Home energy
An expanding list of ways your home life can become more sustainable:
Car charging points in the village: a great range of charging points for electric cars – for rapid, fast and slow charge. These can be found opposite the doctor’s surgery.
“I switched our energy supplier to one which is 100% renewable electricity.”
“I now only do our washing at 30 degrees and hang the clothes outside to dry whenever possible – it has a much fresher smell”
“We are trying to remember to switch our appliances off at the wall… retraining our muscle memory”
“After learning more about how to make my own cleaning products from the Fresh Green Clean workshop we are embracing the world of vinegar and bicarbonate of soda – and it works! ”
“A few years ago I realised that all the things we buy has a big carbon footprint in the making of it all. I pledged to myself to try to buy the things we need second hand whenever possible…we are now active users of Gumtree, eBay, local Facebook groups and swapping with friends. But a word of warning – as it all comes so cheap it hasn’t reduced the amount of clutter in our house… thank goodness for Zero Waste in Dunbar!”