ACTIONS FOR A HEALTHY PLANET

Food

A selection of vegetables including a head of lettuce, red bell pepper, carrots, red onion, and garlic.

Eat more vegetables

Eating more vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds, and less meat and dairy, can significantly lower your environmental impact. Check out: https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/how-eating-less-meatcan-reduce-our-carbon-emissions/

Vintage aluminum sign with bananas, oranges, and raspberries, and the message 'Be the change don't waste food' in red and white text.

Throw away less food

When you throw food away, you're also wasting the resources and energy that were used to grow, produce, package, and transport it. And when food rots in a landfill, it produces methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Check out this link: https://friendsoftheearth.uk/foodwaste

Three green leaves arranged in a circular pattern.

Reduce, reuse, repair and recycle

Buy fewer things, shop second-hand, and repair what you can. Electronics, clothes, plastics and other items we buy cause carbon emissions at each point in production, from the extraction of raw materials to manufacturing and transporting goods to market. Visit Clitheroe Repair Cafe and join a repair community

Abstract illustration with text that reads "There is no such thing as throwing in the towel" with a stylized white towel and abstract shapes.

Minimise Plastic Use

Plastic pollution poses a significant threat to the environment through various mechanisms. It harms wildlife, disrupts ecosystems, contributes to climate change, and contaminates the food chain.For ideas on how to reduce our use of plastic go to: https://www.wwf.org.uk/updates/top-tips-reduce-yourplastic-footprint