COP 26: Seven things you can do to make you greener

Reta’s tweets make you feel guilty?This is the 18-year-old girl who participated COP 26 Climate Summit This week in Glasgow.

When world leaders spend time discussing climate change, you can act immediately. From a debit card that tracks your carbon footprint to a holiday atmosphere that does not harm the planet, here are seven practical things that you can become more environmentally friendly today.

Interested in understanding the actual impact of your lifestyle on the environment?Register a Tred card.This sustainable banking company has raised more than £1 million in crowdfunding and hopes to become Monzo for you Carbon Footprint -Link your existing bank card or switch to Tred’s green debit card (obviously made of recycled ocean plastic), and its app will instantly convert every pound you spend into carbon dioxide emissions. It then groups your carbon footprint into useful categories, such as groceries and flights, so you can understand which aspects of your lifestyle have the greatest impact on climate change.

Tred also allows you to neutralize emissions. The card’s personalized carbon offset subscription is tailored to your spending for the month and provides the opportunity to offset your emissions through a certified tree planting program in Scotland.

Approximately 95% of the dishes on COP 26 will come from all over the UK, so please follow the leadership of the leader. “Pro planet” bar Pig head It will open in Clapham Old Town next week, offering 50% vegan and vegetarian dishes and leftovers from on-site composting. supernatural In Hackney, he used British seasonal agricultural products, supported regenerative agriculture, and even built a low-tech mushroom farm in the basement using neighbors’ coffee waste.

If you eat at home, embrace climatism, which includes choosing low-carbon options whenever possible.Nutrition application Birthday Developed a 7-day meal plan for environmentally conscious diners (obviously it can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.5 tons per year), Odd box Shipping boxes of weird fruits and vegetables that would otherwise be wasted, and Rubies in gravel Use unstable fruits and vegetables to make climate-friendly condiments from ketchup to chutney.

Hoarding holiday hiss? Look at the local area. English sparkling wine is now considered to be one of the best sparkling wines in the world, and some of the best wines are less than an hour away from London: GusborneThe sparkling roses grown in Kent have won awards and are perfect for fall. Tiringham Provide organic natural wines from Sussex and BAME female-led wine brands, Falk, Planting, producing and bottling vegan wines in Kent and East Sussex using plant corks and biodegradable packaging.

Other eco-wine brands to add to your shopping list include berry, Donating 1% of its hard soda sales to a food waste charity British harvest And there is a new Winter coke smell; Swimming Vodka, Made with peas; and The lost explorer, Its sustainably sourced Scottish Mezcal served the 26th police in Glasgow’s Nature Bar.

It is thought that there are approximately £30 billion worth of unused clothes in wardrobes across the country, so don’t spend money on that office Christmas party dress that you’ll only wear once — instead rent it. Huer Offer designer goods worth more than £150, enjoy a 10-15% discount, My wardrobe headquarters Allows you to rent luxury clothing such as designer dresses and ski suits, and at the same time Rental Street Provide from premium brands to high street brands (including Multiple sclerosis‘New series with Ghost).

This award-winning company wants to become the world’s first net-zero washing company, and you may have seen their electric cargo bikes buzzing around the city. Using Oxwash for an 8 kg wash not only saves 90 minutes of time, but also reduces 32 liters of water and 1.4 kg of carbon dioxide emissions.

Gone are the days of pre-ordering electric bicycles for middle-aged parents. According to Professor Mike Berners-Lee, one mile of electric bicycles is 20 times more carbon-friendly than one mile of traditional bicycles, because food requires more energy to provide you with fuel than electric bicycles’ batteries. Earth-friendly force.

Brompton Recently upgraded its electric model, including faster response time and a shiny new tracking app, Angel’s Electric bicycles have smart functions ranging from calorie tracking to theft detection Ca Go Bike Very suitable for bringing children, pets and groceries.

If you are considering upgrading to an electric car, please test first. Zipcar The rental fleet now has 325 electric vehicles and the goal is to be fully electric by 2025, so join the revolution before you are left behind.

If you can’t switch all subscriptions to more sustainable subscriptions, please commit to switching three subscriptions this week.

Kiss hippopotamus Provide weekly, bi-weekly or monthly climate awareness coffee subscriptions, Leo’s Box Include fabric conditioners for bath salt and plant a tree for each box ordered, and Of toilet paper rolls are made from 100% recycled paper. Its subscription provides 48 rolls in batches, so you can save on late night supermarket costs.

Greta is not the only ecological influencer who inspires millions of people to clean up Instagram.

Other top accounts to follow include Londoners Imilukas, The founder of the low-impact movement, he provides techniques to reduce waste from snacks to cosmetics; model, poet and activist Wilson Orima, Co-founder of the Generation Z Social Change Initiative Regeneration Futures; He Yingmeng “Bird Girl” Mia-Ros Craig, 19, she organized nature camps for black and minority children through her NGO .