Ben OsborneThis week is Go Green Week as People and Planet are looking to raise awareness of climate change and pushing for people to look for greener alternatives in their lives.
People and Planet is the largest student network in Britain campaigning to end world poverty, defend human rights and protect the environment.
The week features a different initiative on each day with the culmination on Friday, when People and Planet will coordinate a national day of action for greener education. Students from across the UK will come together to ask the government to live up to its promise to become the greenest government ever, and to take urgent action to secure the education sector’s transition to a low-carbon, sustainable future that can create green jobs.
Everyone is aware of the issues of global warming and most of us try to do way we can to help reduce our carbon footprints, but as recession bites, the environment often takes a back seat in regards to our prioritise. It is harder to think about saving the polar ice caps when you also have to worry about paying your rent.
The organisers of Go Green Week have suggested a whole host of activities and themes to raise awareness and promote good environmental practice while having fun.
Meat Free Monday is a One&Other staple now so check out today MFM recipe and help reduce your carbon footprint and have a great dinner!
Travel Light Tuesday – Don’t take the car, use public transport, cycle or walk to school, college or university, it makes sense and it’s pretty obvious, just be careful in the snow.
Waste-not Wednesday – Perhaps hold a swap shop event to encourage recycling and stop items from being sent to landfill sites.
Switch off Thursday – Encourage others to make sure that we all switch off appliances rather than leaving them on stand-by.
Schools, colleges from all around the country will be putting on events. Check the Go Green Week website for all the latest information about the events taking place during the week.
If you want to reduce your household waste I'd suggest you buy a small worm recycling bin for you kitchen. I've had one for two years and most of my organic waste goes into it - which is stuff I can't recycle in the Council provided bins.
They don't smell and take up the size of a normal kitchen bin. Every week it produces liquid fertilizer which I use on my house plants and every eight months to a year it gets emptied of all the compost, which goes on my plants outdoors.
Using a worm bin in conjunction with the Council recycling bins produces very little landfill waste.
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