REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT
According to www.greeneatz.com growing your own fruit and veg is one way of reducing your carbon footprint, defined as “the greenhouse gas emissions produced by growing, rearing, farming, processing, transporting, storing, cooking and disposing of the food you eat.”
It recommends the following: eating vegetarian meals, home-cooking, eating more raw food, taking up organic options, saving water, avoiding products with a lot of packaging, shopping locally, reusing and recycling! Created by Jane Richards, who originally hails from Brighton but now lives in California, the site contains such entries as Healthy Eating: For a Green Planet, tips on nutrition, and recipes for a healthy diet. Way to go!
SCOTTISH ALLOTMENTS AND GARDENS
If you live in Scotland, you’ll find the Scottish Allotments and Gardens (SAGS) site, www.sags.org.uk,…
