Welcome to your new hub for greener living.
You can choose green goals, track your achievements and do your bit to help create a cleaner, greener Scotland.
How Green Are You?
Are you a seed, a sapling or
maybe even a scots pine?
Find out how green you really are.
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Greener Plan Goal List.
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Goal Of The Week
Travel:
Walk shorter journeys.
Walking instead of taking the car will reduce your carbon emissions and can save you money and time. You won't need to worry about parking and you'll keep fit too.
As well as being very environmentally friendly ways to travel, walking offers physical benefits for you. See how many calories you can burn at www.greenerscotland.org/journeys/
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people have completed this goal.
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Eating Greener:
Only buy the food you need.
529
completed
Reduce the chance of food going off before you can use it by buying only as much as you need. A fifth of the food we buy ends up being thrown away, costing the average household £430 a year.
Plan a week's worth of meals in advance, then write a list of what you need and stick to it. Check cupboards before you shop so you make use of fresh food first. It all helps to reduce food waste and save money.
Warm Homes:
Have a free Home Energy Check.
535
completed
Call the Home Energy Scotland Hotline free on 0800 512 012, or complete the Home Energy Check online at www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/scotland/Insulation/Home-Energy-Check
Reduce Reuse Recycle:
Recycle the food you can't use up
431
completed
Recycling is a good option: it generates green energy, heat and products that benefit Scotland's farmers. You can also compost tea bags, apple cores, banana skins and other bits you can't eat.
You can recycle most foods using the food recycling service that's already available in many towns and cities and which will come to others. www.greenerscotland.org/reduce-reuse-recycle/search-for-your-local-recycling-services
Travel:
Avoid non-essential work travel.
586
completed
If you can get the job done by email, phone or video conference, save yourself time and money by avoiding an unecessary journey.
Reduce Reuse Recycle:
Start a compost heap.
347
completed
You can compost much of your unavoidable food waste. It's easy, reduces waste and you'll end up with great food for your plants.
Use garden and kitchen waste to make your own compost. Almost anything that will break down naturally and won't attract animals can be added to your compost bin or heap.
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Greener Quiz
Find out how green you are!
Just answer our quick five question quiz to see how you compare to other Scots.
Greener Quiz
Greener Quiz
Find out how green you are!
Just answer our quick five question quiz to see how you compare to other Scots.
How Green Are You?
- Seed
- Shoot
- Sapling
- Scots Pine
Congratulations! You are a seed.
You've already made a great start by understanding there is more you can do to be greener. Most seeds know it’s important to think about what you buy, how to save energy and recycle. In general, most seeds might buy recycled products and there’s the odd energy saving light bulb at home. Not everything you throw out goes in the bin.
Nurture your greener ambitions
There’s plenty of room for seeds to grow greener. You could save yourself money at the same time. Many of the goals we’ve suggested can help you to spend less. Others could help you live a fitter, happier life. So as you tick off your greener goal list, you can watch the pennies stack up and enjoy a better quality of life.
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Travel:
Avoid non-essential work travel.
586
completed
If you can get the job done by email, phone or video conference, save yourself time and money by avoiding an unecessary journey.
Warm Homes:
Have a free Home Energy Check.
535
completed
Call the Home Energy Scotland Hotline free on 0800 512 012, or complete the Home Energy Check online at www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/scotland/Insulation/Home-Energy-Check
Eating Greener:
Only buy the food you need.
529
completed
Reduce the chance of food going off before you can use it by buying only as much as you need. A fifth of the food we buy ends up being thrown away, costing the average household £430 a year.
Plan a week's worth of meals in advance, then write a list of what you need and stick to it. Check cupboards before you shop so you make use of fresh food first. It all helps to reduce food waste and save money.
Warm Homes:
Adjust your radiator valves.
431
completed
Lowering the heat or turning off radiators entirely in empty rooms means you only pay for the heating you need.
You won't feel the difference if you turn down heating in rooms you're not using, but you'll soon see the savings add up.
Reduce Reuse Recycle:
Recycle the food you can't use up
431
completed
Recycling is a good option: it generates green energy, heat and products that benefit Scotland's farmers. You can also compost tea bags, apple cores, banana skins and other bits you can't eat.
You can recycle most foods using the food recycling service that's already available in many towns and cities and which will come to others. www.greenerscotland.org/reduce-reuse-recycle/search-for-your-local-recycling-services
Reduce Reuse Recycle:
Start a compost heap.
347
completed
You can compost much of your unavoidable food waste. It's easy, reduces waste and you'll end up with great food for your plants.
Use garden and kitchen waste to make your own compost. Almost anything that will break down naturally and won't attract animals can be added to your compost bin or heap.
Saving Energy:
Hang washing up to dry.
272
completed
Give the tumble dryer a miss to save up to £17 a year.
Hanging clothes out on a washing line or indoors on a rack whenever you can will save on energy and reduce household bills.
Reduce Reuse Recycle:
Recycle your glass.
268
completed
The energy saved by recycling a single glass bottle could light a 100-watt light bulb for four hours, power a computer for 30 minutes, or a television for 20 minutes.
Find out where to recycle your glass using our postcode search: www.greenerscotland.org/reduce-reuse-recycle/search-for-your-local-recycling-services
Saving Energy:
Boil only the water you need.
259
completed
Boiling only as much water as you need cuts £7 off your electricity bill each year.
Most people boil twice the amount of water required, wasting energy and money.
Warm Homes:
Shut doors to keep rooms warm.
251
completed
Shutting the door will help to stop heat escaping so quickly from a room. Save money by only heating the rooms you're using and then keeping the warmth in.
Saving Energy:
Turn your thermostat to between 18 and 21ºC.
244
completed
Turning your thermostat down, even by 1ºC can reduce your heating bills by 10% and save up to £60 a year on heating costs.
You won't feel much difference when you turn the heating down to a comfortable temprature, but you'll soon see the savings add up.
Travel:
Walk shorter journeys.
240
completed
Walking instead of taking the car will reduce your carbon emissions and can save you money and time. You won't need to worry about parking and you'll keep fit too.
As well as being very environmentally friendly ways to travel, walking offers physical benefits for you. See how many calories you can burn at www.greenerscotland.org/journeys/
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