Helping Our Planet

Caring for the Earth is the biggest challenge facing us all today, but what can YOU do to help?

This practical, hands-on guide is filled with helpful checklists of actions to take and choices to make in your daily life. There are chapters on planet-friendly eating, shopping and travelling, and on ways to save energy and cut down on waste. There’s also clear advice on getting drastic about plastic, and taking better care of the natural world, and links to recommended websites with more information.

With the help of this book, you can really make a difference to the future of our planet.

Chapters in this book include:
What’s happening to our Planet
How planet-friendly are you?

The big energy challenge
Ten simple energy-saving moves

Reducing waste
Four important ways to cut own on waste
Four paper-saving tips
Four ideas for making the most of paper
Five new ways to think about your clothes
Four fabric-rescue plans

Reusing and recycling
What can and can’t be recycled?

Getting drastic about plastic
Ten practical steps towards zero plastic
GIve moves to beat ‘hidden plastic’

Shopping choices
Four simple shipping guidelines
Three greener ways to shop online

Food choices
Four planet-friendly eating choices
Six food-shopping guidelines
Four ways to fight food waste
Five energy-saving tips in the kitchen

Getting around
Four green travel choices

Looking after the earth’s water
Seven water-saving moves
Five water clean-up guidelines

Caring for the natural world
Ten ways to help the natural world
Five wildlife safety tips

Building a better future
Ten steps towards planet action

Planet words and terms