Here we offer some suggestions for reducing your environmental impact by turning items which are broken or no longer wanted into something else. This can be a fun way of prolonging the life of the materials.

Food production results in high emissions of greenhouse gases. Beef and chicken make a significant contribution to the total.

We return to Angie to see how she can save water during her breakfast routine, including washing up and preparing packed lunches for herself and her children.

This time we look at clothing disposal. Options available to extend the useful life of items and avoid sending them to landfill are suggested.

Packaging is used to protect the items that we buy online and send to family and friends. But we need to be careful about the amount that we use and how we dispose of it.

For those of us lucky enough to have access to a ready supply of fresh, drinkable water at the turn of a tap it is easy to take this for granted.

A simple pre-packed lunch bought from a supermarket can produce a significant amount of waste. Recycling can deal with some of this, but it also adds to rubbish that has to be sent to landfill.

The fashion industry contributes significantly to the world’s carbon dioxide emissions and is one of the worlds biggest consumers of water and this needs to be reduced.

We explore the time, physical effort, cost and carbon emissions of various methods of commuting. We also have some suggestions for alternatives or combining different modes of travel to reduce the overall environmental impact.

A look at how we can reduce the impact on the environment of our energy usage – particularly electricity. This has the added benefit of lowering bills.

Photos and videos are easy to take on our mobile devices and some of us have hundreds on our phones and tablets.  But storage of these contributes significantly to carbon dioxide emissions.