How we insulate and heat our homes can make a big difference to our carbon emissions.
The climate crisis has our attention, and quite rightly. Emissions of gases responsible for the greenhouse effect, and so global warming, continue – and still need to be slowed. Many of us feel that we are already doing everything we can to reduce our carbon footprints at home. Following a plant-based diet has a significant impact on reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by avoiding those emissions associated with change of land use. Some will have opted for food sourced from no-dig agricultural practices, so conserving the carbon sequestered in soil. And I applaud you all; line-dryers, school run walkers, indoor jumper wearers and those that have exchanged gas boilers for hea pumps. There are, however, the somewhat more recalcitrant, and potentially more obscure carbon emission reduction opportunities for each of us in our homes, our daily lives and in the choices we make.