can help others

• signpost services

• Start up a Local Wellbeing project

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Lobbying and protest

• Lobby your MP

• Lobby your Town, District and County Councillors

• Check out local Extinction Rebellion group

• Examine the sustainability of major planning applications

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