Since the beginning of October last year (apart from one decadent trip to Japan which probably more than cancels everything else out below), I have...
- taken zero baths
- driven to the shops zero times
- bought fruit and vegetables from the UK as much as possible, sticking to stuff that's in season where needed
- bought free range and/or organic meat and eggs as far as possible. also, organic other stuff where available - tomatoes, butter, raisins, flour etc.
- used the car for two 'round trips - one trip to my parents' house over Christmas when I had a lot of stuff to transport, and one trip up to Cambridgeshire for New Year's Eve when I needed to bring sleeping bag, pillows and drinks etc.
- accepted new plastic carrier bags from shops only twice
- generated approximately one carrier bag, almost full of domestic waste per week and recycled everything else that my local council deals with (including clothes)
- stopped drinking carbonated drinks (OK, not a green thing per se, more a health thing and it happened without even thinking about trying. I've just gone off them.)
- thrown away only 3 items of food - 2 yogurts of which I'd missed the 'use by' date, and one portion from a batch of prawn curry I couldn't re-heat because the prawns had already been frozen after cooking once.
A lot of this is without even consciously trying to make an effort. I'm wondering how much better I could do if I actually tried. Or what would be a good thing to try, which would have maximum impact for the effort required.
