What will you do?

People always ask. ‘What can I do to help? What difference will it make?’ Well to start off there are many little things you can do to help and collectively it will make a big difference. Just getting people to think about how they can help makes them become aware of their environment.

These are my thoughts to get you started, but underneath please add in your ideas, and we will chart the ideas – who knows, if it takes off we could produce a listeners environmental charter! Find out yourselves. Stop waiting around for someone to tell you what to do. Be proactive. All it takes is a bit of web surfing.

Check out globalwarming101.com too where there’s a lot of good advice on how to get involved on a wider scale.

Sam Branson in training for
his expedition on Baffin Island

Give these a go and help lower your impact on the planet:

1. Only charge your phone when you need to. If it's half full, don't leave it in over night. Unplug your charger when you're not using it. For all the chargers plugged in right now and not really charging, they could be powering 150,000 homes.

2. Take the crap out of your car. Do you need all that stuff in your boot? The amount of extra fuel you burn just carrying dead weight ends up being a lot. It's better for the environment and better for your wallet. Sounds like common sense!

3. Turn the drippy shower or bath tap off properly when you're not using it. There's going to be a major water shortage in the future. Think of the energy it took to get that water to you in the first place.

4. When you're out shopping do you really need a plastic bag to carry one items like a toothbrush or a book? Seems like a waste. Don't take a bag if you don't need to.

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Your 'KISS the Planet' eco-hints

Keeley, Redcar

Try to get your household bills emailed to you. It’ll save an amazing amount of paper, and it’s GREAT not getting those bills through the door….

Dave, Halifax

Buy and grow organic food whenever you can. It’s so widespread these days - it really isn’t that expensive. Do you really want to eat stuff that can kill a ladybird?

Zoe, Swindon

Recycle your mobile when you’re done with it. Ask if the shop you get your upgrade from will take your old phone, and make sure they’ll do something green with it.

Jane, Camberley

If you’ve only had your mobile phone for a year, why not keep it for longer? There’s no point in upgrading it unless it’s damaged in some way.

Tim, Liverpool

Buy a greener fridge. Fridges are the plague of the ozone layer,so get a 100% ozone-friendly fridge. You can get them everywhere.

Jo, Harlow

Turn your tap off when you brush your teeth. The basin’s right in front of you, so why leave the tap on? What is your other hand doing? Nothing. SO TURN IT OFF.

Stephanie, Gwent

Invest in a rain water butt to collect rainwater for your garden.

Matt, Mortlake

Get reclaimed floorboards or sustainable wooden boards - they’ll look great and you won’t be impacting the rain forest.

Mike, Wendover

I possess the holy trinity of saving energy, helping the environment and saving my hard earned cash. I started with double glazing, insulation and changed all my light bulbs over. This makes me very smug as I know none of my mates have done the same yet.

Helen, Preston

Don’t buy peat compost, as the bogs they dig up it up from are wildlife habitats that are being destroyed.

Bethany, Newport

Use dryer balls in your tumble dryer - you’ll save time and money and you can say you have dryer balls that your mates *boom boom*

Kerry, Herts

Put foil backs on your radiators. They will reflect heat into the room and you’ll use less energy.

Bruce, Manchester

Only boil enough water for what you need. If you make one cup of tea, boil one cup’s worth of water.

Martin, Bristol

Turn the heating down in your home or work by 1 degree. It’ll make a huge difference in the long run to energy savings.

Tracy, Bushy

Defrost your freezer regularly - that way, it’ll work better and use less electricity.

Richard, Dudley

This is a simple tip but NO ONE seems to do it. Turn lights off when you’re the last leave a room.

Justin, Epsom

Only put a wash on when you’ve got a full load. You don’t need your pulling pants THAT badly.

Kevin, Stockwell

For the love of Chuck Norris DON’T chuck out old furniture. Give it to a charity so someone else can use it.

Emily, Wimbledon

Swap your gas guzzler for a hybrid car. Or even better, shift some winter flab and cycle!

Rory, Sutton Coldfied

Please please PLEASE don’t leave your phone charger plugged in when you’re not charging your phone. It’s a huge waste of energy ad it’s utterly pointless. So there.

Rowen, Kings Langley

Buy low energy light bulbs - it’s a no-brainer. They aren’t that expensive and they last forever.

Alice, Hammersmith

Recycle as much as you can. If your council doesn’t take a particular item, go online and find the nearest place you can drop it off. It doesn’t take that much effort.

Jade, Kent

Re-use your plastic bags, or try not to get any at all. Keep a couple at work or leave some in the car for when you go shopping.

Rob, Brighton

Love your bum more - use recycled toilet paper.