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HOW CAN I LOBBY GOVERNMENTS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IN NO TIME AT ALL?

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 17:09:52 GMT

Maximise your impact for lobbying governments about climate change

We all know that Google & Facebook are scary, one day you search for a new bicycle, then all of a sudden you are bombarded by relentless adverts from online bicycle retailers.

But here's the thing, however annoying and intrusive this is (working as a web designer I know exactly how bad this can be). This process of 'search' and then to be 'bombarded' by adverts has all of a sudden opened several doors for me.

When I embarked on my journey, to change one thing each week to go green , I wanted to research the facts on climate change, environmental impact, zero waste etc. So I got online and found out what the state of play was for our planet.

Over the last few weeks of searching online for environmental facts, I have noticed a change in my digital landscape. I am now being 'bombarded' by adverts and information from environmentally friendly products, organisations and groups.

Although a bit overwhelming, this intrusive tailoring of my digital life has really helped open my eyes. For example, this morning I wake up to a request by WWF to sign their petition on climate change on my Facebook feed. I duly head over to their website and sign the petition... and then get thinking... and so to change number 6...

Last week I discussed the three most important things to combat a climate catastrophe.

Eat less meat
Fly less
Lobby governments

This week I want to continue in this vein. It's another big one, lobbying governments. But what is the most effective way to do this? I have a daytime job, two young kids and a hectic life, I need to be strategic about how I approach this. How can I maximise my impact for lobbying governments?

The simple answer, online petitions.

According to The Guardian 'There’s a reason that petitions have been around for thousands of years – they’re a simple and effective lobbying tactic'

Now I have the vehicle for lobbying, I next wanted to set up a process in which I could maximise my impact. I don't really have time to go hunting for all the environmental petitions out there. Working as a web designer we love processes and systems so after some tinkering here's what I came up with. It's super easy, won't take too much time and I'd love you to implement it too so we can make a difference to our planet!

Step one, clear the way!

Once set up my process will take around 10 minutes of your time each week. I don't want to add to anyone's workload so step one is to gain back some extra time.

Let's clear the way. First unsubscribe from every single email newsletter you get that is of little relevance to you, you need to clear your communication channel of anything that could be time wasting.

Next, and here's the big one, unsubscribe from every single email newsletter you get that tries to persuade you to buy anything, even from brands you like (except maybe green companies).

You really don't need more stuff. The aim is to free up some time to do good with your inbox and internet use, and in turn stop adding to consumerism.

Step two bring in the good stuff & support environmental groups

Now you have cleared your inbox of unnecessary information and hopefully freed up some time, it's time to fill it up with important information about environmental issues that need our support.

You could go ahead and sign up to newsletters from as many environmental charities and groups as possible, but you may well suffer from information overload. The aim is to be strategic.

My suggestion. Go with the big boys.

The Change.org hack

Sign up to Change.org
Search for climate change petitions
Choose and sign up for a hand full of the big environmental petitions (ones with a lot of supporters)
Now here's the trick, change your account settings to ensure you only receive emails about other climate change petitions.
Click the top right account link (a little image of a person or you, if you've uploaded an image)
Go to settings
Then 'see privacy settings'
It is up to you how often you want to receive communications from change.org personal I don't want to be 'bombarded'. My trick is to just choose 'There are opportunities to join campaigns that I might find interesting'. As you previously signed up to some climate based petitions this will mean you will receive emails whenever a new climate petition is created.
Now just sit back, whenever a new petition is emailed to you, sign it

The great thing about change.org is when you go in and sign a petition you will then be served up similar petitions which you can quickly 'one touch' sign. It is very much a swipe right type of process, within about 3 minutes I had signed up to 8 other petitions.

Finally, when presented the opportunity, share these petitions via social media.

Greenpeace / WWF / Rainforest Alliance / Friends of the Earth

Change.org will ensure we cover a lot in a matter of minutes, next we want to sign up and receive information from larger environmental groups. I am not discrediting smaller charities, a lot of these I can support through change.org. However larger charities will have more collective 'people power'. I started with Greenpeace, WWF, Rainforest Alliance and Friends of the Earth, and will be doing more as time goes on. So...

Go to each website
Sign up to their newsletters
When they email you about a petition, obviously sign it!

Now you have a great system in place for lobbying governments about climate change and environmental issues from the comfort of your home / office in little time at all. At this point it's up to you, simply use this process for any charity that is close to your heart. I would suggest searching for ones that you strongly believe in. It might be zero waste, deforestation or temperature rise. Chose the top charities in that field and sign up to their newsletters.

Happy lobbying to you all!

HOW CAN I EAT LESS MEAT TO SAVE THE PLANET?

Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:12:09 GMT

Eating less beef

4 changes in, and I can't help but wonder am I making a tiny drop in a vast ocean? It's great making small, simple, changes but I can't help think, is it time to face the stark reality? Things need to change, quickly, if we are to save our planet.

A few months ago I remember watching an expert on Facebook (I wish I could remember who it was) talking about the three most important things we can do to reverse a potential climate catastrophe, they were;

Eat less meat
Fly less
Lobby governments

According to The Guardian's aptly named article why eating less meat is the best thing you can do for the planet in 2019.

'Recycling or taking the bus rather than driving to work has its place, but scientists are increasingly pointing to a deeper lifestyle change that would be the single biggest way to help the planet: eating far less meat.'

I really want to stick to making weekly, simple, changes, but this week it's time to go for a biggen! Eat less meat....

To become a vegetarian overnight won't be easy, and if I'm completely honest with my self I am not sure I want to. So I have decided to break this one down into smaller 'bite sized' chunks (quality pun!), which i can revisit over the coming weeks.

According to Business Insider the number one food with the biggest environmental impact is lamb. Now that's great news in our household, we rarely eat lamb (although from now on we have chosen to forgo it completely). And number 2 according to Business Insider is... Beef.

Ok so beef, now there's more of a challenge, and there we go, change number 5 is on... stop eating beef! I think as my story progresses I will be removing other meats from my diet but I feel I need to go one step at a time.

So I sat down and looked at all the dishes I eat that contain beef, most are easy enough to simply stop having, but the two dishes I eat that contain beef I really like are :

Spaghetti bolognese

Beef burgers

Meat free spaghetti bolognese

As a family we have made plenty of Quorn bologneses before and love them, so, after a quick chat, beef bolognese is now off our menu. Quorn spaghetti bolognese tastes damn nice, this one is a particular favourite in our household.

Meet free beef burgers

Beef burgers will definitely be hard, I am a sucker for a decent juicy burger, however I really want to make this switch last so am going to spend more than one week on this change. For the next few weeks, along with regular weekly changes, I'm going to try cooking as many vegetarian beef burger recipes / substitute beef burgers I can find. BRING IT ON!

Update

For those of you following me on my journey I urge you to Google 'meat free burger recipes' and have a go. After some kitchen fun I finally narrowed my beefy replacement to lentil burgers .

For shop bought burgers I found this list really helpful in making a decision. Our family really loves Aldi's Sweet Potato Burgers but everyone is different and I urge you to explore them all. It was actually really fun doing this with our kids. It became a sort of mini MasterChef judging in which we could educate our kids why we were doing this and having some fun at the same time.

Finally for those of you wanting to find out more about meat's effects on our environment I would suggest spending some time on the Meat Free Monday website did you know that

'the production of one burger uses as much water as a hundred days’ worth of showers?'

https://www.simply-live-consciously.com/english/food-environment/1-burger-3000-l-of-water/

See you next week :)

HOW CAN I DE ICE A CAR WITHOUT USING CO2?

Fri, 22 Nov 2019 14:47:11 GMT

How can de icing a car help save our planet?

Change number 4 is a quick one. I've been manic at work this week and time has ran away from me.

But I'm eager to make one change this week.

It always starts with a story

So I'm running late one day this week, I can't find my laptop charger, my gloves have gone walkabout (tiss getting cold), and the kids are being a pain.

I get in my car and... S**t the windscreen is frozen over! But it's ok, I need to give the kids a hug and fill my water bottle so I leave the car running and the heaters blowing to melt the ice. A few minutes later and I'm on my way :)

Then I drive down the street and through town and see about 10 cars doing the same, just sitting there, running their engines and I think... seriously? (a quick note to anyone in my street / town, this is in no way a dig at you, you guys rock and I love living there)

It's called idling, it's entirely unnecessary and harms the environment

When I get to work, I take a quick look and find out it's called idling (leaving a car running but not going anywhere). According to Environmental Defence Fund

'For every 10 minutes your engine is off, you'll prevent one pound of carbon dioxide from being released (carbon dioxide is the primary contributor to global warming).'

The RAC also points out that

'An idling engine can produce up to twice as many emissions as an engine in motion, impacting the surrounding the area and the air that we breathe.'

So I did some calculations (at the end of this blog post for those analytical types) and during the winter months the 10 cars I saw idling would churn out about 975 pounds of CO2, just to de-ice windscreens, which is just shy of half a ton!!!

Now, I will confess, I have no idea how big a ton of CO2 actually is, I have no frame to reference it. So I found a lovely photo of a balloon at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen on December 7th, 2009. It's a decent size if you ask me!

So what did I change this week?

Well I wasn't going to go and buy some de-icer, I don't need to spend time researching as I'm sure those white spray cans can't be good, if anything it's just more waste when empty. And so I have reverted back to using a good old fashion ice scraper*. Yes it might take me a few chilly minutes in the morning but that's life, trying to make a difference ain't always a bed of roses!

* If you don't have an ice scraper please don't go and buy one, you can use an unused credit card or old tape cassette cover

One thing I did find really interesting is that here in the UK it is actually the law to clear your windscreen (obvious) but also illegal to leave your car running in the morning to de ice the screen!

Calculations

I estimated I ran my car for about 5 minutes.

On a 5 day week that's 2.5 pounds of carbon dioxide released into our atmosphere. There are 2000 pounds in a ton .

If 10 people in my town ran their engines in the morning for 5 minutes that's:

10 people x 2.5 pounds = 15 pounds per day

There are around 65 working days over winter (grim I know). 3 months long that's 13 weeks

so:

15 pounds per day x 65 working days in winter = 975 pounds which is just shy of half a ton! And that's just my town!!!

HOW CAN I SAVE WATER WHILE SHOWERING?

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:28:22 GMT

3 ways to save water while showering

I love a shower, I really do. But one morning this week I felt at odds in my place of sanctuary.

I started my normal routine; kids wake me up far too early, I fend off the first 'argument of the morning', I wander like a zombie into the shower and after a few minutes I'm starting to feel human again.

But this particular morning is different, I glance down at the plug hole and am struck. Like a Waterworld bad dream I can't help but think; there's a lot of water down there, a bit too much. And bam it hits me...

Thing number 3 this week will be can I save water while showering.

My first task was to find out how much water I actually use, and then how much water I can save by making changes to my daily shower.

According to Home Water Works

'In an average home, showers are typically the third largest water use after toilets and clothes washers. The average American shower uses 17.2 gallons (65.1 liters) and lasts for 8.2 minutes at average flow rate of 2.1 gallons per minute (gpm) (7.9 lpm).'

Ok so I'm not actually American but I'm sure their showers can't be much different than ours. On with the tips!

Step one, reduce the amount of time I take in the shower.

The first step was a pretty obvious one that I could implement straight away, take shorter showers... Out came the stop watch.

On a normal morning I shower for about 8 minutes, let's average out the Home Water Works estimate and say I use 65 liters of water a day (sorry America but I'm sticking with the metric system). After some speedier showering I got this down to 6 minutes. I was super happy with that but thought... 'next'.

Take a 'navy shower'

Being a kid at heart the navy shower appealed to me. The basic premise is when you soap up and have a good scrub, turn the shower off. Quite simple. So I gave it a go and shaved another 45 seconds off my shower.

So how much water has step one saved? After some calculations (which can be found at the end of this article) I estimated I would save:

14.2 Liters every day! That's just shy of 100 liters every week :)

Apparently the average person needs 2 liters of fresh water everyday , so in one week I have saved enough fresh water to keep around 50 people tanked up for a day! Sweet!

I did also wonder how much money I could save and found the great video below from Thames Water . for every minute saved in the shower I potentially could be saving around £48 per year for a family of four (water and using my boiler combined). Quids in!

Now all I need is one of those sand timers to ensure I stick to my new routine and to try to get my shower time down to 4 minutes.

Step two, water–saving shower heads

Another way you can easily save water while showering is to switch your shower head for a low flow eco shower head. According to Which , you must first check how much water your shower head is actually using to see if it is worthwhile buying an eco shower head.

'To check whether you could cut your water usage, put a 2-litre container on the shower floor. If it takes less than 12 seconds to fill when the shower's running on full, a low-flow or water-saving shower head could benefit you.'

We gave this a try and found that actually our shower head was pretty good, we also found that by simply 'turning down' our shower pressure (we are lucky to have a wall mixer shower where we can adjust the flow rate) the water usage was also reduced. We therefore decided that reducing our shower time and turning down our flow rate was ok this time.

If you are interested in buying an eco shower head (more for electric showers) a great start is the Which website round up of Eco Shower Heads.

Step three, bucket time!

Finally a great tip while you wait for your shower to warm up. Don't waste all that lovely water, stick a bucket under the shower, save the water and use it to flush the toilet or water the plants. Every little helps!

WHO GIVES A CRAP? HOW GOOD IS RECYCLED TOILET PAPER?

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:00:22 GMT

Can my backside help the planet, and my toilet activity become greener?

Thing Number 2! So I'm sitting on the toilet, doing what I do best (my wife really loves me) and it hits me... Is toilet paper environmentally friendly? I don't have a clue. I mean it's paper, that can't be good right? Does it come from recycled sources? And what's the deal when it goes down the loo?

So I do some Googling and it turns out that t oilet paper wipes out 27,000 trees a day! Are you kidding me! Ok let's shelve the sad part of this story and move on to celebrating my backside going green!

As is always the case for my 52 Things journey (52 changes, one a week, to go green) I wanted this change to be relatively inexpensive. I also want to celebrate and doff my hat to people who are really trying to make a difference to our planet.

Finally after some nosing around the internet, interjected with a glass of my favourite IPA, I stumble upon these dudes - Who Gives A Crap , and think, now we're talking!

Who gives a crap toilet paper, environmentally friendly with an amazing story

So a quick summary of their story... these guys rock. Who Gives A Crap was founded in 2012 by mates Simon, Jehan and Danny.

They discovered not only that toilet paper wipes out 27,000 trees a day , but that 2.3 billion people across the world don't have access to a toilet and around 289,000 children under five die every year from diarrhoeal diseases caused by poor water and sanitation.

These chaps wanted to make a difference and boy have they. Who Gives A Crap , not only makes 100% environmentally friendly toilet roll, they also donate 50% of all their profits to help build toilets and improve sanitation in the developing world. Hats off to you guys!

This is exactly what this blog is all about, celebrating and gorging on happy stories about people who are making a difference. And these guys have that in spades.

Who Gives A Crap's crowd funding campaign was amazing, founder, Simon, sat on a toilet for 50 hours straight until they had reached their first target of enough pre-orders to start production - $50,000. I think he might be my hero!

Environmentally friendly toilet paper, so how much is this going to cost me?

I loved their story, I hope to love the product but how much is this going to cost us before we take the plunge? As said 52 Things is all about changes that won't break the bank. So out came the calculator.

To work this out I will be using MySupermarket to find the cost of toilet paper, but let's get down some ground rules.

I won't be comparing Who Gives A Crap against the cheapest products on the market (value brands). That would be like comparing a soggy motorway service station sandwich for a handmade Scooby-Doo triple deluxe sandwich!
For all future 52 Things comparisons I will use either a supermarket's middle ground product (in this occasion, Asda's shades toilet paper) or the closest brand I can find that compares on quality (this time Andrex's classic clean white toilet tissue rolls).

Let the battle commence!

How does Who Give A Crap stand up?

So what is recycled toilet paper actually like?

With a potential increase in toilet roll of only 8p, we headed over to their website, grabbed our credit card, and placed our first order, for those of you wanting to test the product out they do offer a free trail .

First off delivery and unboxing. This really was a lot of fun, we are trying to teach our kids about climate change so this was a great way to get them on board.

A big box arrives (free delivery over £20) on your door step. (We loved the fact you could choose for the parcel to be left in a safe place or with a neighbour, as we are often out). The kids get to rip open the box and use it for a new toy (a great piece of re-using). They also loved staking the rolls up and we played a quick game of skittles while we talked about how many trees we were saving. I have never had so much fun with toilet paper :)

You can choose a one off delivery or choose how often you want a new batch to arrive. Total bonus here if you choose a subscription as you can save an extra £5! It is also super easy to change the delivery dates if you are still 'fully stocked' with loo roll.

One small point you will have to store 48 rolls if you want the best savings, however being so small the rolls should fit under beds or on top of cupboards etc.

Amazing branding = upcycled wrapping paper

The first thing we noticed when we got out the actual rolls and unwrapped a few was how amazing the branding was. The cool paper designs that cover the rolls make great wrapping paper for small presents. Extra marks guys.

The big one, are the toilet rolls comfy on your behind?

So, and this is what it comes down to, is the toilet paper actually comfortable to use? Or does every wipe fill me with dread? The verdict... It's a 10 out of 10 :) I can honestly say I wouldn't have noticed the difference and as a family we are all completely happy with Who Gives A Crap toilet rolls.

We went with their standard 100% recycled toilet paper range , which we thought was 'bob on'. If you want something even more special they do have a premium bamboo range . Personally I don't think it would be worth the extra cash, you're only washing it down the toilet!

Are they actually 100% environmentally friendly?

According to their website, the recycled toilet paper is made from recycled books and office paper. With no inks, dyes or scents and completely biodegradable. Need I say more :)

WHAT DO I TELL MY KIDS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE?

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 16:00:22 GMT

5 tips when explaining climate change for kids without scaring them

So here we go, this is the big one. In my journey to change one thing, every week, for 52 weeks to make my life greener I had to start somewhere. But where?

Should I start by going back to buying milk from the local milkman to reduce my plastic waste? (I have such fond memories of skateboarding at the back of the local milk cart, the muffled whizzing sound of the electric motor, me taking on the role as Marty McFly from Back To The Future).

Or should I check my home's energy rating to see what I can change to improve its impact on the environment?

Then on a rainy trip to the cinema to watch Frozen 2 with my 6 and 4-year-olds it hit me...

While wondering how melting glaciers would have made Olaf's life somewhat different I had a real wake up call, I glanced to my left and watched one of my babies staring at the screen (no doubt in awe of Elsa's latest outfit) and realised,

all this was for my kids.

They were the reason I was doing this, they were the reason I was, for the first time in my life, genuinely scared of the future. So ‘thing’ number one became obvious:

To explain to my kids, in a non-scary way, climate change and to see if they want to join me on my ride!

Easy I thought I would simply sit them down, show them a video or two (maybe some Blue Planet) explain the carbon cycle and global warming etc with some diagrams and that would be it. But here's the thing, how do you actually explain such real, but such abstract concepts to children, how do you talk to your kids about climate change without scaring the s**t out of them?

As is always the case I researched, hard, and found that there are a lot of amazing people out there that have covered this topic. So I bowed to their experience, took a deep breath and gave it a go. Below are 4 tips I found really helped.

Tip one, do it now, climate change isn’t going away

I really don’t want to dwell on how time is of the essence when we are heading towards an environmental catastrophe, but let's face it, it is (if you want to read up on it the WWF or New Statesman are good starts).

Put simply, get on with it!

Do it this week, please for the sake of our planet talk to your kids as soon as possible, don't put it off until next week. It really is quite important.

Tip two, start small, look on your doorstep

I found this tip from the Rain Forest Alliance and it really does make sense. Start small.

We are currently teaching our 4 year old how to read, when we set him down at night eager and ready for bedtime stories, we don't crack out the complete works of Shakespeare, no, we turn to Chip Biff and Kipper and our little boy spells out each letter until he gets a word, each word until he gets a sentence... You get the point, walk before you can run.

We are following this approach with climate change, as the Rain Forest Alliance puts it:

'start with something more tangible for them. You could use a houseplant to explain how plants “breathe in” the gases that we breathe out, and vice versa, in a mutually-beneficial cycle.'

'Introduce the idea of interdependent systems by exploring your neighbourhood. Where does your water come from, and where does it go after it circles down the drain? Where does your food come from? Your air? Be sure to emphasize that “the environment” is not some faraway place, but our immediate surroundings—and that we are all connected whether we live in big cities, sprawling suburbs, or rainforests.'

Tip three, get them to love nature - get outdoors

I once remember listening to a speech by Sir David Attenborough at the premier of Our Planet . There was something he said that really stuck with me:

"I've always believed that few people will protect the natural world if they don't first love and understand it"

Sir David's modus operandi was laid out in one statement. By showing the beauty and wonder of our natural world we will come to love it and, in turn, want to protect its fragility.

This is now our family's guiding principle. If we can get our kids to love nature then we hope, in turn, they will want to protect it. Although we have always been outdoor types we have now ramped this up and use 'getting outdoors' as the basis for all family free time.

You don't need to go on 5 mile hikes every weekend (very hard with a 4-year-old I can tell you), there is so much that can be found on a macro level, bees collecting pollen (honey for us), trees growing (carbon dioxide) or even just ants doing their thing (I’m sure someone will tell me how ants help our ecology but I’ve yet to find out.)

Then when our kids grow up we can introduce more complex mechanics such as the carbon cycle at a global scale . The Rain Forest Alliance also points out it is important to work on an understanding of the 'difference between climate and weather' for example '20-to-30-year scale (climate) vs. every day fluctuations (weather)'.

Tip four, remind kids how awesome our planet is

Now this tip was an absolute winner for our kids. It comes from an amazing list of resources by the National Geographic . Put simply children use the senses to learn , and for our family seeing is often at the top of the list of senses.

Surround your kids in the beauty of nature, show them amazing photo galleries , use TV time to let them experience the wonder of life one earth, read good old fashion encyclopedias that explain planet earth and our natural world.

This tip goes hand in hand with tip four, a metaphoric left and right hook of joy if you will!

Tip five, celebrate climate success stories and people making a change

One of the main principles in my journey to become greener was to try, at all times, to celebrate the successes and make it fun. Let's be h onest kids don't like misery... So my final tip is make it fun and celebrate!

Every week in my journey to change one thing I am going to (as much as possible) do it with my kids. Next week I will be trying out who gives a crap . The opportunities here for poo jokes and daddy's 'bottom burps' are endless!

I hope to make next week's 'change' (and all future weeks) fun for my kids, to show them heroes like Simon, Jehan and Dann , and to use these stories to educate them as to why we, as a family, are doing this.... So bring on the crap!

So how did it go with my first 'thing'?

Did my kids 'get' why mummy and daddy were going to be making a few changes to our lives to try and help out planet?

Well to be honest they have been amazing (kids usually are) and we have actually decided that 'thing' number one will be the bedrock for everything we now do during this journey. I realised that ironically 'thing' number one is more than just a simple one week change, it is the reason why I am changing , without my kids I am nothing and they're now part of the ride!

References

NPR - How to talk to your kids about climate change
Rainforest Alliance - 5 Tips for Talking to Kids About Climate Change (Without Freaking Them Out)
National Geographic - Talking to kids about climate change

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HOW CAN I LOBBY GOVERNMENTS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE IN NO TIME AT ALL?

Maximise your impact for lobbying governments about climate change

Step one, clear the way!

Step two bring in the good stuff & support environmental groups

The Change.org hack

Greenpeace / WWF / Rainforest Alliance / Friends of the Earth

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HOW CAN I EAT LESS MEAT TO SAVE THE PLANET?

Eating less beef

Meat free spaghetti bolognese

Meet free beef burgers

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HOW CAN I DE ICE A CAR WITHOUT USING CO2?

How can de icing a car help save our planet?

It's called idling, it's entirely unnecessary and harms the environment

So what did I change this week?

Calculations

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HOW CAN I SAVE WATER WHILE SHOWERING?

3 ways to save water while showering

Step one, reduce the amount of time I take in the shower.

Step two, water–saving shower heads

Step three, bucket time!

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WHO GIVES A CRAP? HOW GOOD IS RECYCLED TOILET PAPER?

Can my backside help the planet, and my toilet activity become greener?

Who gives a crap toilet paper, environmentally friendly with an amazing story

Environmentally friendly toilet paper, so how much is this going to cost me?

How does Who Give A Crap stand up?

So what is recycled toilet paper actually like?

Amazing branding = upcycled wrapping paper

The big one, are the toilet rolls comfy on your behind?

Are they actually 100% environmentally friendly?

WHAT DO I TELL MY KIDS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE?

5 tips when explaining climate change for kids without scaring them

To explain to my kids, in a non-scary way, climate change and to see if they want to join me on my ride!

Tip one, do it now, climate change isn’t going away

Tip two, start small, look on your doorstep

Tip three, get them to love nature - get outdoors

Tip four, remind kids how awesome our planet is

Tip five, celebrate climate success stories and people making a change

So how did it go with my first 'thing'?

References

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