11. Choose the eco-cycle on your dishwasher. If it doesn’t have one, just open the door when the dryer cycle starts and air dry to save energy.

12. Don’t go shopping next time you fancy something new for your wardrobe. Instead, have a clothes swapping party. Here’s how.

How To Host A Clothing Swap Party

13. Move in together. If you’re other half lives on the other side of town, you’re generating carbon emissions just going to see each other. Living together saves electricity too.

14. Defrost frozen food in the fridge overnight. This helps the fridge keep itself cool, as well as saving the energy that your microwave would use to defrost it.

15. Get your bank statement online. Save trees.

16. Wash your clothes at 30′C and save energy.

17. Pick up a piece of litter every time you go out.

18. Have a “no lights night” to save energy and inject some romance into your relationship. If you aren’t in a relationship, it can still be lots of fun.

19. Swap books instead of buying new ones.

20. Walk short distances instead of driving your car. It’s better for your bod as well as the environment.