Small changes that make a difference.

@petewxyz said
I see that as massive. The prepared sandwiches so often come in plastic packets and when you look on beaches and in woodlands that's the stuff you find. People also tend to buy a drink in a single use plastic bottle or cup at the same time as the sandwiches so it can break that pattern too.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
I like to put biscuits in my sandwiches.

@divegeester said
Where I used to work there was an on site Costa outlet which was subsidised. A coffee was £2.50 and I used to have 2 day at least. One day I worked out that this was costing me approximately £1000 per year.

Furthermore, lunch was subsidised but cost me approximately £3.00 per day. This worked out to around £700 per year.

So £1,700 on “subsidised” food and beverages at work.

@divegeester said
Where I used to work there was an on site Costa outlet which was subsidised. A coffee was £2.50 and I used to have 2 day at least. One day I worked out that this was costing me approximately £1000 per year.

Furthermore, lunch was subsidised but cost me approximately £3.00 per day. This worked out to around £700 per year.

So £1,700 on “subsidised” food and beverages at work.

@hells-caretaker said
Have you ever thought of a career in the Treasury?

🚬

@petewxyz said
I bet that was in the days when the coffee was in a disposable cup with a single use plastic top on as well. Those tops wash up at the tide line all the time although in fairness I think Costa let you take your own cup now so some positive change going on.

@petewxyz said
please share any simple changes you have found that help the planet

@rookie54 said
i breathe fast
no, not like that
i fast my breathing
on alternate days i breathe at 30% to conserve the remaining air for my fellow humans

yer welcome

@petewxyz said
I currently breath a lot, but I intend to give it up when I die.

@rajk999 said
Yep .. thats the life we live. Never saw rice pudding selling in the groceries here. We cook that ourselves and dont eat our of cans and microwave meals ... disgusting stuff.

@divegeester said
Timing is critical.

I keep winter heating expenses really low by closing the bedroom lined roman blinds as it starts to get dark and colder. On really cold days they stay down most of the day if the rooms are unused. Once it’s dark all of them are closed. I use draught excluders and thick curtains in our unheated utility room and collect free seasoned firewood for my wood burner from across the road, compliments of the sad event of Ash dieback 😢

I make huge batches of veg and lentil l soup and freeze it in a concentrated form. I bake my own bread, buying a range of quality flours online. It’s not cheap but a great taste.

We never waste any food! The veg peelings get composted.

@petewxyz said
Mosses and some algae grown in the beard or moustache area can reduce your overall CO₂ admissions as an interim measure.

@drewnogal said
I keep winter heating expenses really low by closing the bedroom lined roman blinds as it starts to get dark and colder. On really cold days they stay down most of the day if the rooms are unused. Once it’s dark all of them are closed. I use draught excluders and thick curtains in our unheated utility room and collect free seasoned firewood for my wood burner from across t ...[text shortened]... nline. It’s not cheap but a great taste.

We never waste any food! The veg peelings get composted.

@drewnogal said
Ibake my own bread, buying a range of quality flours online. It’s not cheap but a great taste.